Ian Ritchie

Drawing on more than forty years of experience in the creative leadership, management and transformation of a number of arts organisations, including orchestras and festivals, Ian Ritchie presents theoretical and practical models for the programming, strategic planning and successful execution of arts projects and businesses - models that are transferable from the arts into any field of endeavour - with creative and inclusive imagination as their essential starting point.  He is currently Artistic Director of The Musical Brain (since 2010) and sings whenever possible. He continues to work on dismantling the artificial silos which separately contain the human essences of Culture, Medicine, Social Care and Education and in nurturing the creative nexus between them, with music at their heart.