Every month, a different member of staff will be in the hotseat, interviewed by another member of the team. This week, we say goodbye to our beloved Office Admin Assistant, who’s been with us for the last year. Whilst we can’t say a proper farewell in person, it felt fitting to use this month’s staff interview to introduce you to Chloe Lam! Below is an extract but you can read the full interview here (link also at the bottom).
Tell us about your career history to date…
I don’t have the longest career history, but I began as a classical singer – with a special interest in Early Music..
In case there’s anyone else out there who doesn’t quite understand what Early Music is, could you elaborate?
So Early Music is essentially the music that came before Mozart, and looks quite different to what our every day orchestra looks like now. There was no one in Hong Kong making music like that at the time and I wanted to bring something new, so I decided to move to London to study.
I quickly came to realise just how broad the cultural sector is here. I was studying at Guildhall, and met a lot of drama students who really broadened my horizons. I joined Wind Up Penguin Theatre Company, who travel the world, taking their productions to refugee camps...
How did the children respond?
I think it brought some entertainment and escapism. It brought families together too; parents would be around in the background and began to stop what they were doing to see what was going on. We ended up running workshops afterwards, and stayed to chat to families. It completely changed...
I can only imagine it’s the kind of experience that stays with you forever…
I went back a few years later as I really wanted to see some of the children again. Some of them recognised me and had continued to share the songs we sang together with other children in the camp after we’d left. The older ones began...
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