Da Capo Committee

The committee is always here to support the members of Da Capo. If you have any suggestions or queries, please do not hesitate to discuss this with one of the committee members below.

Name Position Responsibilities Instrument
Chris Walsh
Chairman
Cello
Kate Donegan
Secretary
Cello
Mark Fulker
Treasurer
Flute/Bassoon
Paula Scull
Librarian
Cello
David Craig
Member
Membership
Bassoon
Josie Cunningham
Member
General support, End of term survey
Violin
Romy Freiburghaus
Member
General Support
Clarinet
Ian Haslam
Member
General Support, Website, Recording
Trombone
Emma Taylor
Member
General Support
Viola
Jackie White
Member
General Support
Cello

Committee Roles

Chairman

Secretary

Treasurer

Librarian

Managing day-to-day transactions, paying invoices and expenses in a timely manner, and notifying payees accordingly.

Accepting and paying in cheques at the bank.

Updating the DaCapo financial accounts and reconciling them each month against the downloaded extract from the bank.

Maintaining a full audit trail of receipts and invoices on the DaCapo shared drive (currently on pCloud in a secure area).

Providing regular financial updates to the committee and producing financial reports as required.

Preparing a budget and helping the Committee to plan future financial outlays.

Liaising with the Membership Secretary to reconcile paid up members each term with expected membership list to ensure everyone has paid.

Preparing the Annual Financial Report for presentation at the Annual General Meeting.

Submitting the accounts to an independent auditor for verification at the end of the financial year, providing required financial document.

Work with the Musical Director to keep each term’s repertoire within the allocated budget.

Review the Musical Director’s proposed list of music for each term with committee (if necessary). Approve the list or provide feedback to the Musical Director if any changes should be made, then final approve once all is satisfactory.

Liaise with external arrangers to make sure the Musical Director’s specifications are completed for each piece in a timely and accurate manner.

Send final versions of the arrangements to the Musical Director to review.

Liaising with in-house arrangers (mostly the Musical Director) to review and approve the output, sending any feedback back to the Musical Director for any adjustments.

Once the final arrangements of each term’s repertoire have been approved by the Musical Director, liaise with the Treasurer to ensure all arranger’s invoices are paid.

Ensure that all final scores, audio files and individual instrument parts have been received from each arranger.

Arrange for the final scores, instrumental parts and audio files to be uploaded to Da Capo’s website and arrange for printing of the conductors scores.