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I enjoyed attending the Strong Arts, Strong Schools event at RSA House yesterday (23 May). Interesting panel of Darren Henley, Andria Zafirakou, Laura McInerney and Stella Duffy and chaired by Mark Londesbrough. Mark introduced the event, framing it as part of the RSA’s Learning about culture, and the increasing look towards research for advocacy and seeking…

The Cultural Leadership Community run by A New Direction comes to a close 19 July. For my project, that I’ll be presenting that day to the rest of the group, will be the Music Day I instigated with the Museum of London when I joined City of London School for Girls. Now in its third…

Dr. Paul Browning has a knack for engendering trust rather quickly, and he clearly embodies the practices he has developed in all of his work with teachers. His Australian charm and ease were quick to welcome us at the start of the workshop, and I was eager to see how a workshop on trust would…

As part of the Chartered Teacher Programme we are expected to write a reflective journal entry at points through the 14 months, and one of the Phase One assignments was an Impact Portfolio that documented an impact that had a positive effect and one that was less positive. I didn’t have to search very long…

I’m getting stuck into the Chartered College Chartered Teacher Programme: lots more reading about teaching things than I used to do, and I’m really enjoying it. Cognitive science is becoming a bigger interest than I expected and I’m already making a list of articles and other bits of reading to do when term ends. It’s…

We hosted an enjoyable HMC Cluster meeting at my school, City of London School for Girls in early June. I enjoy the conversations about what and why we do the business of Music Education and we all agreed, after spending a few hours hearing from two provocative speakers (Aaron Williamon and John Finney) and the…

A joy to work with London Philharmonic Orchestra Education team for the first time writing and presenting a seminar on On Wenlock Edge, a set work for Edexcel. Detailed process but a joy to select excerpts, explore wider listening and create bespoke examples. Edexcel have made some great choices but students will be busy over…

Understanding Younger Audiences was collaboration between City of London School for Girls (CLSG) and Guildhall School of Music & Drama (GSMD). I worked with Professor John Sloboda and Dr Karen Wise.  Background I approached Professor John Sloboda soon after joining City of London School for Girls (CLSG) with a view of making connections between CLSG…

This article appeared in the 100th issue of MMA’s Ensemble magazine.  My year with the MMA focussed on composition this year and started with the Composition Day (the final of the Amadeus Composition Competition) at Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School. I arrived for the afternoon and worked with the students on how one might tackle the…

Joining City of London School for Girls back in September 2015 was an immense joy. Since being a student I had visited the Barbican hundreds of times to see concerts, films, dance and exhibitions. It was a John Cage weekend during my postgraduate years that sticks in my mind as being the best experience. It…