Secretary
Paddy Macleod is the co-founder, along with John Wright, and General Manager of Blackbird Theatre Company. She has more than twenty five years of experience in Arts Administration, mostly in the music sector where she managed the Vancouver Cantata Singers and was executive producer for a widely telecast documentary entitled Children of Bach and a Juno nominated CD – A Venetian Vespers of 1640.
Well-known as an arts activist in Vancouver, she has been President of several of the City’s prominent cultural organizations including the Greater Vancouver Alliance for Arts and Culture, and the Vancouver Music Alliance. At present she serves as a board director of MusicFest Vancouver, formerly Festival Vancouver, where she also chairs the Program Advisory Committee and as Vice-Chair of the Vancouver Concert Hall and Theatre Society (formerly the Coal Harbour Arts Complex Committee.)
Born in South Africa, Paddy’s early experience was in the fields of journalism and broadcasting and prior to entering into arts administration in Canada she received an MA in English Literature from Simon Fraser University. Her life-long passion for the arts continues to inspire her work in the cultural community.
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