Darren Henley
Darren Richard Henley
Education
He attended St Edmund's School Canterbury,[4] and is a graduate of the University of Hull (BA Hons, politics), the University of South Wales (MSc, management), the University of Buckingham (MA, history of art), Middlesex University (DProf professional doctorate examining the role of the outsider as an agent for change), Buckinghamshire New University (MSc, applied positive psychology) and Henley Business School (PGCert, coaching and behavioural change). He holds an FLCM fellowship diploma from the London College of Music at the University of West London.[5]
Career
Between 1989 and 1994, he worked as a freelance radio journalist for stations including
In this post, in 2022 he presided over his organisation's funding cuts to established arts companies - notably the removal of English National Opera from the national portfolio of funded organisations - and caused further furore in the operatic world by suggesting that operatic performance in England and Wales needed to move away from theatres, as "A new generation of audiences is embracing opera and music theatre presented in new ways: opera in car parks, opera in pubs, opera on your tablet".[8] [1][2]
The cuts of £50m centred on London and included long-established producers of new writing, Stockroom, the Donmar Theatre and the Hampstead Theatre.[9]
Government reviews
In 2011, he undertook an independent review of the funding and delivery of music education in England for the Department for Education and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport of the UK government.[10] The following year, he authored an independent review of cultural education in England for the same two government departments.[11] He was a member of the Scottish Government's Instrumental Music Group, which published a report into instrumental music tuition in Scotland in 2013.[12]
Music and cultural education
From 2007 to 2010, he chaired the
Books
Henley has written or co-written thirty books on arts related subjects,
Honours and awards
Henley's audiobook for children The Story of Classical Music was nominated for a
He was appointed
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