University Music Committee
Every year the University Music members elects a new committee to the activities within University Music.
The elections take place in our Annual General Meeting, which will take place in November. Teamwork is the most important part of being on the committee. The committee as a whole, and various ‘sub-committees’ formed of a smaller number of people, work best when there is a lot of communication to ensure that activities run smoothly.
There are many important events throughout the year, not least our concerts (for all or most of which you will be expected to be available). So, you must make sure that you are able to be fully committed when required (Welcome Week, Auditions Week – week 1 of the academic year, Open Days etc), not only for your specific role.
There are several members of staff on the committee and they will work closely with you and assist you in your individual and group roles where appropriate. Do not underestimate the dedication required, but similarly do not underestimate how fun and rewarding an opportunity this can be.
Minutes of the most recent University Music AGM are available to all members - to request a copy please write to us.
2026 Members Committee
- Student President – Grace Arnold
- Deputy Student President – Ben Atkins
- Secretary – Lucy Edwards
- Marketing and Communications Team
- Membership Officer – William Meek
- Content Creators – Jennifer Lippe; others to be confirmed
- Social Secretaries – Charlotte Baker; Maddie Wildman
- Health and Wellbeing Representative – Hat Randall
- Equality and Diversity Representative – Dwight Kettle
- Community Representative – Jens Christian Claussen
- Choir Representative – Heather Li
- Ensemble Managers - Christian Jeys; Alicia Rich; Avery Howlett; Rosie Stubbs; Francisco Rodriguez; Hannah D'Cruz; Isabelle Crunden; Alice Higgin; Jimi Roantree; Eloise Bartram; Sam Saxton; Joe Waterman; Aidan Fernandez; Isobel Phipps; Noah Amison; Annemarie Alemao; Layla Jauzelon; Evelyn Millea; Francesca Tadayon; Daniel Salter; Anjola Bolarin
Honorary President 2026
- Oliver Janes
Oliver was born and brought up in Manchester and started his musical life learning the violin before taking up the clarinet at the age of fifteen. His grandfather, John Fuest, had been Principal Clarinet with the CBSO and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (RLPO) and convinced Oliver to give the instrument a go. The rest is history!
After two years of lessons with his grandfather, he went to Chetham’s School of Music to study with Rosa Campos-Fernandez. He followed this with four years at the Royal Academy of Music studying with Mark van de Wiel. At the age of twenty-three, Oliver was appointed Section Leader Clarinet with the CBSO.
While enjoying the variety of the CBSO schedule, he frequently appears as guest Principal with many of the UK’s leading orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, John Wilson Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Hallé, Philharmonia, Aurora Orchestra, RLPO and BBC NOW.
With a keen interest in contemporary music, Oliver is a member of Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, with whom he has recorded numerous CDs, toured internationally and performed some of the clarinet’s most challenging repertoire. Recently his recording of Richard Baker’s Learning to Fly has been released.
As a soloist, he has performed works by Debussy, Mozart, Strauss, Copland, Weinberg, Weber and Brian Ferneyhough’s La Chute d’Icare.