The Musical Team

Sue Horrocks
​Executive & Musical Director

A graduate of Cambridge University in Music and Education, Sue, an accomplished flautist, has lived in Cayman since 1992. In 2011 she was named a Paul Harries Fellow of by the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International for her work as an educator, actor, Director of CBCO as well as contribution to Cayman HospiceCare. In 2013 she was awarded the Cayman National Cultural Foundation Art & Culture Gold Award. Sue remains passionate about music and education, and invites everyone to share the calm of the spirit and joy in the heart that hearing or making music brings.
Jonathon Taylor Orchestra Musical Director
Jonathan Taylor, our Orchestra’s Musical Director, and his wife, Nicole, our Principal Clarinet, will be leaving to return to the UK in July 2022. Jon and Nicole will be furthering their careers and moving closer to Jon's family in Manchester. We will be very sorry to see them go and would like to thank them for the huge contribution they have made to music in Cayman.
Since Jonathan became Orchestra Musical Director in March 2017, he has expanded the membership, added a strong percussion section, brought in young players, and excited concert audiences with the quality of the music. We are pleased to say that he will continue to direct the Orchestra (regulations permitting) until he leaves Cayman next summer and an announcement regarding our plans for his replacement will be made next year.
Jon says "The opportunity to conduct, grow and present the fabulous Cayman National Orchestra over the last 5 years has been an absolute thrill. I am so proud of what this small island has to offer in musical quality and diversity; it really is a centre of the arts in the Caribbean which I hope will continue to go from strength to strength. I would like to give particular thanks to Ms Sue Horrocks for presenting me with this fabulous opportunity and the CNCO committees over the years for their wonderful support."​

Jonathon studied composition at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester before becoming the Musical Director of the Greater Manchester Police Band in 2012. He has composed, arranged and directed music for a wide range of occasions including directing welcoming fanfares for Her Majesty the Queen.

​As a performer he plays piano, percussion and brass as well as teaching here in Grand Cayman

Naomi Allnutt
​Accompanist
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Naomi Allnutt started her studies at the Royal College of Music Junior Department, aged 16, studying piano with Mark Swartzentruber. At the University of Manchester she took violin tuition from Peter Cropper.

​Naomi's UK teaching career progressed to acting Head of Music at Churston Ferrers Grammar School where she directed prize winning string groups, orchestras and choirs, and after relocating to Grand Cayman, she is now a music teacher at John Gray High School.

​She is the Musical Director of the Cayman Youth Choirs, co-directs the Cayman Arts Festival string programme and has been accompanying the Cayman National Choir since 2015.

The Management Team

A talented team covers many tasks!
EXCO Hon President Sydney Coleman
EXCO Chair Dawn Eaton
EXCO Treasurer Minu Mark
EXCO Secretary  
EXCO Media, Marketing, PR Jane Hunter
EXCO Property Manager  Ernest Jehangir
Event Logistics & Ticket Sales Dawn Eaton

Friends and Supporters

What would we do without them!
So many fantastic supporters in the past, thank you! In 2020 we give special thanks to:
Becky Wall - advice and creative contribution
​Richard McCleod - video and photo library 

“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” – Plato