{"id":6259,"date":"2023-07-24T14:01:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T13:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/?p=6259"},"modified":"2023-07-24T14:01:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T13:01:05","slug":"speaker-meeting10th-july-louise-mitchell-cbe-ceo-of-bristol-beacon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/2023\/07\/24\/speaker-meeting10th-july-louise-mitchell-cbe-ceo-of-bristol-beacon\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Meeting10th July:  Louise Mitchell CBE, CEO of Bristol Beacon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2023\/07\/Beacon-Hall-photo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6271\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2023\/07\/Beacon-Hall-photo-300x183.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2023\/07\/Beacon-Hall-photo-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2023\/07\/Beacon-Hall-photo.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Speaker Meeting10 July: Louise Mitchell CBE, CEO of Bristol Beacon<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Our July speaker was Louise Mitchell CBE, the CEO of Bristol Beacon. \u00a0She first came to speak to us in 2016 at the beginning of the massive refurbishment project.\u00a0 She headed up the project which has transformed the Bristol Beacon (previously known then as the Colston Hall) into what promises to be a world class music venue of international standing.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Her aim in 2016 was that the Hall would have wider use as a music venue and education centre. \u00a0In its refurbished state, the main Concert Hall will offer a diverse and dynamic range of music from orchestral classical to jazz to pop and much more in between! \u00a0Styles to attract not only a variety of audiences but also top-class performers.<\/div>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div>Besides the main Concert Hall there are also smaller, adaptable rooms suitable for conferences, music workshops and other educational purposes.<\/div>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div>Louise\u2019s enthusiasm for the venue, for the music and all that can be achieved through music was extremely contagious! This included the charitable work of Bristol Beacon\u2019s Music Trust which helps young people and others experience and experiment with music for themselves.<\/div>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div>The launch of Bristol Beacon in its refurbished state is on 30 November 2023.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker Meeting10 July: Louise Mitchell CBE, CEO of Bristol Beacon Our July speaker was Louise&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":584,"featured_media":6271,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-supper-meetings-read-what-our-speakers-have-to-say"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Speaker Meeting10th July: Louise Mitchell CBE, CEO of Bristol Beacon | News | Blog | Events | SI Bristol<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Bristol : Blog &amp; News : Speaker Meeting10th July: Louise Mitchell CBE, CEO of Bristol Beacon : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Bristol . 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