Our team
Michael Garvey
Chief Executive
Michael Garvey joined the Academy of Ancient Music from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, where he had been General Manager. He has previously held positions at Arts Council England and with Classic FM.
Michael is responsible for all aspects of the successful running of the orchestra, including financial and artistic management.
Email: m.garvey@aam.co.uk
Telephone: 44 (0)1223 341095
Toby Chadd
External Relations Manager: Communications
Toby Chadd has a background in music journalism and editing, and read English at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He manages the AAM’s communications department, including overseeing the organisation’s marketing strategy, producing films and podcasts, and developing the AAM’s website.
Email: t.chadd@aam.co.uk
Telephone: 44 (0)1223 341097
Rebecca Driver
PR consultant
Please contact Rebecca for all press enquiries.
Email: rebecca@rdmr.co.uk
Telephone: 44 (0)7989 355446 or 44 (0)20 7448 5336
Simon Fairclough
Head of External Relations
Simon Fairclough joined the AAM in 2007 following periods as an agent with the music management company Hazard Chase, and as general manager of a small chamber orchestra. He is also chairman of the Cambridge University Musical Society and a senior member of the University's Faculty of Music.
Email: s.fairclough@aam.co.uk
Telephone: 44 (0)1223 341096
Samantha Fryer
Concerts and Administration Manager
Samantha Fryer joined the AAM after graduating from the University of Birmingham with a joint honours degree in Music and Hispanic Studies, as part of which she spent a year studying at La Universidad de Sevilla in Spain. Her role covers all aspects of concerts, financial and office administration, and she plays a leading role in delivering the AAM's arts management traineeships.
Email: s.fryer@aam.co.uk
Telephone: 44 (0)1223 341090
Anna Goldbeck-Wood
Communications Officer
Anna Goldbeck-Wood is a Music graduate from the University of York, where she spent much of her time performing (voice, violin and baroque violin) and getting involved in the wider musical and cultural scene. Amongst other things, she was Arts Editor of a student paper, co-organised York’s Spring Festival of New Music, collaborated with the Northern School of Contemporary Dance and formed contemporary folk ensemble Nish As Rish, who enjoy continuing success. Anna graduated with first class honours in 2010 and joined the AAM in spring 2011.
Email: a.goldbeck-wood@aam.co.uk
Telephone: 44 (0)1223 341092
Elaine Hendrie
Finance Manager
Elaine Hendrie qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1989 with Grant Thornton LLP and thereafter gained experience in a variety of commercial organisations and charities, notably as Regional Accountant with the National Trust and in the UK offices of an American computer software company.
Since the birth of her daughter in 1999 she has worked part-time as an accountant to small businesses. Taking up the post of Finance Manager with the Academy of Ancient Music was the culmination of a lifelong interest in classical music: she also plays violin and piano.
Email: e.hendrie@aam.co.uk
Telephone: 44 (0)1223 341091
Andrew Moore
Orchestra Manager
Andrew Moore began his professional life performing as a double bass player with a number of top-rank orchestras including the Halle, BBC Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment while studying at the Royal Northern College of Music.
After graduating he was appointed to the management team of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. He joined the AAM from The Sage Gateshead, where he had been Orchestra Manager of Northern Sinfonia; and he also has extensive freelance experience with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, the Dunedin Consort and the National Symphony Orchestra.
Email: a.moore@aam.co.uk
Telephone: 44 (0)1223 341094
Graham Sale
Arts Management Trainee
Graham Sale joined the AAM in January 2012 having recently graduated from St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford with a BA Honours degree in Music; prior to this he was fortunate to attend Chetham's School of Music, Manchester, and was awarded a DipABRSM in Violin Performance on completion of his studies. Graham's musical interests vary widely from performing frequently as a chamber / orchestral musician to close engagement with scores and manuscripts from an analytical perspective; he also has a keen interest in the life and works of the composer Benjamin Britten. Graham is currently a member of Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra.
Email: g.sale@aam.co.uk
Telephone: 44 (0)1223 341098
Oriel Williams
External Relations Manager: Development
Oriel Williams joined the AAM after studying for a Master’s degree in Arts Management at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. Her first degree in Modern Languages (French and Italian) at the University of Bristol led to a love of the arts, and subsequently to an itinerant lifestyle building a career as a management consultant, most recently at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Music has always been a keen interest in all its forms, most particularly that of the baroque and classical periods.
Email: o.williams@aam.co.uk
Telephone: 44 (0)1223 341093