EXEC
President:
Name: Anna Ruddock
Year: 3rd
Subject: Mathematics
Instrument(s): Clarinet, Bass Clarinet and Tenor Horn
Favourite Wind Orch Piece: English Folk Songs Suite
Favourite Wind Orch Social: Bake Off
Brief Description of Role: "As President I'm the main port of call of anything Wind Orch related! I supervise and help the exec, small band coordinators, and conductors in their role while liaising with the Music Centre, other societies, the SU, and any external organisations. I make sure any problems can be rectified as quickly as possible so Wind Orch can rehearse and perform at its best."
Vice-President/Treasurer:
Name: Martin Hill
Year: 4th
Subject: Mechanical Engineering
Instrument(s): Saxophone and Clarinet
Favourite Wind Orch Piece: Fate of the Gods
Favourite Wind Orch Social: Bowling
Brief Description of Role: "As treasurer I look after the society’s finances, and as vice-president I work closely with Anna to ensure that everything is run smoothly and provides the best possible experience for our members."
Secretary:
Name: Sam Medwell
Year: 2nd
Subject: Computer Science
Instrument(s): Saxophone
Favourite Wind Orch Piece: Arabesque
Favourite Wind Orch Social: Among Us
Brief Description of Role: "As Secretary, I help organise the society. I'm responsible for booking rooms, maintaining the website and managing our mailing lists. I also take minutes at exec meetings and run our Beginners' Wind scheme."
Concert Manager:
Name: TBC - If you would like to run for the role, please get in contact!
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Course:
Instruments:
Favourite Wind Orch Piece:
Favourite Wind Orch Social:
Brief Description of Role: "As Concert Manager, I organise all of the concerts and performance opportunities for the Wind Orchestra. This role includes liaising with venues, arranging member sign-ups, and establishing the plan for each event. My role also involves the set up of percussion for rehearsals, as well as coordinating the Wind Orchestra's participation in the National Concert Band Festival."
Marketing Manager:
Name: Alyssa Gibbons
Year: 2nd
Subject: PPE
Instrument(s): Clarinet and Saxophone
Favourite Wind Orch Piece: How to Train Your Dragon
Favourite Wind Orch Social: Quiz Night (although I haven’t experienced in-person socials yet :()
Brief Description of Role: "My job is to market the orchestra - publicising events, encouraging people to join and letting people know about our concerts, through social media and other avenues. I’m also in-charge of ordering merchandise for members, so I’m looking forward to coming up with some ideas for merch so everyone can show their wind orch pride!"
Librarian (1):
Name: Ruth Pugh
Year of Study: 4th
Course: Mathematics
Instruments: Clarinet/Bass Clarinet
Favourite Wind Orch Piece: Holst Suite in Eb
Favourite Wind Orch Social: MC Ball
Brief Description of Role: "I’m one of the librarians for Wind Orch, which means I am responsible for ensuring everyone has enough parts in the folders, and if anyone wants a practice copy, then I make sure they get one, so please just ask! We also share music with other university wind orchestras, and make sure the library is up to date."
Librarian (2):
Name: Cameron Hammond
Year: 3rd
Subject: Mathematics
Instrument(s): Bassoon, Contrabassoon and Piano
Favourite Wind Orch Piece: Four Norfolk Dances
Favourite Wind Orch Social: Circling
Brief Description of Role: "I’m one of librarians for the wind orchestra. As part of my role, I organise sheet music and help find pieces for conductors. Also, as librarians, we manage swapping pieces of music between other bands (outside of the university). So if you have any questions about sheet music we’re the people to ask."
Socials and Welfare Officer:
Name: Thomas Stanford
Year: 4th
Subject: Mathematics
Instrument(s): Flute, Piccolo, Recorder, and Saxophone
Favourite Wind Orch Piece: Four Norfolk Dances
Favourite Wind Orch Social: MC Ball
Brief Description of Role: "I organise socials for Wind Orchestra, as well as organising events with the other Music Centre Social Secretaries. As the Welfare Officer I am here to support members of the orchestra to ensure they are supported and enjoy their university experience."
SMALL BAND COORDINATORS
Liquorice Sticks:
Name: Ruth Pugh
Year of Study: 3rd
Course: Mathematics
Instruments: Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Oboe, and Piano
Favourite Small Band Piece: Lakme
"As co-ordinator, my role is to sort rehearsal times and spaces, performances and music. If you have any ideas for the liquorice sticks whether performances or pieces or generally just want a chat about some amazing clarinet music, let me know!”
Liquorice Sticks:
Name: Katharine Wilson-Jarvis
Year of Study: 4th
Course: Psychology with Intercalated Year
Instruments: Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Piano, Violin, and Saxophone
Favourite Small Band Piece: How to Train Your Dragon
"Liq Sticks is our super friendly clarinet group, which it is so much fun to play with! This year, we are sharing the running of the group between several of our members, ensuring that we are as collaborative as possible. I will primarily be responsible for arranging our performance opportunities throughout the year.”
Liquorice Sticks:
Name: Anna Ruddock
Year of Study: 2nd
Course: Mathematics
Instruments: Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Tenor Horn
Favourite Small Band Piece: Fantasia
“I'm responsible for the day-to-day organisation of Liq Sticks, such as room booking and sorting sheet music. At first I was worried I wouldn't be 'good enough' to play in a small band, but it wasn't like that at all and I'm so glad I tried it - it's turned out to be one of my favourite parts of Wind Orch. It's really built my confidence and I'd recommend it to anyone who can play clarinet, especially incoming Freshers as it's a great opportunity to get to know others in main band better!"
Flute Choir:
Name: Amrita Sandhu
Year of Study: 3rd
Course: Economics
Instrument: Flute
"I’m in charge of all things admin for flute choir so please direct any questions my way! I’ve also been playing in the choir for a year but you definitely won’t find me conducting!"
Flute Choir:
Name: James Haigh
Year of Study: 3rd
Course: Linguistics
Instruments: Flute, Piccolo, Violin, Cello, Guitar, Sax, Clarinet, Ocarina, Ukulele, Mandolin, and Accordion
Favourite Small Band Piece: One Day More
"I'm the social media manager for flute choir so please make sure to follow us for all of my fun posts! Flute choir's a super relaxed way to have a bit of fun playing for a couple of hours each week, and we're more than happy for you to just come along to whatever fits in your schedule!"
Flute Choir:
Name: Emily Roberts
Year of Study: 3rd
Course: Mathematics
Instruments: Flute, Violin, Organ
Favourite Small Band Piece: Scarborough Fair
"I’m mainly in charge of organising music and making sure we have a variety of interesting pieces to play. We usually have a mix of fun pieces such as themes from films, musicals and even video games as well as more classical style pieces. We’re open to requests so if you have a favourite piece, feel free to suggest it!"
Feeling Saxy:
Name: Abi Pennells
Year of Study: 4th
Course: French and Italian
Instruments: Saxophone, Piano, Drums
Favourite Small Band Piece: Rain Dance
“Together with Emily, I run rehearsals and organise concerts. Feeling Saxy is open to players of all standards, so come along and give it a go!”
Feeling Saxy:
Name: Emily Alger
Year of Study: 4th
Course: Maths and Statistics
Instruments: Saxophone, Clarinet and Piano
Favourite Small Band Piece: Pirates of the Caribbean
"I work with Abi to organise everything Saxy! We organise rehearsals, socials and gigs throughout the year to share our love of Sax music with everyone. Come along for music and fun at our rehearsals, you won't be disappointed!"
Double Reeds:
Name: Daria Hall
Year of Study: 2nd
Course: Maths and Physics
Instrument: Oboe
"I run the brand new Double Reed group with Cameron. This band is open to all levels so please do come along!"
Double Reeds:
Name: Cameron Hammond
Year of Study: 2nd
Course: Mathematics
Instruments: Bassoon, Contrabassoon and Piano
"I run the newly formed small band along with Daria and would love to see as many double reedists (of any standard) here as possible :) "
CONDUCTORS
Term 1:
Name: Vasudha Marthi
Year of Study: 3rd
Course: Economics
Instruments: Clarinet and Piano
"As one of the student conductors, I get to choose some of the music that we play; hopefully a mixture of fun yet challenging pieces. I am looking forward to running rehearsals this year and working with the wonderful players so that we can perform to our best standard!"
Term 2:
Name: Chloé Postel-Vinay
Year of Study: 4th
Course: Mathematics
Instruments: Flute, Piccolo, and Saxophone
"As one of the conductors, my role is to select some cool music and direct the orchestra to play it all together. You can usually find me in the flute section, and I sometimes hang around in Feeling Saxy rehearsals. I’m always up for a friendly chat!"
Term 2:
Name: Thomas Stanford
Year of Study: 3rd
Course: Mathematics
Instruments: Flute, Piccolo, Recorder, Organ, and Saxophone
"As a conductor this year, I'm looking forward to choosing a good range of pieces that hopefully everyone will enjoy playing. Most importantly, I can't wait to start working with such a talented and committed group of musicians!"