Buxton Festival’s Chief Executive, Glyn Foley, will retire in August 2012 after 14 successful years in post. The Festival’s Board of Trustees has begun the recruitment process to find a replacement for this pivotal role.
Audiences have tripled to more than 43,000 during Glyn’s tenure and Buxton is now recognised as one of the UK’s leading arts festivals, attracting extensive national media attention.
Dame Janet Smith, Buxton Festival’s Chairman, said:
‘Glyn’s contribution has been immense; he has transformed the Festival both artistically and financially. We now begin the search for a new Chief Executive who can build on this success and take the Festival forwards. This is a very exciting time to join the Festival: we are financially stable, critically acclaimed and well-regarded by our growing audiences.’
Buxton Festival is a thriving summer celebration of opera, music and literature, with a national reputation for quality productions of unusual operatic repertoire. In recent years the Festival has expanded to 19 days of intense activity, comprising three Festival opera productions and a total of around 150 events, as well as an education and community programme.
The newly appointed Chief Executive will work in collaboration with Artistic Director Stephen Barlow.
The post is now being advertised with a closing date for applications of Friday 9 December. Email recruitment@buxtonfestival.co.ukto request an application pack.
Glyn Foley
