Agenda item

The Association of British Orchestras (ABO) is the national body representing the collective interests of professional orchestras throughout the UK.  The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and Barbican Centre are both members of the ABO.  Their annual conference includes over 350 delegates from orchestras based in the UK and abroad, plus representatives of funding agencies, venues, agents, publishers and suppliers.

At the conclusion of the first day of their conference, on 29 January 2014, the opportunity could be taken to invite speakers and delegates attending the ABO conference, key individuals from the City’s cultural organisations and principal stakeholders with an interest in the arts to an early evening reception in Mansion House and we so recommend, with the arrangements being left in the hands of the Barbican Centre Board and the cost being met from within the approved cost parameters.

(This would be a Committee event.)

The Association of British Orchestras (ABO) is the national body representing the collective interests of professional orchestras throughout the UK.  The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and Barbican Centre are both members of the ABO.  Their annual conference includes over 350 delegates from orchestras based in the UK and abroad, plus representatives of funding agencies, venues, agents, publishers and suppliers.

At the conclusion of the first day of their conference, on 29 January 2014, the opportunity could be taken to invite speakers and delegates attending the ABO conference, key individuals from the City’s cultural organisations and principal stakeholders with an interest in the arts to an early evening reception in Mansion House and we therefore recommend that this happen, with the arrangements being left in the hands of the Barbican Centre Board and the cost being met from within the approved cost parameters.

(This would be a Committee event).

Read and agreed to.