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Sarah Alexander OBE

Chief Executive and Artistic Director at National Youth Orchestra

Sarah Alexander OBE is Chief Executive and Artistic Director of the National Youth Orchestra. She has grown the institution from one working with 164 young people to one that reaches 10,000 teenagers, opening access to young people from all backgrounds. 

Previously, Sarah spent many years in Wales leading the education department at Welsh National Opera and has won prestigious awards from the Association of British Orchestras and the Royal Philharmonic Society, among others.
 
Sarah was made a Fellow of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 2022.

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