About us…
Croydon Music and Arts (CMA) is a service within Croydon Council. We work to ensure children and young people in the borough have access to creative opportunities. We work as part of a network of local partners that include Croydon’s schools, cultural organisations and services for children and young people. CMA is the lead organisation for Croydon’s Cultural Education Partnership and Music Education Hub.
Our mission is to amplify young people’s voices and enhance their lives and life chances through the arts. Central to our mission is recognition of the importance of culture and identity for engaging families, schools and communities.
Our objectives are to support children and young people’s:
Learning In the Arts
Developing skills, knowledge and understanding across a range of the arts
Developing as artists in the art forms which interest them most
Learning Through the Arts
Able to express themselves through the arts and use the arts to solve personal and social issues
Using their learning in the arts to enable them to achieve in other areas
Learning About the Arts
Becoming confident of their identity and their role in society making a positive contribution to their communities
Contributing as young artists to the cultural life of Croydon
Image credits: 1, 3 Chris Hoare, 2 Katherine LeedaleOur Team
Graeme Smith
Head of Service
Jon Regan
Deputy Head of Service
Dee Elliott
Assistant Head of Service
Lucie Vezey
Assistant Head of Service
Development Team
Izzy Fixter
Business Development Manager
Ryan Beecham
Communication and Learning Development Officer
Rebecca Stell
Development Assistant
Shayla McLeary-Jones
Development Assistant
Music Leadership Team
Tamsin Bird - Woodwind
Kirsty Budgen - Strings
Jo Grainger - Strings
Christine Hardy - Strings
Mike Hewitt-Brown - Brass
Giles Holland - Guitar & Piano
Felix Shepherd - Brass & Piano
Claire Slade - Vocal
Ben Tranter - Guitar
Anne Winter - Strings
Music Teachers
Mariam Akintokun
Gina Anantharajah
Andrew Archie-Acheampong
Jessica Balfour
Nadia Barbosa
Alethea Belone
Emiliano Bonanomi
Joseph Boyle
Alma Burcombe
Ka Man Chan
Bethany Craft
Seyi Dada
Caroline Daglish
Brooke Day
Naomi Deacon
Richard Deacon
Jarred Earlington
Janet Fischer
Martin Grainger
Nikki Gray
Robert Hendry
Jemma Humphreys
Rosa Juritz
Phillip Legg
Alex Lockheart
Russell Marsh
Richard Pywell
Emily Stephens
Sharon Subbarao
James Taylor (JT)
Christine Wenham
Keith Wickham
Ellen Wilkinson
Sam Willoughby
Laverne Wynter