BSocSc, MBA, FRSA
Ken has a passionate interest in using the arts for individual and community wellbeing. Now retired, he brings extensive international experience in performance improvement, team development and project management to these activities.
Adrian Bawtree believes in the power of music to enrich lives, and as a professional musician he has seen first-hand the impact music and other creative activities can have on improving wellbeing. He is therefore highly motivated to understand how creative activities work and help people to change for the better. Adrian brings a wealth of experience to Kent Arts and Wellbeing, having been involved in a diverse range of musical activity including running a number of singing for health and wellbeing groups.
Adrian studied the organ at Christ’s Hospital and progressed to the Royal Academy of Music and then as Organ Scholar at Worcester College, Oxford. In 1992 he won the silver medal from the Worshipful Company of Musicians for coming top of the class in the Fellowship diploma awarded by the Royal College of Organists. He has been church organist at St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street; St Mary’s Church, Portsea and St Peter’s Church, Hammersmith. He studied orchestral conducting at the Royal College of Music on a post-graduate course, which he completed with distinction. Previous conducting appointments include; Worthing Choral Society, The Weald Choir of Crawley, Harpenden Choral Society, Guy’s King’s and Thomas’ Medical Schools Music Society and Southampton University Chamber Choir.
From 2000-11, he worked at Christ’s Hospital School in Horsham, initially as Organist and latterly as Director of Music. He then worked with Silver Song Clubs, promoting singing for older people and was involved in the seminal work of the Sidney De Haan Centre on proving the benefits of singing. He followed this as one of the Organists Rochester and then Canterbury Cathedrals along with teaching the organ atThe King’s School and at St Edmund’s School in Canterbury along with being the musical director of Cantores Dominicae and The Canterbury Singers. In 2022 he was appointed Director of Music and Organist at Rochester Cathedral.
Adrian is also a composer and arranger, having written for the theatre as well as larger cantatas based on; the life of St Peter (On This Rock), the battle of Trafalgar (Make More Sail) and events from World War One. This latter composition, ‘Remembrance & Reconciliation’, was performed as part of the 100 years commemoration of the end of the war in Canterbury on the 11th November in 2018 and was joined by a choir from Kiel in northern Germany.
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Catherine’s involvement with Kent Arts and Wellbeing began as an artist delivery
partner on the LAPWING Project back in 2016. Since then, she has continued to
champion the use of art as a tool for connection, wellbeing, and social
inclusion—particularly for older and vulnerable adults, including those living with
dementia and mental health challenges.
Catherine graduated with a BA in Visual Arts from Goldsmiths, University of
London, with a focus on conceptual textiles and mixed media. She bring’s over 25
years of experience in creative facilitation across the VCSE (Voluntary,
Community, and Social Enterprise) sector. Her early career included roles such as
Youth and Environment Manager for Groundwork London before relocating to
Kent in 2009, where she transitioned into creative clay work and decorative
ceramics.
Catherine Arnell is the Founder and Director of Espression Arts CIC, a social
enterprise based in Kent, where she leads the development and delivery of
inclusive, creative experiences for diverse communities.
A skilled facilitator and innovator, Catherine has developed and delivered a wide
range of specialised workshops in pottery, decorative ceramics, mosaics, textiles,
and mixed media. She has also delivered Digital Inclusion and memory-focused
work, introducing the VR headset into delivery.
Her specialism also includes creative volunteer development, mentoring, and
support. She is passionate about engaging people who might otherwise have
limited access to creative opportunities, enjoying KAAW Projects with veterans in
many of the East Kent Coastal areas.
Catherine is experienced in all aspects of creative project delivery, as well as
business operations, sales and marketing, and distribution. She is a strong leader
and communicator, with a proven ability to build and sustain successful
partnerships that result in enriching and accessible creative experiences for
vulnerable communities in Kent.