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About
I'm an arts & education consultant, facilitator and programme manager specialising in singing programmes and singing for health.
Prior to going freelance in 2015, my roles included Chorus & Projects Manager for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Programme Director for Sing Up, the National Singing Programme for Primary Schools.
I love working with people to help them turn visions into reality, developing the ideas, partnerships and confidence to make them fly.
I also write and arrange music - check out my Vocal Music Shop.
Current clients/programmes
Sing Up Foundation - Joint Head (previously World Voice legacy consultant, Project Lead - Singing for Children & Young People's Mental Health & Wellbeing)
Singing for Health Network - Network Manager
Sing for Pleasure - Events Development Manager
National Teachers' Choir - Founder and General Manager
Other recent clients/programmes
ARTS & EDUCATION CONSULTANT, FACILITATOR & PROGRAMME MANAGER:
Planning session facilitator - National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, The People's Orchestra, Sing for Pleasure, Farnham Youth Choir, Cathedral Music Trust, National Opera Studio
Britten Pears Arts - Singing Audit Consultant
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic - Singing Strategy Consultant
Walsall Arts for All - Programme Manager
Sound Connections - Music Education Hub consultant
National Opera Studio - Project Consultant, Diverse Voices
Royal Opera House - Music Hub partnerships consultant
West Midlands Virtual Schools - Network Coordinator, Artslink
Arts Connect - School Networks Coordinator, Arts Ambassadors
Ex Cathedra - educational resource producer
Ninestiles Teaching School Alliance - Leader, Senior Leadership Development Programme
Inspire Music - Singing Strategy Audit Tool developer & consultant
Blackburn with Darwin Music Education Hub - External Evaluator
Cornwall Music Education Hub - singing strategy consultant
Ambition School Leadership - External Assessor
Sing Up - Consultant, Music Hubs
Arts Council England - Music Education Hubs Advisor
MUSICAL ARRANGER & PRODUCER:
Making Music - Make Music Day Anthem (Bring Me Sunshine) choral & orchestral arranger and music editor
The People's Orchestra - choral arranger, Legends Symphonica
Previous full-time roles
Ambition School Leadership (née Teaching Leaders) - Regional Director, Midlands
2012 - 2015
Sing Up - Programme Director
2007 - 2012
MusicLeader West Midlands - Regional Director
2005 - 2007
CBSO - Chorus & Projects Manager
1999 - 2005
Voices in the City Festival - General Manager
1997-1999
City of Birmingham Touring Opera - Assistant Administrator
1997-1999
Other positions held
Singing Network UK - member
Music Education Council - member, Singing Working Group
The Royal Philharmonic Society - RPS Awards Juror, Learning & Participation Award
2013 - 2015
The Aarya Foundation - Trustee
2011 - 2015
Kings Heath Primary School - Governor
2009 - 2014
Accompanist - The People's Showchoir
2020 - 2022
Singer - Ex Cathedra, CBSO SO Vocal, Lauda Chamber Choir
2014 - 2022
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