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About us
Our Team
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Mark Feeny
Co-Founder and Chairman
Solicitor in Liverpool and partner at Brabners LLP; expert on tax planning, trusts and wills, and estates.
Dr Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Honorary Patron
Internationally renowned, Liverpool-based screenwriter and novelist; co-creator of
the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony.
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Dr Crispin Pailing
Adviser & Trustee
Specialises in educational charities, involved across the voluntary sector of Merseyside, and part of the civic life of Liverpool.
Janet Pickavance
Adviser & Trustee
Formerly Chief Executive Officer at Brabners LLP; expert in financial management and business planning.
Michelle Mulvey-Fanneran
Adviser & Trustee
Currently Head of Quality and Compliance at TrustFlight and Centrik following careers both as a Barrister and as RAF aircrew.
Tutors
Elizabeth Elliott-Capulli
Director of Music
Cello & Double Bass
Lizzie is a freelance cellist and teacher based in Merseyside. Having completed her MA, in both modern and baroque cello, and LRAM at the Royal Academy of Music she has played with professional orchestras and chamber ensembles both in the UK and internationally.
Marino Capulli
Deputy Director of Music
Violin & Viola
Marino is a violinist and teacher based in Liverpool who freelances with professional orchestras in the UK and internationally.
He also performs extensively as a soloist and chamber musician.
He holds a Postgraduate Diploma from the Royal Northern College of Music.
Charlie Roberts
Charlie is a Liverpool born violinist, currently studying at the Royal Northern College of Music. She is a tutor and performer at EMAE, of which she was originally a student. Charlie enjoys working in music in healthcare, and is currently a Young Creator with Songbirds Music UK, working in Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. Since 2025, Charlie is an Ambassador of the Benedetti Foundation.
Grace Harvey
Stephanie Roberts
Andrew Taheny
Andrew Taheny is a violinist from Glasgow. He studied at the University of Edinburgh (BMus) and Royal Northern College of Music (MMus/PGDip), and now enjoys a varied performance schedule with symphony orchestras, chamber groups and period instrument ensembles across the UK.
Angela Clearkin
Adviser & Trustee
Retired Solicitor, formerly partner at Brabners LLP Liverpool; expert in real estate and social housing law.
Jane Ward
Adviser & Trustee
Jane Ward has worked in the Music Industry for over 40 years, beginning her career with London Contemporary Dance Theatre, then onto Decca Record Company’s A&R Department. As a freelancer, Jane has managed internationally renowned musicians, spent 5 years as Artistic Administrator of the Chester Summer Music Festival, worked as Executive Producer on many classical recordings and mentored young musicians starting out on their professional careers.
Eleanor Kelly
Administrative Assistant
Eleanor is an award-winning classical guitarist. She studied guitar performance in the UK, Spain and at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and specialises in repertoire by women composers.
Partners and Donors
The Late Mrs Diane Tod
(private donor)
The Rhona Reid Charitable Trust
The Harding Trust
Edwards Family
Charitable Trust
Frohlich Estate
Eleanor Rathbone Trust
Virginie Keuleyan
Charitable Trust
Mr Enrico Sanna
(private donor)
The Ravensdale Trust
The Rushworth Trust
The Rushworth Trust
Pauline Martin Trust
Cecil Pilkington
Charitable Trust
St Mary's Church Liscard
Rimmer
Charitable Trust
St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary
Egremont Primary
Halebank Church of England Primary
Liscard Primary