Meet the Team
The Trustees
Marianne Windham
The Cheryl King Trust was co-founded by Marianne in memory of her dear friend and talented musician who unexpectedly passed away in 2014. Originally a Physics graduate and an amateur cellist, Marianne took up playing double bass rather later in life. In 2011 she resigned from her career as director of a software consultancy in order to pursue her passion as a double bass player full time, grappling with the physical impossibility of playing a large tree. Soon afterwards she set up Guildford Jazz, a not-for-profit organisation that has to date welcomed over 1500 musicians and 22,000 music lovers and raised over £70,000 for local charities. Marianne also co-runs Fleet Jazz club.. She has performed with many of the UK's leading jazz musicians, plays regularly classical orchestral and chamber concerts and teaches double bass privately.
Clive Grant
Retired corporate lawyer, former trustee of Youth Music and the National Youth Jazz Orchestra and a director of Guildford Jazz. Clive learnt classical clarinet at school and was a passionate “armchair" jazz and classical music fan for many years. He started to learn tenor sax in retirement a few years ago and has been keenly honking away ever since, playing in various small amateur ensembles for fun. At home his family have banished his practicing to an annex.
Pete Brayne
Having spent 30 years working for charities, Pete spent a further 5 years advising them on governance issues. Now fully retired, he’s been able to pursue his musical interests in charitable and community contexts. He’s a Director of Guildford Jazz and helped CKT Register as a charity. He’s also very involved in a local Church and is a Trustee of a local sheltered housing association
Tony Hennessey-Brown
Tony retired from the world of finance and commerce a few years ago now. He's been able to spend more time making and promoting music , including valiant efforts to learn piano. Previously Chair of Guildford Spring Music Festival and Guildford YMCA, he delights in CKT's mission to make sure that young people can afford to learn a musical instrument.
Advisors
Caroline Gale
Director of Music and Head of Creative Arts, Guildford County School
Caroline Gale studied piano, conducting, accompaniment, repetiteuring and vocal coaching at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She won prizes for her accompanying and conducting which led to a series of masterclasses with prominent musicians such as Sir Simon Rattle, Lyn Harrell, Bryn Terfel and Dame Janet Baker. Since leaving the RAM she worked for a short while at the ENO and as an official accompanist at the RAM. She has performed extensively throughout the UK and in Europe.
She is currently Director of Music and Head of Creative Arts at Guildford County School, a specialist Music College where she has built the music provision to include a wide range of co curricular ensembles and choirs. The school has attracted much interest for its peer to peer music teaching strategies, for its work with partner Primary schools and for its 135 strong Boys choir. This choir, in particular has been the focus for appearances on the BBC “Boys Don’t Sing” series, on the Radio 2 series ‘Class Acts’ written and presented by Howard Goodall. They have recently been filmed as part of national resource in partnership with the NYC and they have appeared in regular articles in the national press. The choirs have also recorded for the Sing Up website and Caroline has provided repertoire for the Secondary aspects of this organisation.
Caroline is also primary music lead for the Learning Partnership Trust network and is in the Surrey Arts Music steering group. She has also written articles for the Music Mark organisation and leads the music network for SAfE network.
Admin Support
Sarah Parker
Enormous thanks to Sarah for her help with the general administration of the Trust.
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