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Meet our Trustees - 11: Tom Osorio

19/1/2020

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Tom comes from Richmond, London, settling in real Richmondshire with a young family after trying out Holland, Brunei and Manchester. He learnt the piano when young, badly, but enjoyed a weekly treat on a loud 'home organ' that made even Fanny Waterman's worst exercises rewarding. Branded a 'growler' at junior school and instructed to mime, Tom ignored the advice, enjoying choirs at college and university, particularly music like Carmina Burana where enthusiasm was more important than lack of talent.

Tom is an engineer, who finds it extremely hard to concentrate on classical music except in live performances. 

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Meet our Trustees - 10: Chris Shaw

10/10/2016

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Chris comes from Leeds, and moved to Richmond after a Physics teaching career in Rotherham, Manchester and London. He has played various instruments and now enjoys playing double bass in chamber groups, small ensembles and symphony orchestras.

Chris is fascinated by musical instruments, and recently embarked on the long-term project of building a double bass. His pianistic abilities are worse than most, he says, but he is very proud of his small but growing collection of keyboard instruments.

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Meet our Trustees - 9: Andrew Bedford

15/9/2016

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Andrew’s interest in choral music started as a young chorister at a large parish church, and his interest in classical music came through playing the violin at school and with local orchestras. His violin had an airing recently after 35 years in its case, and now competes for scarce practice time with an alto saxophone which he started to learn a few years ago.

Andrew retired (early) to Swaledale in 2011 after a varied career which included running hotels and conference centres, managing a trade association’s commercial companies and latterly working as a self-employed financial controller and company secretary for a number of small companies. He is now fully occupied using those skills to the benefit of a number of local voluntary organisations. Being a member of the Swale Singers offers him some light musical relief from his number-crunching.
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Meet our Trustees - 8: Anna Jackson, Concert Secretary

10/9/2016

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Anna Jackson is Concert Secretary, and responsible for selecting artists and programmes.

These are a few of her Favourite Things: Mozart; toast and honey; playing the clarinet; Alice through the Looking Glass; Richmond Garden Club; Father Ted; trail running; Richmondshire Orchestra; cycling holidays; family time; Killer Sudoku; Hamlet.

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Meet our Trustees - 5: Judy Moorhouse

10/8/2016

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Judy lives in Richmond. She taught at Richmond School for many years, where she took part in school/staff choirs and revues. She was President of the National Union of Teachers and Chair of the General Teaching Council (England). She has been awarded an OBE for Services to Education.

Judy's interests include singing - she is a member of Richmond Choral Society and the Station Singers - and she loves travelling to far flung places as well as lying on Greek beaches doing as little as possible, reading voraciously and exploring Indian and Middle Eastern cuisine, both cooking and eating. She is the Community Coordinator on the RSC Board.  

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Meet our Trustees - 4: Nicholas Reckert, Chairman

30/7/2016

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​Nick worked in publishing until ten years ago, when he moved from New York to Richmond. His interests include chamber music and opera, Welsh rugby and Welsh Terriers (as unpredictable as each other), coppicing, grandchildren, and the novels of Patrick O’Brian. He used to play the cello, very badly, and has the rare distinction of having been expelled from a village choral society.

Previously Chair of Arts in Richmondshire and the Swaledale Festival, Nick feels very privileged to be involved now with the Richmondshire Concerts.

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Meet our Trustees - 3: Philip Wicks, Treasurer

22/7/2016

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​Philip was born under the Chiswick flyover in West London, or so the family legend goes. He worked for 30 years in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, then moved to Richmond in 2003 to run the Castle Hill Bookshop. He was Chair of the Richmond and Lower Swaledale Business Association, and helped start the Richmond Walking and Book Festival.

Philip enjoys a wide range of music from classical to prog rock. He plays the guitar and attends live music at many local venues. He became RSC's Treasurer in 2012, being only the third person to hold the position in the organisation’s 70 year history. He hopes his tenure will be at least that of his predecessors!

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Meet our Trustees - 2: Patrick Pridmore

18/7/2016

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​Patrick grew up in the Fens and spent his career in London in sales and sales management. He retired to Richmond ten years ago, where he immediately became involved with the RSC after accepting a post-concert invitation to tea. 

An erstwhile player of the piano and French horn, he also sang bass in a Hampstead a cappella choir. He is now the RSC's concert manager, keeping everything running smoothly on performance nights, as well as a regular volunteer at the Georgian Theatre Royal. He is a self-confessed fanatic for the music of Mendelssohn and Purcell. 

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Meet our Trustees - 1: Janet Hall

10/7/2016

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The first of a series of posts which introduce the Trustees of the Richmondshire Concerts.
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During a career in air traffic control, because Janet didn’t want to be a teacher or secretary, she ended up as an ATC instructor and Secretary of the Guild of ATC Officers where she acquired useful skills in word processing, desk-top publishing and organisation.

Since retiring to North Yorkshire (home territory) Janet has become involved in several musical organisations, and is a board member of Swaledale Festival and Richmondshire Choral Society. She sings with Middlesbrough-based Cleveland Philharmonic Choir and Rectory Chorale, an itinerant traditional Anglican choir, and publishes her local parish and community magazine.

On a personal basis Janet organises occasional group trips to concerts at Sage Gateshead, Middlesbrough Town Hall and Opera North in Leeds; if you'd like to know more about these, Janet can be contacted via info@rsconcerts.org Her specific role on the Richmondshire Concerts board is publishing the brochures and membership cards and looking after its social media on Twitter and Facebook.
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