Meet the team

The Music4Children team are all volunteers with a long-term dedication to the welfare of children.

Founder Oz Bayldon
Oz is the founder of Music4Children. Once a touring musician, Oz's travels led him to Nepal where he encountered the poverty faced by the country's homeless children for the first time. Determined to make a difference, Oz set about raising funds to make his vision of a community-run and ethical orphanage a reality. He did so in his own crazy, adrenaline-junkie way, using his musical links to create unique and extreme fundraising events and supporting gigs around the world. Rocker, doting father and a man who will never give up on his dream - Oz embodies the passion, dedication and musical roots of Music4Children.
oz@music4children.org

Chair Clarry McDonald
Clarry has both studied and worked as an archaeologist and an actor. His excavations have taken him from the wild Fenlands of Lincolnshire to the not-so-wild parks of St Albans. He has written and directed plays for children at Boston Blackfriars Art Centre and Cwmbran Congress Theatre. He currently works as a Research and Statistics Officer for Lambeth Children and Young People's Service. Clarry first got involved with music4children by putting his hand in his pocket, then allowed Oz and his enthusiasm for the charity to reel him in.

Secretary/Administrator Gavin Watts
Gavin has supported the charity for a number of years, being actively involved with projects such as the Balham & Tooting Carnival and the Battersea Park summer gigs, as well as helping to get the White Lion venue up and running. He joined the board of trustees in 2011, and is currently focusing on community development activities and funding applications.
gavin@music4children.org

Creative Learning Co-ordinator Mhairi Grealis
Mhairi Grealis is a classically trained theatre director. She has worked in creative learning for five years, for the University of the Arts London and the Richmond Theatre, where she is Course Director. She is experienced in creative learning with early years all the way through to adults and she trains workshop leaders and leads insets. She has written for radio and the stage, is in the middle of her first novel and composes music for theatre. She is currently directing a world premiere of a Mervyn Peake play for children at the Blue Elephant Theatre. She will be directing The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare early next year for Trifle Productions. Her ethos in creative learning is very much centered on participant-lead work, she believes she is only there to help realise participant's ideas. She believes in the power of art to transform lives and is all about empowering children and adults alike.

Co-Treasurer Sofia Marques

Co-Treasurer Steve Williams

Fundraising Co-ordinator Nish Saccaram

Events Helena Edmondson
events@music4children.org

Trustee Charles Bailey

Trustee Frances Mulcahy