Since training at Community Music LTD I have had a variety of roles in learning, teaching & participation, engaging with peoples creative participation in music, sound making and performance.
I am currently interested in Paulo Friere's 'Pedagogy of the Oppressed' and how his re-assessment of methods in education, can be put to use in learning, teaching and participating in creative arts.
Below is a summary of my journey through different kinds of formal learning:
1992 - 1996: Batchelor of Music Performance Degree from Guildhall School of Music and Drama. 1995, ’96, & ’98: Student at Porthcawl Jazz Summer Schools. 1997: Mask & Physical Theatre adult education course with John Mowat at City Lit. 1998: Open College Netwok : Community Music LTD - Music Tutor Training Course 2003: Mentored through The Ding Foundation in 'Theatre Futures' at BAC. 2005/6: Regular participant in Process Oriented Psychology seminars with Arlene & Jean Claude Audergon. 2005: Participant in 'Logic of movement' workshops with Stephen Mottram -Puppet Centre Trust. 2006: Participant in 'Performing Clown & Comedy' intensive 2 week course - Mick Barnfather. 2007-12: Participant in regular Butoh Workshops & informal performances led by Selina Papoutseli. 2013: Participant in CPD training in 'Understanding Autism' through Sound Connections. 2017: Teacher and student on : City and Guilds Level 3 certificate in 'Education and Training for the life-long learning sector' 2018: Participant in Augusto Boal's 'Forum Theatre for mental health' 3 month course London, working with collaborators of Augusto Boal. Up to date/ongoing CPD in Safeguarding training for children, children in care and vulnerable adults. Enhanced DBS Checked.
These roles give you an idea of the kind of engagement I am experienced in.
- Working with young bands, musicians and songwriters on personal creative practice, composition and group work during writing, rehearsal and recording process.
- Lecturing and mentoring students in sound design for theatre and performance.
- Music and sound making sessions for people with a history of mental health concerns.
- Instrumental tuition, practical and theoretical rhythm workshops.
- Choir and group singing facilitation with nursery to mixed age community choirs and elderly.
- Workshops in experimental play with the sound of objects in spaces and places, both for recordings and in performance.
Organisations I have worked for include: Central School of Speech & Drama, Community Music LTD, Kings Place, Museum of the Home, Opera North, The Roundhouse Studios, Act for Change, Bristol Plays Music, The Royal Opera House Education Dpt, Youth Music, Hackney Music Service, Eastside Education Trust, The Studio Upstairs, Waltham Forest Arts and Education Service.
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