Yorkshire-based music development organisation Come Play With Me (CPWM) has announced a series of key appointments as part of a new operating structure.
CPWM has promoted Antonia Lines to COO, appointed Alice Scott as senior partnerships and development manager and Jilly Chatten as senior programmes & events manager, while also welcoming Hazel Savage (founder – musiio, VP – SoundCloud) and Dom Smith (editor – Soundsphere Magazine) as new board members.
After two years of rapid growth as a small and reactive regional team, CPWM has made the appointments as it grows into a nationally-focused organisation better placed to deliver on its mission – to fight for an equitable, inclusive and diverse music industry.
By working in collaboration with key delivery partners across the sector, CPWM is better equipped than ever to support people from marginalised communities, regionally and nationally, through sustainable careers within the ever evolving music industries.
An integral part of Come Play With Me for years, new COO Lines has firsthand experience of everything from running music festivals and marketing to working in press and managing DIY labels and has already excelled as CPWM’s diversity project manager and head of programmes and operations.
CPWM’s new senior programmes & events manager is Clue Records manager Chatten. As former ops manager at the iconic Brudenell Social Club, new Leeds venue Project House and with years of experience as an international tour manager, Chatten’s new position will see her bringing all her expertise together to produce engaging, inclusive and empowering events whilst also exploring operational and collaborative label opportunities between CPWM and Clue.
Joining them in the new CPWM management team is Scott, a lynchpin of Leeds’ close-knit DIY music community. Scott made her way in the music industry as a member of renowned Leeds-based bands Post War Glamour Girls and Tallsaint and was the events & venue coordinator of acclaimed live arts space CLAY.
Upcoming CPWM events include the London edition of the I Know A Place Conference on 7th November and the announcement of the 8th I Know a Place Leeds in January 2025 which will be responding to this year’s LGBTQ+ Musician’s Insights report. I Know A Place aims to champion and celebrate diversity within the music industry. Comprising a range of free-entry panels, workshops, keynotes and in-depth conversations covering topics from across the music industries in a space where everyone feels comfortable connecting and learning from each other.
Visit the CPWM website for more information.
