The Committee
The committee is formed of 3 honorary members, and 3 ex-officio members.
Honorary Chairman: Tony Hawkey
Tony has sung in a number of local choirs, and joined BCC in 1999, under the conductor and opera singer, Neil Jenkins,
and has been chairman for most of that time. He is a second bass and has a particular love of baroque music.
After a career spanning 25 years as an agricultural engineer, Tony is now an independent broker for timber frame house
manufacturers both in the UK and Germany. His wife, Jenni, also sings in BCC, as a first soprano.
Honorary Secretary: Tim Cullen
Tim has sung tenor with various choirs in the Brighton area and joined the
BCC in 2001 under Paul Brough's baton. After a career as a primary
schoolteacher, he now works in ESOL (English for Speakers of Other
Languages) in Hove. Married to Jane Money, he lives in Pyecombe and each
year holds a garden party fundraiser for the choir.
Honorary Treasurer: Ian Jeffrey
After an early career in industrial chemistry, Ian established his own Company in Hove and now has more to do
with trial balances than test tubes. He is a big lover of choral music. Ian joined BCC in 2006 and has been
Honorary Treasurer since 2007.
Clare Bowskill
Clare joined Brighton Chamber Choir as a first soprano in February 2008. She is also director of music at St Mary
Magdalen's Church in Brighton. Clare recently studied Gregorian Chant under the tutelage of Dom Daniel Saunier in
Solesmes, France. When not singing, she is a freelance video director specializing in corporate films and television
promotions.
Fiona Baines
Fiona graduated with a BA in Performing Arts from Middlesex University. She went on to pursue a healthy
singing career for some 15 years, specialising in contemporary and medieval music - and including recordings
for BBC Radio 3. Fiona is a sought-after soprano soloist.
Rachael Chatterton
Rachael has sung with the Brighton Chamber Choir for 10 years and has been a committee member for several of those.
She is a practising midwife in a Sussex hospital and having built websites in a previous life, maintains the BCC website.
For website enquiries please contact her here.