Our Team

Dr Rosa Solinas

General Director

Rosa has been General Director of the Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras for 10 years. She previously held leadership roles internationally, working with a range of performing arts organisations including Wexford Festival Opera, the Royal Opera House, Opera Theatre Company in Dublin, Oxford University, English National Opera, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Teatro Comunale in Bologna. Rosa trained at conservatoires and universities in Italy and in the UK. Her qualifications include an Honours Degree in Literature and Philosophy (Perugia), a Masters in Economics (Bologna) and a Doctorate in Musicology (Oxford). A mother of four, Rosa loves cinema, cooking, walking and sailing.

Martin Wheeler

Finance & Administration Manager

Martin has over 20 years’ experience in arts finance and administration. He joined the Monteverdi team in November 2015 having previously been Finance Manager at London’s Royal Court Theatre and having held positions in several West End theatres. Prior to moving into the arts Martin spent 6 years in investment management. He has professional qualifications in both accountancy and investment management and between 2012 and 2018 Martin was a trustee of Spread the Word, an Arts Council England NPO that operates throughout London as a writer development agency across all writing genres.

James Halliday

Artistic Advisor & Librarian

James grew up in Paris and read Music at Cambridge University. After a spell in the music library at Glyndebourne he was musical assistant to conductor Emmanuelle Haïm in France. When not with Monteverdi, James now works as a freelance musicologist, vocal coach and musical director. He is currently joint artistic director of the baroque collective Solomon’s Knot, with whom he has taken different productions to the Aldeburgh Festival. Within the Monteverdi team James takes care of the music library, and organises casting for certain projects.

Matthew Knight

Artistic Planning Manager

Before joining the Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras, Matthew was Chairman of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Executive & Artistic Director of the internationally-acclaimed chamber group Septura. He spent 15 years working as a trombonist, serving for a decade as Co-Principal Trombone of the RPO. Having graduated with a starred first in Music from Cambridge, where he was a choral scholar at Gonville & Caius College, he undertook postgraduate study at the Royal Academy of Music (trombone) and the National Film & Television School (composing). He is a Professor at the Royal College of Music and an Associate of the RAM. A prolific arranger for brass, he was commissioned to provide the final piece of music for the Coronation in 2023.

David Kay

Philanthropy Manager

David is an experienced non-profit executive with a life-long love of classical music. He attended Princeton University where he wrote his thesis on Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, and holds a Certificate in Non-Profit Management from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. From 2005-2023 he served as CEO of Chicago’s MetroSquash – a non-profit providing educational and athletic opportunities for underserved youth. He recently moved to Paris where he enjoys attending classical music concerts and improving his intermediate level French.

Philip Turbett

Orchestra Fixer

Philip Turbett studied Bassoon and Clarinet at Trinity College of Music. He works regularly with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, English Baroque Soloists, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Academy of Ancient Music and English Touring Opera. He has worked with many other leading orchestras including the London Philharmonic and the Philharmonia. Philip has worked with a range of distinguished conductors including Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Roger Norrington, Sir Andrew Davis, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Sir Mark Elder, Frans Bruggen and Vladimir Jurowski.

Matthew Muller

Stage Manager

Matt studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He started his career at Hampstead Theatre, North London as ASM, DSM and finally Stage Manager. Opera work includes Scottish Opera and Diva Opera (an internationally renowned chamber opera company) where he toured Europe, the US, Middle East, Africa and Asia. He spent many years as Studio Manager on several BBC dramas with casts including Judi Dench, Ian McKellan and Ralph Feinnes as well as on music videos for artists including Coldplay and Madonna. He was also Tour Manager for Tim Minchin’s national ‘Are You Ready For This?’ tour. Matt regularly stage manages large scale business conferences in Europe and the US each year as well as looking after artists including Billy Joel, Foo Fighters, Hugh Jackman, Tom Jones and Diana Ross for private parties/events.

He joined MCO as Production Manager for the Monteverdi 450 tour in 2017 and worked on the Verdi Requiem and Berlioz concerts in 2018.

Katie Care

Administrator

Katie has been lucky to combine her love of theatre and classical music in the professional world since studying and singing at Clare College, Cambridge as an undergrad. Alongside her choral scholarship at Lincoln Cathedral, Katie worked in venue programming and events management for touring theatre for three years. Before joining MCO, Katie freelanced as an assistant stage manager and sound technician in the West End, and undertook a Masters in Stage and Production Management - researching classical concert scenography. In her free time, Katie loves playing squash, woodland walks, and reading.

Orlando Jones

Administrator

Orlando began his musical life as a chorister at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, and went on to be a choral scholar then lay clerk with Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford. While in Oxford, he was a founding member of early music ensemble Fount and Origin. He also sang with several other groups and ensembles, alongside directing and touring with the Christ Church College Choir. Orlando previously worked at Rugby School, Warwickshire, overseeing administration and operations for the music department. There, he also helped to establish a chorister programme in its inaugural year, and directed some of the school’s vocal ensembles. Having been a part of various choirs across Oxford, London and Edinburgh, Orlando recently became a member of the choir of St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street.