Meet the People

How BYC operates

The people that make up BYC

Music Team

Mat Wright MBE

Artistic Director

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Luke Mather

Musical Director

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Eleanor Wright

Musical Director

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Sam Gilliatt

Assistant Musical Director

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Gavin Usher-Schofield

Assistant Musical Director

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Michelle Barnes

Assistant Musical Director

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Rosie Masters

Assistant Musical Director

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Fiona Taylor

Assistant Musical Director

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Gareth Taylor

Accompanist

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Robert Cooper

Accompanist

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Helen Madden

Accompanist

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Emma McKenna

Accompanist

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Gorgey Bennett

Musical Assistant

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Tom Masters

Musical Assistant

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Music Team

Mat Wright - Artistic Director

BYC Senior Choir

Mat Wright - Musical Director
Luke Mather - Assistant Musical Director
Sarah-Lucy Penny - Assistant Musical Director
Gareth Taylor - Accompanist
Rob Cooper - Accompanist

BYC Intermediate Choir

Luke Mather - Musical Director
Sarah-Lucy Penny - Assistant Musical Director
Eleanor Wright - Assistant Musical Director
Rob Cooper - Accompanist

BYC Children’s Choir Central

Eleanor Wright - Musical Director
Michelle Barnes - Assistant Musical Director
Rosie Masters - Assistant Musical Director
Fiona Taylor - Assistant Musical Director
Gareth Taylor - Accompanist

BYC Children’s Choir East

Luke Mather - Musical Director
Helen Madden - Accompanist
Gorgey Bennett - Musical Assistant
Ellie Norman - Mentor

BYC Children’s Choir West

Gavin Usher-Scofield - Musical Director
Emma McKenna - Accompanist
Tom Masters - Musical Assistant
Hannah Rowe - Mentor

BYC Junior Choir

Eleanor Wright - Musical Director
Gareth Taylor - Accompanist
Gorgey Bennett - Musical Assistant
Hannah Todd - Mentor
Bronwen Dooling - Mentor

Band

Keith Ramskill - Drums
Tommy Fuller - Bass Guitar
Jeff Swift - Guitar
Mary Golder - Trombone
Lyn Maitland - Clarinet / Alto Sax
Mick Roberts - Flute / Tenor Sax
Eleanor Wright - Violin / Viola
Rob Horscroft - Trumpet

Section Leaders

Charlotte Veal

Soprano - Leader

Victoria Price

Soprano - Deputy Leader

Hannah Todd

Soprano - Assistant Leader

Grace Butterworth

Soprano - Assistant Leader

Amelia Akrill

Soprano - Mentor

Charlotte Bentley

Mezzo Soprano - Leader

Zoe Aradipioti

Mezzo Soprano - Deputy Leader

Megan Hirst

Mezzo Soprano - Assistant Leader

Ella McKay

Mezzo Soprano - Assistant Leader

Lauren Ball

Mezzo Soprano - Mentor

Gorgey Bennett

Alto - Section Leader

Isabella Watson

Alto - Deputy Leader

Ruby Hepplestone

Alto - Assistant Leader

Hannah Rowe

Alto - Assistant Leader

Mya Kikupi

Alto - Mentor

Tom Masters

Tenor - Section Leader

Lewis Burns

Tenor - Deputy Leader

Robert Taylor

Tenor - Assistant Leader

Andrew McDonald

Tenor - Assistant Leader

Mila Whitaker

Soprano - Assistant Leader

Key Partners & Sponsors

We would like to thank our Sponsors for their continued support.

FRIENDS OF BYC

£30 per year

A PATRON OF BYC

£72 per year

SPONSOR A CHILD

£250 per year

For more information about sponsorship packages please contact
byckarendavis@gmail.com or alternatively visit "Become a Sponsor" page.

Patrons & Friends

We are immensely grateful to the large group of people that have chosen to support the choir by becoming a Patron.

Their support, both financially and in person, really helps to drive the choir forward and gives us the means to continue offering the opportunities that we do. Our current list of Patrons is below. We thank them for their committed support of Barnsley Youth Choir and look forward to welcoming them to future BYC events.

If you would like to find more about how to become a Patron, please click the button.

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                                                                                                            Honorary Artistic Patrons
                                                 _{Awarded in recognition of the significant contribution that they make to the artistic development of Barnsley Youth Choir}
_{Dr. Michael Barrett}

                                                                                                           Honorary Artistic Partners
_{Awarded in recognition of the personal contribution that they make to the artistic development of Barnsley Youth Choir}
_{Prof. Paul Mealor}_{Jake Runestad}

                                                                                                                   Honorary Patrons
                                              _{Awarded in recognition of the significant contribution that they have made to the growth and development of Barnsley Youth Choir}
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Nick Bowen
Mel Dyke
Carl Firth‍
‍Andrew Harrod

Sir Nicholas Hewitt
Dan Jarvis MBE
Yiannis Koursis OBE
John Parkinson

Linda Parkinson
Kathy McArdle
Matthew Milburn
Sally Steadman

Edna Sutton
Yvonne Worsley
Ann Wroe

Current Patrons

Martin Akrill
Sarah Allam
Leanne Amos
Janet Aspinall
Elizabeth Barkworth
Elizabeth Barnes
Daniel Barnes
Anna Barron
Hazel Barron
Brian Bell
Geoff Bell
John Bennett
Naomi Biddlestone
Marilyn Billington
Barbara Bissett
Trevor Bissett
Deborah Blewitt
John Blyth
Sandra Booth
John Bostwick MBE
Kathleen Bostwick
Doreen Bramhall Thompson
Steve Bright
Tracey Bright
Pauline Bristow
Rachel Brougham
David Brown
Anne Bugg
Kevin Bugg
Linda Burgess
Julie Burkinshaw
Helen Care
David Carr
Gemma Casterton
Barbara Chamberlain
Paul Chamberlain
Kimberley Coney
Barbara Crisp
Valerie Crowder
Liz Dawson
Alex Derham
Karen Dobson
James Docherty
Lee Dooling
Kathryn Dooling
Libby Dry
Dr Jan Eldred
Barry Eldred DL

Carol Fairclough
Donald Fairclough
Christine Fitt
Robert Fitt
Jake Fraser
Beryl Galloway‍
‍Christopher & Jane Galvin
Penny Gill
Adele Gladman - Safeguarding Children Training & Consultancy Limited
Victoria Gorton
Josie Green
Carol & Patrick Green
Steven Green
Elizabeth Grundy
Anne & Edmund Gubbins
Lynn Haigh
Anne & Nigel Hamby
Brian Harris
Sue Harris
Sara Harris
Cyd Harrison
Sue Haughton
Alan & Liza Hay
Darren Hayes
Kathryn Hayes
Robert Hendley
Mary Herbert
Diane Heritage
David Hoddle
Berni Hoult
Norah Hoult
Susan Howard
Trevor Howard
Ray Hunter
Kath Hunter
John Hutchinson
Jan Hutchinson
Brian & Christine Hyde
Linda Jagger
Malcolm Jagger
Shirley Jenkinson
Milly Johnson
Rose Johnston
Kate Keeling
John Kenny
Joyce Kenny

Rosalind Kenny
Roger Kite
Jean Larkin
Robin Lee
Michelle Lee
Barbara Lee
Elizabeth Malinski
Margaret Marshall
Julie Masters
Nigel Masters
Zoe McHugh
Dan McHugh
Sue McHugh
Tony McNicholas
Ruth McTighe
Elaine Meehan
Jonny Mitchell
Patrick Moody
Anne Moody‍
‍Hannah Moody
David Moody
Christopher Moxon
John Nunn
Diane Nunn
Rebecca Openshaw-Nettleship
Sylvia Parkes
Majorie Parkin
Denise Pozorski
Jan Pozorski
Sean Preston
Rev. Canon Stephen Race
Michelle Read
Rhiannon Hilary Rees
David George Rees
Lynda Robertshaw
Anne Robertson
Sean Robertson
Carron Rowe
Peter Rowe
Catherine Rowlands
Vickie Scargill
Helen Shaw
David Shuttleworth
Pawel Sobczak
Aleksandra Sobczak
Linda Stewart
David & Thelma Street
Ian Sutcliffe

Patricia Taylor
Barbara Tewson
Alison Thompson
Lorraine Thompson
Paul Thompson
Lynn Tingle
Caroline Tinker
Gillian Tinker
Tracy & Graham Todd
Lynne Veal
Linda Waddington
Sarah Walker
Tony Walker
Diane Walker
Tricia Watters
John Michael Watts
Chris White
Suzanne White
Melanie Whitmore
Sarah Whittle
Anna Wilson
Mark Woodward
Sarah Woodward
Pat Wroe‍

Trustees

Karen Davis

Trustee & General Secretary

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Louise Korobka

Trustee & Resource Lead

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Ann Wroe

Trustee & President

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Volunteers & Staff

We are immensely grateful to the large group of people that have chosen to support the choir by becoming a volunteer.

If you would like to find out how to become a volunteer, please click the button.

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Strategic

Yvonne Worsley - Chairperson
Ann Wroe - President
Nicola Ellel - Safeguarding
Karen Davis - General Secretary
Lynne Veal - Membership Secretary
Christine Hayhoe - Head of Accounts
Hugh Ritchie - First Aid
Rachel Hanson - Volunteer Manager
Dr. Peter Birkby - Development Officer
Mat Wright - Artistic Director

Operation Volunteers

Ann Wroe - President
Lynne Veal - Members / Auditions Secretary / Ticket Sales
Hugh Ritchie - First Aid Lead
Mary Alonefti - Data Manager

BYC Senior Choir

Louise Korobka - Registrar
Sue Norman - Assistant Registrar

BYC Intermediate Choir

Mavis Clarke - Registrar
Julia Spencer - Assistant Choir Registrar
Jill Pearce - Assistant Registrar
Susan Dixon-Melling - Assistant Registrar

BYC Children’s Choir Central

Kathy Fletcher - Registrar
Debbie Stuchbery - Assistant Registrar
Nicola Ellel - Assistant Registrar

BYC Children’s Choir East

Susan Norman - Registrar
Louise Korobka - Assistant Registrar
Lee Jenkinson - Assistant Registrar

BYC Children’s Choir West

Joanne McDonald - Registrar
Jill Kikupi - Assistant Registrar
Lynne Price - Assistant Registrar

BYC Junior Choir

Lynne Veal - Registrar
Pat Irwin - Registrar
Debs Mahmood -Safeguarding
Nicola Ellel -Safeguarding
Carol-Anne Armitage - Safeguarding

Uniforms

Lisa Critchley - Uniforms Manager
Jo Jenkinson - Uniforms Manager
Carl Firth - Uniforms Advisor / Liaison with America
Emily Ritchie - Uniforms Coordinator
Sarah Pearce - Uniforms Assistant
Lynn Price - Uniforms Assistant
Tracy Richardson - Uniforms Assistant
Jean Green - Uniforms Assistant
Jee-un Akrill - Uniforms Assistant

Catering

Paul Chambers - Catering / Refreshment Team
Mary Alonefti - Catering / Refreshment Team
Kay Butterworth - Catering / Refreshment Team
Jill Kikupi - Catering / Refreshment Team
Joanne McDonald - Catering / Refreshment Team

Volunteers

Rachel Hanson - Volunteer Manager
Debbie Stuchbery - Social Secretary
Kelly Adlington - Volunteer
Debbie Anderson - Volunteer
Caroline Butler - Volunteer
Julie Norton - Volunteer
Kevan Riggett-Barrett - Volunteer
Samantha Dunnill - Volunteer
Melanie Harding - Volunteer
Peninah Keza-Kirabo - Volunteer
Joanne McDonald - Volunteer
Kathryn Austin - Volunteer
Claire Watts - Volunteer
David Dewey - Volunteer
Sarah Dewey - Volunteer
Penny Gill - Volunteer
Chris White - Volunteer
Pawel Sobczak - Volunteer
John Kenny - Volunteer
Martin Akrill - Volunteer
Anne Hamby - Volunteer
Ruth Putsoane - Volunteer
Jean Green - Volunteer

Finance

Yvonne Worsley - Chairperson
Rachel Hanson - Assistant Accounts
Ann Wroe - Trip Manager
Karen Davis - General Secretary
Carol Bentley - Patrons Secretary
Sarah Kendall - Patrons Finance
Jill Pearce - Patrons Assistant Admin
Susan Dixon-Melling - Patrons Assistant Admin
Lee Jenkinson - Merchandise
Jessica Jenkinson - Merchandise / Uniforms Assistant

Technical

Ian Ellel - Stage Crew / Assistant Librarian
Paul Brackpool - Stage Crew
John Hutchinson - Stage Crew
Al McNichol - Sound Technician
Jack Green - Sound Technician
David Marsden - Technical support
fcd.org.uk - Programme and Website Design
Sarah Brabbin - Photography Lead
Chris White - Photography
Ian Wallace - Photography
Ellie Norman - Photography
Charlie Cookson - Librarian
Charlotte Bentley - Assistant Librarian
Pat Irwin - Assistant Librarian

BYC wouldn't be what it is today without the dedication from so many people

How BYC operates

The people that make up BYC

Music Team

Mat Wright MBE

Luke Mather

Eleanor Wright

Sam Gilliatt

Gavin Usher-Schofield

Michelle Barnes

Rosie Masters

Fiona Taylor

Gareth Taylor

Robert Cooper

Helen Madden

Emma McKenna

Gorgey Bennett

Tom Masters

Music Team

BYC Senior Choir

BYC Intermediate Choir

BYC Children’s Choir Central

BYC Children’s Choir East

BYC Children’s Choir West

BYC Junior Choir

Band

Section Leaders

Charlotte Veal

Victoria Price

Hannah Todd

Grace Butterworth

Amelia Akrill

Charlotte Bentley

Zoe Aradipioti

Megan Hirst

Ella McKay

Lauren Ball

Gorgey Bennett

Isabella Watson

Ruby Hepplestone

Hannah Rowe

Mya Kikupi

Tom Masters

Lewis Burns

Robert Taylor

Andrew McDonald

Mila Whitaker

Key Partners & Sponsors

Patrons & Friends

We are immensely grateful to the large group of people that have chosen to support the choir by becoming a Patron.

Current Patrons

Trustees

Karen Davis

Louise Korobka

Ann Wroe

Volunteers & Staff

We are immensely grateful to the large group of people that have chosen to support the choir by becoming a volunteer.

Strategic

Operation Volunteers

BYC Senior Choir

BYC Intermediate Choir

BYC Children’s Choir Central

BYC Children’s Choir East

BYC Children’s Choir West

BYC Junior Choir

Uniforms

Catering

Volunteers

Finance

Technical