Rita Grudzien
COURSE CO-ORDINATOR, THE ATTINGHAM STUDY PROGRAMME
Having worked in special events in Canada followed by 15 years as press officer for The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Rita established herself as a freelance arts administrator and PR consultant in 2010. She has subsequently undertaken numerous projects for boutique opera companies and individual artists in the world of classical music and opera, managed the British soprano Nadine Benjamin MBE since 2014, and worked as General Manager for Leeds Lieder, an international song festival based in Leeds. Rita is currently setting up a recital series for Sledmere House in Yorkshire.
For The Attingham Trust, Rita has worked as administrator for the Summer School (2014-17), French Eighteenth-Century Studies (2018), five Study Programmes (Rome and Naples 2017, 2019, The Horse and the Country House 2018, The Country House in Ireland 2022, Venice and the Veneto 2023) and a new Course ‘From College Library to Country House’ 2022. Rita will co-ordinate the Short Course ‘Court Culture and the Horse, 1700-1900′ with Elizabeth Jamieson in October 2024.