Education
M.A., Cambridge University (UK), 1961
Professional Experience
Full Vita
- Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, grants-panelist 2009, 2010
- Park Avenue Armory, New York City, Artistic Consultant 2006
- Orchestre National de Lyon, Artistic Consultant, 1998-2000
- Alte Oper Frankfurt Konzert- und Kongresszentrum GmbH., Geschäftsführer (General Director) and Planning-consultant to Frankfurt's Millennium celebrations, 1995-1999
- Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Programming Consultant, 1998
- Wynton M. Blount Cultural Park (Alabama), Project Advisor, 1994-1995
- Adelaide Festival 1994, Artistic Director, 1992-1994
- New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Program Consultant "Year 2000 Project," 1993-1995
- Saint Louis Grand Center, Project Advisor, 1992-1994
- KTCA-TV "Alive from off Center," Programming Consultant, 1992-1993
- Ojai Festival 1991, Artistic Director, 1989-1991
- Brooklyn Academy of Music, Opera Consultant, 1991-1993
- Paris Opéra Bastille, Advisor to the Music Director, 1990-1993
- Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc., Artistic Consultant Contemporary Programming, 1990-1992
- US International Cultural & Trade Center Commission, Project Advisor, 1990-1992
- Canadian Opera Company, Consultant, Librettist, Lecturer, 1990-1992
- PepsiCo Summerfare, Director, 1984-1989
- Santa Fe Opera, Consultant/Administrator - (US premiere Henze's We Come to the River), 1983-1984
- San Diego Opera, Lecturer and Program Annotator, 1983-1984
- Opera Company of Boston, Management & Artistic Consultant, 1983-1984
- San Francisco Opera, Artistic Administrator, 1980-1984
- Adelaide Festival 1980, Director, 1978-1980
- Come Out 1979 (Festival for Young People, Adelaide, Australia), Supervising Director, 1978-1979
- Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts, Artistic Director, 1976-1977
- Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Opera Administrator, 1975-1976
- Christopher Hunt Limited International Artists' Management, Director/Proprietor, 1964-1975
- Kirckman Concerts Society, Concerts Manager, 1964-1968
- French Embassy London Concerts, Concerts Manager, 1965-1974
- Wigmore Hall Lunchtime Concerts, Co-Founder-manager (with Richard Gaddes), 1963-1966
- English Bach Festival, Festival Manager, 1963-1964
- Youth & Music [Jeunesses Musicales], Administrator, 1963-1964
- City of London Festival, Administrative Assistant 1962-1963
- Coventry Cathedral Festival, Administrative Assistant, 1962
- Ibbs & Tillett Limited, Concerts Manager, 1961-1963
Awards, Honors & Certifications
Panels & Committees included:
- Arts International
- Dancing in the Streets
- Houston Grand Opera: Opera New World
- International Society of Performing Arts
- KTCA-TV "Alive from off Center"
- Meet The Composer, Inc.
- NEA Inter-Arts/Presenting Program, 1986-1988
- NEA Opera/Musical Theater Program site-visitor & panellist, 1986-1988
- New York Library for the Performing Arts
- Opera Quarterly Magazine Editorial Board
- Smithsonian Institution US-USSR 20th Century Project
- Southern Arts Federation 1995 Annual Conference, Keynote Speaker
- OPERA America Annual Conference 1995, Keynote Speaker
- New Jersey Performing Arts Center: Inaugural Planning Committee
- Paris Opéra Bastille, consultant for the development of the salle modulable, 1990-1993
- President British Association of Concert Agents, 1973-1975
- Vice-President Association Européenne de Bureaux de Concerts et Spectacles, 1974-1975
Professional Interests
Programming and presentation of the performing and visual arts and entertainment
Selected Publications
Essays, book & record reviews, program-notes, and other articles for:
- San Francisco Opera
- Adelaide Festival
- Wolf TrapFarm Park for the Performing Arts
- Ojai Festiva
- San Diego Opera
- Salt Lake City Opera
- PepsiCo Summerfare
- Spoleto USA Festival
- Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
- Opera Theater of St. Louis
- Kirckman Concert Society
- Opera Quarterly
- Opera Magazine (UK)
- The Advertiser (Adelaide)
- Playbill
- etc.
Translations:
- from French for French Embassy Concerts London (Messiaen and other program-notes)
- from German (autobiography of soprano Ileana Cotrubas)
- from Russian (via French!) for San Francisco Opera and the Metropolitan Opera (Khovanshchina libretto)
- from Italian for San Francisco Spring Opera (A. Scarlatti Trionfo libretto amendments)
Radio & television scripts for:
- KQED-TV San Francisco
- KQED-FM
- Australian Broadcasting Commission
- ZDF TV
