Creative Director and Chief Executive of the National Youth Orchestra, since 2008
As Chief Executive and Creative Director of The National Youth Orchestra, Sarah Alexander OBE has grown the organisation from working with 164 young people to one that reaches 10,000 teenagers, opening access to young people from all backgrounds. It is now widely celebrated as the world’s greatest orchestra for teenagers, and is the UK's leading organisation championing orchestral music as a powerful agent for teenage development.
Sarah spent many years as a freelance theatre and opera director, and she created the Max department at Welsh National Opera. She has won prestigious awards from the Association of British Orchestras and the Royal Philharmonic Society among others.