Today I worked in London together with Helena Gaunt (Deputy Head of Wind, Brass and Percussion) Sean Gregory (musician, Head of the Centre for Creative and Professional Practice, Head of Professional Development), Christian Burgess (Head of Acting). We only had a small hour with the four of us. We came together to discuss the research application in the ‘beyond text’ programme Helena made and where we all take part in. Instead of speaking we would however in line with the idea ‘beyond text’ play together. Sean and Gregory seemed surprised to see us really with instruments. With a minimum of exchange in words we prepared a simple set with the piano and chairs for the musicians. We played for about half an hour and recorded the session on video. Then we had another half hour for a conversation about what we experienced.