About SEArtists
WHAT IS SEArtists?
SEArtists is a bespoke artist agency for musicians working primarily in oratorio, consort and ensemble music contexts. It is a social enterprise, transforming the way classical music management works.
We provide artists with logistics, advertising, press, social media and administrative support, and we believe in putting money directly into the pockets of our artists. We connect artists with opportunities, venues and conductors.
SEArtists is part-agency / part-community for an exciting group of rising stars on the concert circuit across the UK and abroad.
WHY THE NAME?
The name is just a name. It doesn't really mean anything in particular.
But SE can stand for South East London, where we are proudly based, or Social Enterprise. We are a one-of-a-kind, non-for-profit classical music management agency.
WHO ARE SEArtists?
Jacob Fitzgerald: Founder + Director
Jacob is an arts administrator, countertenor and published composer. As a librarian and administrator he has worked with major UK festivals and leading international orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra and the Gävle Symphony Orchestra. He is also the Chamber Music Administrator at the Royal Academy of Music.
Jacob studied at Chetham’s School of Music and King’s College London. He has led successful fundraising campaigns to support arts projects and charitable work, gaining support from Arts Council England, and raising money to support victims of the war in Ukraine.
Find out more at www.jacobfitzgerald.co.uk
Dr Andy H. King: Artistic Consultant
Andy studied at Chetham’s School of Music, the University of Huddersfield, and the University of Birmingham, where he completed his PhD, ‘Sir Granville Bantock (1868–1946): Aspects of His Life and Songs’. He has held a variety of roles across the UK’s classical music and arts sectors, including positions with BBC Radio 3 (Producer), the International Anthony Burgess Foundation (Music Advisor), Robert Gilder & Co. (Assistant Artist Manager), the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (Chorus Manager), Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd (Promotion Assistant), the BBC Philharmonic (Assistant Orchestral Librarian), and Oldham Coliseum Theatre (Interim Marketing Officer).
Andy is a co-founder and former trustee of Retrospect Opera, a charity dedicated to preserving and promoting Britain’s musical heritage through the research and recording of neglected British operas. He currently also serves as a Trustee of the Sir George Dyson Trust.
The Artists
We are an artist collective. Our roster is the backbone of the organisation. See our roster here.