Lucy Warren has been appointed as Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s new Head of BSO Participate.

She spent several years leading music workshops in Berlin and with Internationale Musikschule Berlin and has built relationships with a range of communities, artists and organisations, and in educational, health and wellbeing settings.

She said: "I am very much looking forward to bringing my own experiences of supporting diverse audiences and communities to the role and to champion the unique power of music."

BSO Participate has an international reputation for community learning and participation in the classical sector.

From establishing the world’s first disabled-led ensemble at the core of a professional symphony orchestra to becoming Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia-Friendly Organisation of the Year, the work of BSO Participate continues to innovate.

Later in the 20/21 season, BSO Participate will present a new work commissioned by Allianz Musical Insurance and partnering two radical figures in modern British music, composer Shirley J. Thompson and disabled-led ensemble BSO Resound.

Dougie Scarfe, Chief Executive of the BSO said: “We’re excited to bring Lucy, with her exceptional track record in delivering community-based projects, into the BSO team.

"Never has this work been needed more as we reach out throughout the South West and beyond with our life-empowering music making.”