We believe that in order to make work that is intense, vital and relevant, you need more than one type of person.

Of course, much of what we do is built around creating thrilling musical performances, but musicians and composers never work alone. Collaboration is in our DNA.

Manchester Collective are musicians, but also producers, dancers and film-makers. We are recording engineers. We are copy-writers and fundraisers, directors, commissioners and choreographers. We are composers. (So many composers). We are electronic musicians, programmers, photographers and researchers.

The work that we do, we do together. It’s our greatest strength, and the future of our sector.

Management

Linda Begbie Chief executive
Rakhi Singh Co-founder and Co-artistic director
Jasmin Kent Rodgman Co-artistic director
Declan Kennedy Executive producer
Joanne Karcheva Brand & communications director
Pareesa Tai Marketing coordinator
Jonas Roberts EXPERIMENTA project manager (freelance)
Jeni Illingworth Digital marketer (freelance)
Maddie Castell Head of press (RDMR)
Alex Mayer Fundraising consultant (freelance)
Tom Spurgin Researcher*

*In partnership with Sheffield Performer and Audience Research Centre and University of York

Board

David McKeith (Chair) Non-Executive Director and acting-Chair, Norcos PLC; chartered accountant; former Chair, Hallé Orchestra
Nick Bush Management Consultant
Ainsleigh Hennig Strategy Manager, Ambition Institute
Jo Holden Head of Sustainability, Grosvenor Rural Estates
Peggy Nolan Freelance cellist, educator and researcher
Richard Sheldon KC Barrister, South Square, Gray's Inn; deputy High Court Judge (retired)
Nick Trygstad Head of Strings, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

 
 

This season, Manchester Collective is:

Bass Guitar Alan Keary

Cello Christian Elliott, Zoë Martlew, James Morley, Peggy Nolan, Brian O’Kane, Alice Purton, Hannah Roberts, Abel Selaocoe, Nick Trygstad, Simon Turner

Composer Nabihah Iqbal, Laurence Osborn, Héloïse Werner

Conductor Aaron Holloway-Nahum, Duncan Ward

Creative Director Rakhi Singh

Choreography Melanie Lane

Design Tim Kliendienst (Alphabet Studio)

Double Bass Billy Cole, Diane Clark, Alice Durrant

Film Bryony Simcox & George Webster (Broaden), Mike Skelton

Lighting design Lewis Howell

Live electronics Clark, Nabihah Iqbal, Zubin Kanga

Movement Samantha Hines, Niamh Keeling

Percussion Elsa Bradley, Sidiki Dembele, Alexej Gerassimez, Harry Percy, Beibei Wang

Photography César Vásquez Altamirano, Gaëlle Beri, Charles Leek, Mike Skelton

Piano Junyan Chen, Vijay Iyer, Zubin Kanga

Sound Lee Aston, Joe Reiser

Viola Scott Dickinson, Carol Ella, Ruth Gibson, Alex Mitchell, Lucy Nolan, Alistair Vennart

Violin Rosemary Attree, Julian Azkoul, Max Baillie, Sarah Brandwood-Spencer, Ellie Consta, Dylan Edge, Donald Grant, Martyn Jackson, Roman Lytwyniw, Jonathan Martindale, Martha-Maria Mitu, Will Newell, Bridget O'Donnell, Marie Schreer, Rakhi Singh, Simmy Singh, Eva Thorarinsdottir, Anna Tulchinskaya, Lily Whitehurst, Lily Whitehurst, Sara Wolstenholme

Voice Ruby Hughes

Words Hugh Morris

 
 

Past collaborators

Accordion Charles Kieny

African Percussion Sidiki Dembele, Yahael Onono

Artistic Direction Simon Buckley, Emma Doherty, Adam Szabo, Suzy Willson

Artwork Chris Alton, Sophie Broadgate, Simon Buckley, Helenskià Collett, Mary Griffiths, Courtney Hayles, Molly Major, Ella Skinner, CURRENTMOODGIRL

Bassoon Elena Comelli, Angharad Thomas

Celeste Katherine Tinker

Cello Jack Bailey, Marie Bitlloch, Nathaniel Boyd, Oliver Coates, James Conway, Abby Hayward, Will Hewer, Lili Holland-Fricke, Guy Johnston, Rebecca Knight, Waynne Kwon, Bartholomew LaFollette, Des Neysmith, Sinéad O’Halloran, Jonathan Pether, Clara Hope Simpson, Torun Stavseng, Adam Szabo, Stephanie Tress, Joe Zeitlin

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Adam Szabo

Clarinet Emma Burgess, Sergio Castelló López, Anna Hashimoto, Fraser Langton, William White

Composer Katherine Balch, Huw Belling, Paul Clark, Erland Cooper, Daniel Elms, Sebastian Gainsborough, Alex Groves, Emily Hall, Oliver Leith, Fergus McCreadie, Kelly Moran, Moor Mother, Ben Nobuto, Hannah Peel, Lyra Pramuk, Abel Selaocoe, Rakhi Singh, Alistair Vennart, Freya Waley-Cohen, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Chris Watson, Alice Zawadzki

Conductor Timothy Burke

Design Helenskià Collett, Sara Merkaj, Alphabet Studio, Nia Thomas

Development Lauren Noel

Double Bass Sam Becker, Harvey Falla, Ben Griffiths, Stephen Henderson, Toby Hughes, Hugh Klüger, Misha Mullov-Abbado

Film Adam Blyth, Carlos Casas, Dan Parrott, Jessie Rodger, Lisa Thomson, Michelle Tofi, Clint Trofa

Flute Fiona Fulton, Alex Jakeman, Helen Wilson

Guest Director Max Baillie, Pekka Kuusisto, Abel Selaocoe

Guitar Sean Shibe

Harmonium Victor Lim

Harp Céline Saout

Harpsichord Harvey Davies, Mahan Esfahani

Horn Ben Hulme

Lighting Jasmine Hewitt

Marketing Will Baldwin-Pask

Movement Blackhaine

Oboe Rachael Clegg

Percussion Joby Burgess, Delia Stevens, Dudù Kouate, Alan Taylor

Photography Brandina Chisambo, Camilla Greenwell, Lucy McLachlan, Phil Sharp

Piano Katya Apekisheva, Jayson Gillham, Richard Jones, Fergus McCreadie, Simon Parkin, Siwan Rhys, Andy Stamatakis-Brown, Kathryn Stotto, Adam Swayne, Katherine Tinker, Fred Thomas, Chad Vindin, Kerry Yong

Pipes & Percussion Poul Høxbro

Presenter Elizabeth Alker, Tom Redmond

Producer Martin Atkinson, Steph Clarke, Kate Green

Sound Jamie Birkett, Rob Kelledy, Alex Miller, Tomoya Forster, Valgeir Sigurðsson

Trombone Tom Berry

Trumpet Richard Blake

Viola Christine Anderson, India Blackshaw-Britton, Nick Bootiman, Lisa Bucknell, Hélène Clément, Kimi Makino, Martin Schaefer, Kay Stephen, Simone van der Giessen

Viola da Gamba Kate Conway

Violin Gemma Bass, Zahra Benyounes, Zoë Beyers, Helena Buckie, Hannah Dawson, Nathan Fenwick, Lyn Fletcher, Doriane Gable, Thomas Gould, Jack Greed, Thelma Handy, Natalie Klouda, Pete Liang, Will McGahon, Emily Nebel, Tom Pigott-Smith, Steve Proctor, Magdalena Riedl, Julia Sandros-Alper, Sini Simonen, Paula Smart, Jonathan Stone, Kate Suthers, Sophie Szabo, Darius Thompson, Andra Vornicu, Mollie Wrafter

Voice Fleur Barron, Lotte Betts-Dean, Katie Bray, Hugh Cutting, Declan Pleydell, Mitch Riley, SANSARA, Nichla Smith, Huw Thomas, Héloïse Werner, Alice Zawadzki

Words Isabel Armitage, Mymona Bibi, Christ Bryan, Jess Coulson, Avery Dire, Ahisha Ghafoor, Vivien Holmes, Lucy Holt, David Pountney, Joe Ronan, Carina Simi, Nia Thomas, Pierce Wilcox

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