Mr Simon Fairclough

Official Fellow for Music Performance

Degrees, Awards and Prizes

MA (Cantab)

Responsibilities

I am the inaugural Director of the University’s Centre for Music Performance – a new department created to strengthen Cambridge’s support for extracurricular music and to ensure that a rounded education remains central to student life.  

The Centre reflects the varied musical interests of today’s student body – 25,000 brilliant undergraduates and postgraduates of all backgrounds from more than 140 countries – by supporting activity across classical, popular and global genres. It provides opportunities for students at every level of experience, from beginners to performers of the highest calibre.

I read Law and Music at Christ’s College and previously held senior management positions at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Academy of Ancient Music.  Before returning to Cambridge, I supported the University’s musical life in a voluntary capacity for many years, including eight as Chair of the University Musical Society.

Roles(s) with the University

Director, Centre for Music Performance

Extra links

Simon's profile on the Centre for Music Performance website

^{Photograph credit: Hannah Fathers}