In the end this was an intuitive decision, something I just knew was right at the time, without really knowing why. I felt it in my bones! There are several reasons though, of which I am now aware:
I love singing, I love the physical feeling of it, so I want to be able to do […]
on July 14, 2008[ November 6, 2008 to November 8, 2008. ] I will be presenting two things at the AEC Congress in Aarhus, Denmark: my own research about one-to-one tuition, and the work of the Polifonia Research Group. As part of this second presentation we will be introducing and promoting a series of three international professional development workshops for conservatoire teachers. The challenge will be to […]
[ October 2, 2008 to October 3, 2008. ] This will be the 2nd meeting of this AEC working group which I chair.
October 2-3, Stockholm, Sweden
[ September 24, 2008 to September 27, 2008. ] Together with Bart van Rosmalen, I will be presenting a paper at this conference, based on our work on improvisation and conversation. The focus will be on aspects of “quality” in this research. We want to use the opportunity to deepen our own work, and particularly to engage with practitioners from the world of visual […]
[ September 9, 2008 to September 11, 2008. ] “Improvisation opens the senses.” - Healthcare professional
For three days in September I spent time with a group of actors, musicians, music therapists and health care workers, exploring the potential for collaborating through improvisation. We explored three particular themes: beginnings and engagement, listening, and touch. This is not the kind of thing that I have done […]
[ July 15, 2008; July 28, 2008; September 17, 2008; ] These workshops are for staff at the Guildhall School who will be leading mentoring circles of first year undergraduate music students as part of a new compulsory course: Performance Matters. They are part of a development programme which will run through the academic year 08/09, bringing the staff group of mentors together to build mentoring […]
