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Deal Music and Arts’ new Executive Director
In August, Peter Bolton became Deal Music and Arts’ Executive Director, succeeding Willie Cooper who had managed Deal Music and Arts for the past two decades.
Peter has come to Deal Music & Arts after nearly 17 years as Chief Executive of Kent Music, one of the largest music education charities in the country. He has considerable festival and concert promotion experience having run Norfolk & Norwich Festival and Petworth Festival. He has also managed Turner Sims Concert Hall in Southampton and worked on the Edinburgh International Festival, Tanglewood Festival and the Festival of Sydney.
Peter is resident in Canterbury and is an active musician working across the county. He is principal clarinet of White Cliffs Symphonic Winds that performs in Deal and Dover.
Peter says: “I am thrilled to have joined Deal Music & Arts which has a long track record of bringing world class events and music education activities to Deal, Dover and surrounding areas. It’s a busy and exciting time meeting DMA’s many partners, funders and supporters and planning for the future.”
DMA Chair Peter Fischer Brown said: “I am delighted that we have managed to recruit someone with Peter’s experience to this role and am already enjoying working with him”.