Posted on Facebook on 5/3/20: I won at the Music Education Awards tonight! I couldn’t believe it because there were a lot of other incredible people there. I am the finalist for the Francesca Hanley Award for my services to music, music education and projects with Audiovisability. My nominations come from my connections in Cardiff…
Category: Workshops
Dressage: Creating Music Through Technology – Decibels and The Sobell Foundation
Between September and December 2018, Audiovisability undertook a 3 month research and development project on the theme of ‘Freestyle Dressage’ as we looked into music accessibility for para-dressage equestrienne Laurentia Tan who is ranked no.4 in the world. While winning many medals around the world, she wanted to improve on her relationship with music…
Audiovisability’s Freestyle Dressage
Composed by Tom Hunt, performed by Evelyn Glennie on the marimba. Filmed and edited by Louis Neethling from Mutt and Jeff pictures for Audiovisability
Makey Makey: Creating Music Through Technology
The world of music technology is fast paced, exciting and continues to evolve rapidly. While it does not replace traditional concepts of music teaching, it offers 21st century tools to enhance and expand the learning experience.
Amazing Budapest
It was a honour to be invited to perform on my flute at the ‘World Music Day’ in Budapest, Hungary and also to meet 15 talented young musicians and staff involved in the concert in their music project entitled “Tuned to Each Other”. The concert was held on the 1st October 2015 in the evening…
Raising the Bar
Sunday 24th and Monday 25th May 2015 saw the first ever ‘Raising the Bar’ event held at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre (REP) for young deaf people with exceptional skills in music and dance. A huge nationwide competition was held to select participants. Six musicians and six dancers between 8 – 16 years old were chosen…
Artist’s Residency: Hansel and Gretel (inc.video)
At the end of March Hansel and Gretel was the theme at Springwood Heath Primary School in Liverpool, giving pupils a week of creative twists and turns inspired by the Grimm Brothers’ famous fairy tale.
Music in the Early Years
In 2006 my mother Mary set up ‘Rhythmtots’, a weekly music group for young children in her area. I became involved in helping out and by the time my sons Harry and Benjamin arrived respectively, it became a special time for bonding with my boys through music. Mary’s classes attract tiny babies, big babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers,…
Music in Motion
Last month I was involved with a few others on a research and development project (R&D) in London led by Japanese musician Nao Masuda. It was an experimental process that looked into ways of visually describing rhythm and notations through the use of Sign Language and physical movement.