LYC people

We have two dedicated Senior Pastoral Carers, Emily Sanders and Katherine Adams, who are trainee pediatric nurses and have a wealth of pastoral experience as well as being experienced musicians themselves.  They work closely with our Operations Manager, Bethan Thomas, who has overall responsibility for all Safeguarding matters at LYC.

EMILY SANDERS

Senior Pastoral Care

Emily is a trainee Paediatric Nurse and professional music manager, specialising in working with young people in the music industry in a pastoral and logistical capacity. Alongside her role as Senior Pastoral Carer at LYC, Emily is a Residential Course & Events Manager for the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain and a licensed chaperone for Tower Hamlets.

KATHERINE ADAMS

Senior Pastoral Care

British Soprano, Katherine Adams has been passionate about music from a young age, originally studying the violin and viola at the Royal Academy of Music and more recently, graduated with first-class honours from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in Classical Voice.

FLO BAVANANDAN

Deputy Senior Pastoral Care

Florence is a vocal coach working with women to find their voices and use them for change and is the host of the Clear Voice Podcast. She has sung at the BBC Proms, done session work for the BBC and Channel 4 and recorded numerous times at Abbey Road Studios.

HANNAH BEYNON

Deputy Senior Pastoral Care

Hannah has been involved in music and the arts from a young age and this passion has stayed with her into her professional career. Originally from Wales, Hannah first moved to the big city to study Music at Royal Holloway, University of London before gaining a Vocal Masters at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She is now back at university (for a third time!) studying Physiotherapy at St George’s, London and hopes to combine her love for music and physiotherapy in the future.