STRUCTURE AND PERSONNEL

Pegasus Opera Company is run via a Management Board, which reports to the Trustees of the Company. The Chairman of the Board is elected on an annual basis. The member of the Board are from a variety of backgrounds in the music and business worlds and aim to bring their experience to bear on the organisation and strategy of the Company.

Alison Buchanan

MMus, AGSM

Assistant to the Artistic Director

Alison works as artistic advisor to Pegasus Opera. She is an international soprano and has sung with the London Symphony Orchestra (Sir Colin Davis), the Royal Philharmonic, The BBC Concert Orchestra, Pegasus Opera Company, New York City Opera, Michigan Opera, and San Francisco Opera, to name but a few.

Michael Harper

Bachelor of Music at Virginia Commonwealth University,
Master of Music at College Conservatory of Music in West Cincinatti

Associate Artistic Director & Community Chorus Master

Michael Harper, countertenor,  has sung leading roles in opera houses and concert halls throughout Europe, in China and the U.S. He has worked as a Guest Artist/Teacher for the National Foundation for Youth Music, the MusicLearningLive Conference, the Centre for Performance Research (University of Aberystwyth), the Natural Voice Practitioner's Network, and the Asolo Song Festival and Institute of Song Interpretation where is the Opera Director and Artist-in-Residence.  He has taught singing privately for the past 25 years and teaches master classes / workshops internationally.  As a board member, chorus master and associate artistic director for Pegasus Opera, he advises on the Education and Artistic Programmes, and engages effectively with the community.

Alexandra Loewe

BMus (Birmingham Uni),
MA in Arts Management in Education (City Uni), LGSM(PCS)

London Programme Coordinator

Alexandra is a freelance arts administrator with nearly twenty years experience as a performer, music leader and administrator. She is running the Sing up Flagshp project, coordinating workshops in schools, CPD for singers and training days for teachers.

Lloyd Newton

ALCM (voice), ALCM (piano), LLCM (TD), LLCM, GLCM, PGCE, ACWCMD

Artistic Director & Founder / Trustee

Simon Oliver

BSc (Hons)

IT-Consultant

Simon works as a software consultant in the UK and USA. He assisted with the formation of the company and provides IT consultancy to Pegasus Opera.

Toby F Scholz

BMus (Hons)

Development and Fundraising Co-ordinator
& IT-Support

Toby joined Pegasus Opera for the 2007 production of Koanga in the role of a slave handler. He wrote this website and provides IT support to Pegasus Opera. Furthermore, he is invaluable when it comes to fundraising.