Individual Members

Leadership & Management • Instrumental & Vocal Teaching • Music Technology • Equity, Diversity & Inclusion • Special Educational Needs & Disabilities • Early Years • Primary Education • Secondary Education • Further Education • Higher Education • Research

South West

England

I have been a classroom teacher for 25 years, working mainly in the secondary sector, but I have also taught primary music and individual instrumental lessons. I am currently Lecturer in Music Education at the University of Reading, where I am also a PhD candidate researching the impact of different pedagogic approaches on students participation, engagement and self-efficacy in music. I am also on the board of the Music Teacher's Association.

Leadership & Management • Instrumental & Vocal Teaching • Early Years • Primary Education • Higher Education

Primary Music Curriculum Consultant with over 30 years experience in music education. Providing primary music curriculum support to settings, trusts and Hubs to deliver a high quality music education. This includes training, mentoring, curriculum development/mapping/personalisation, supporting SLT & subject leads, and inspiring others to kick start their own music provision with enthusiasm and confidence through CPD and workshops.

@alispiano

Instrumental & Vocal Teaching • Early Years • Primary Education • Secondary Education • Further Education • Higher Education • Research

London

England

I am a Canadian pianist and Doctor of Music candidate at the Royal College of Music. My research critiques contemporary methods of piano technique pedagogy, which looks to technical perfection as a model but lacks the vocabulary to coherently articulate the process by which technical perfection is achieved. Drawing on artistic practice, historical pedagogical texts, and interdisciplinary tools such as movement theories, I am proposing a reframing of technique grounded in phonomotor connection—the link between sound and movement. My work aims to offer a coherent and embodied framework for piano technique, addressing widespread dissatisfaction with existing approaches and challenging institutional assumptions about what it means to be technically “complete.”

Leadership & Management • Instrumental & Vocal Teaching • Music Technology • Secondary Education

North East

England

I am the Director of Arts and Culture at a large secondary school in Gateshead. I have worked at the school for 20 years and am dedicated to maintaining and expanding the arts and it’s endless opportunities for the children and families we serve.

Instrumental & Vocal Teaching • Early Years • Primary Education • Secondary Education

East of England

England

I am an independant instrumental music teacher. I teach Violin, viola, to diploma level. Piano to grade 8, guitar classical to grade 5 and cello to grade 3. I also teach whole class ukulele, recorder and run school ensembles, community orchestra and work at a saturday music school

Leadership & Management • Instrumental & Vocal Teaching • Music Technology • Secondary Education

Professional French Horn player turned school music teacher, now Director of Music at an International British School.

Leadership & Management • Instrumental & Vocal Teaching • Music Technology • Equity, Diversity & Inclusion • Special Educational Needs & Disabilities • Early Years • Primary Education • Secondary Education • Further Education • Higher Education • Research

West Midlands

England

I am a professional performing musician, working in both the historical and contemporary music scenes. I am also a Senior Lecturer in Music in a department which has a hugely diverse intake to both our Music BA and Music Production BA programme

Leadership & Management • Instrumental & Vocal Teaching • Music Technology • Equity, Diversity & Inclusion • Special Educational Needs & Disabilities • Early Years • Primary Education • Secondary Education • Further Education • Higher Education • Research

South West

England

I am an instrumental composer and music educator in the South-West of England, in the Bath and Wiltshire regions.

Instrumental & Vocal Teaching • Music Technology • Special Educational Needs & Disabilities • Primary Education • Secondary Education

London

England

Catherine Barker is the Head of Music and Performing Arts in United Learning, the largest national schools’ group. Alongside supporting teachers with training and groupwide curriculum, she also leads national performance events. Prior to United Learning, Catherine led faculties in outstanding inner London schools, where she began her career in the inaugural Teach First cohort.

Early Years • Primary Education • Higher Education

London

England

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion • Special Educational Needs & Disabilities • Early Years

Primary Education • Higher Education

South East

Leadership & Management • Instrumental & Vocal Teaching

East Midlands

England

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion • Further Education • Higher Education • Research

Scotland

Having worked as a freelance music practitioner with disabled musicians for 10 years, I am now working on a PhD looking at mainstream music HE/FE opportunities for learning disabled musicians. I LOVE to talk about this work, please do get in touch if you have thoughts or questions.

Leadership & Management • Instrumental & Vocal Teaching • Music Technology • Equity, Diversity & Inclusion • Secondary Education • Higher Education • Research

Scotland

I am a musician, educator, examiner and researcher based in Orkney, Scotland. I am Deputy Principal of the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) Orkney where where I am a Lecturer in Music Teacher Education. I also work one day per week as a Lecturer on the Masters in Music Education degree at UCL Institute of Education. I am Past President of the Independent Society of Musicians (ISM).

Music Technology • Primary Education • Secondary Education

Early Years • Primary Education

West Midlands

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Instrumental & Vocal Teaching • Primary Education • Secondary Education

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion • Special Educational Needs & Disabilities • Early Years • Primary Education • Secondary Education

Having worked for Derby & Derbyshire Music Partnership for 14 years as their Music Education Consultant and Deputy Head of Service and having steered the organisation to successful Hub Lead Organisation status I have now become a freelance consultant supporting individual schools, Multi-Academy Trusts, Music Hubs and Arts organisations with their music education developments. I specialise in providing training for teachers and also work as an author for Harper Collins music education resources.

Leadership & Management • Equity, Diversity & Inclusion • Further Education • Higher Education

Yorkshire and the Humber

England

I am passionate about music education, creative learning and community engagement within the arts and culture sector. I have ten years’ experience working with young people in school and community settings, through music facilitation in particular, and over six years’ experience of community engagement and arts project management, particularly in the Yorkshire region. I love working with children and young people, especially when seeing the passion and curiosity they bring. I want to support more children and young people to have awareness of and access to creative and cultural education, and improve opportunities for experience and industry engagement in the sector. I'm an advocate for the importance of arts and culture in society, with an interest in youth voice initiatives, co-creation and engagement opportunities.