The Glasgow Barons

To build hope, resilience, teamwork, listening and communication through music in Govan

Govan faces tremendous economic and social hardship. So, named after the ship building barons, The Glasgow Barons have been helping make music in Govan since 2017 with schools, community groups and local people. We bring diverse audiences together in a wide range of local venues, be it Fairfield Club, Govan & Linthouse Parish Church or the Billiard Room Sessions in the Pearce Institute.

Local groups build music programmes with our support, such as our asylum-seeking Musicians In Exile and The Linties’ golden oldies singalong group. We also support local singer-songwriters and rappers to tell Govan’s story. We pay local folk to support our charitable objectives. We align closely with the Govan-Part NSPCC Together for Childhood and other local partners to maximise and sustain our impact.

The Glasgow Barons are based in Govan where our Artistic Director is also a resident and community councillor.

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Our Team

Artistic Director & Conductor
Paul MacAlindin has conducted orchestras and ensembles all over the world, from the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the RSNO, the SCO, Oulu Sinfonia and Armenian Philharmonic to the ensembles of the Düsseldorf Symphoniker, Psappha and Cantiere Montepulciano.
He has recorded for BBC Radio 3, WDR and Radio New Zealand. His most striking role to date has been as Music Director of the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq, whose story he told in UPBEAT: the Story of the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq. In December 2017, he received the first-ever Global Blue Ocean Shift Award for innovative business strategy from the Prime Minister of Malaysia at the Global Entrepreneurship Community Summit in Kuala Lumpur.
He was a finalist for the conductor category of the Royal Philharmonic Society Awards of 2021, and now musically directs The Glasgow Barons.

Campbell David Parker, Image, Music, Audio, Video, Photography, Scotland

General Manager
Campbell trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland as a Violist. He has worked across the U.K and Europe as a professional musician, arts manager and more recently providing and creating digital content for Classical musicians.
As General Manager of the Glasgow Barons, he provides day to day running of the charity, organising logistics for larger events and working alongside Paul to help develop and deliver artistic projects within the Glasgow Barons.
Outside of work he enjoys cooking, cycling and photography.