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An international exam
board offering graded and
diploma qualifications
in music, drama and
communication.

Come and
talk to LCM
Exams at
stand G2

020 8231 2364

lcm.exams@uwl.ac.uk
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Welcome
It’s a pleasure to welcome you to the seventh annual Music & Drama
Education Expo | London – we hope that the inspiration you will find in our
programme of speakers, the exhibitors you chat
to, and other delegates you meet will send you
away with a newly invigorated teaching practice.
This year’s programme is once again
enormously diverse, and rich with new ideas.
Our advisory panel of teachers and industry
leaders has helped us to plan sessions which
respond directly to your needs, and the desires
of your superiors. We know that a day out from
your busy teaching schedule isn’t an easy
thing to manage, and we’ve made sure that the
programme on offer is really valuable CPD for you.
To find out what is going on for your specialism, turn to page 7 for details
of the full conference programme, and page 13 for extra information on
Drama. Drama sessions mostly take place in the special sealed-off room
we’ve called The Space, and as usual we’ve provided headsets to help
you to hear seminars elsewhere with clarity when louder sessions or
instruments are nearby.
The Sharing Lab has gone from strength to strength since its
inauguration in 2017. This year we’ve ensured that it’s populated with
experts in each topic we’ve set for discussion, so that you can bring and
share your own ideas with your peers, but also rest assured that you can
simply sit back and learn from others’ knowledge. Turn to page 34 to find
out what is programmed in this special little
area of the show floor.
The exhibitors at the show come from all over
the arts education world and include publishers,
resource suppliers, examining bodies and
associations. There’s a full list from page 39,
with a floorplan available to help you find them
on page 38.
There are three café spaces in which you
can meet other delegates and take a rest from
the packed schedule of the day: in the central
Rocksteady Café with your coffee you can enjoy performances and interviews
from the performance stage: we’re very excited to be welcoming superstars
on both days: pianist Lang Lang on Day 1 and guitarist Miloš on Day 2!
While you’re taking a break, make use of the free delegate Wi-Fi to share
your experiences on social media, with the hashtag and handle #MDEE
and @MusicEdExpo.
If you need assistance, please find a member of our team or visit our
stand at G4. We’re delighted that you chose to take a day or two to spend
with us and we’d love to meet you and ensure that you get the very best
from your time at Expo.

Sarah Lambie Cameron Bray

Head of Content (Drama) Head of Content (Music)
Editor, Teaching Drama Editor, Music Teacher
sarah.lambie@rhinegold.co.uk cameron.bray@rhinegold.co.uk

Contents
03 Welcome 32 Expo extras: Performances, Fireside Chats,
Awards
05 Visitor information
34 Expo extras: Sharing Lab
07 Programme introduction
37 From our sponsors
08 Day one programme
38 Floorplan & exhibitor list
10 Day two programme
40 Exhibitor listings
13 Drama programme introduction
63 Thank you to our sponsors
14 Drama conference highlights
64 Music Teacher Awards for Excellence
17 Speaker biographies

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Visitor Information
Opening times
Day One
8.45am – doors open
9.00am – exhibition begins
9.30am – first session begins
10.00am – first performance
12.00pm – break in sessions / performance
5.00pm – show closes
Day Two
8.45am – doors open
9.00am – exhibition begins
9.30am – first session begins
10.00am – first performance
12.00pm – break in sessions / performance
5.00pm – show closes
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Cafés
There are three cafés servicing the show: Slice (located next to the lifts)
and the Workshop Café (next to the Workshop) which offer a selection of
breakfast items, sandwiches, salads, paninis and hot and cold drinks; and
the Rocksteady Café (in front of the Performance Stage at the heart of
the show), which houses a coffee cart and serves sweet treats, tea and
espresso and filter coffee.
Cloakroom
The cloakroom is located next to the Workshop Theatre. Please note that
all items are left at the owner’s risk, and Music & Drama Education Expo
cannot take any responsibility for lost or stolen goods.
Toilets
There are two sets of toilets which are located at the top left and top right
hand sides of the floorplan – near to the Seminar and Rhinegold theatres
respectively.
Need help?
If you need help, please stop any member of staff (recognisable from their
name badge) or make your way to our Organisers’ Office, which is located
by the cloakroom. Staff will also be available on stand G4.
Want to get involved with 2020?
For information on participating in Music & Drama Education Expo 2020,
please visit us on stand G4.
Don’t forget to tweet us your thoughts on the show
using #MDEE and @MusicEdExpo!
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Programme Introduction
W
elcome to the programme: once again there are more than 100
sessions for you to explore and enjoy, and you have complete Advisory Board
freedom to roam between music and drama sessions and those
which are equally useful to both, so do explore the content on offer for
those on the other end of the staffroom creative arts sofa!
As well as our seminar and workshop theatres, there is content for you
in the Sharing Lab, and on the Performance Stage, so there are plenty of
places to go in search of your next piece of inspiration.
As always, we’ve put together the programme in consultation with a Marie Bessant Myra Brunton David Guinane
Music and Performing Head of Instrumental Head of Music at
specialist advisory board to whom we’re enormously grateful. The next four Arts subject specialist, Music at The Abbey Beaumont School,
pages detail all the sessions we have on offer over the next two days, and OCR School in Berkshire St. Albans
you can see our Drama highlights from page 13.

The Theatres
Rhinegold Theatre
Our keynote theatre features high-profile speakers and our most in-
demand sessions. Listen to and question key political figures and decision- Michelle Hotchkiss Paul Hughes Daniel Keen
Owner of Shellwyn Music teacher at Music and Arts specialist
makers, and enjoy large-scale interactive sessions too. This room offers a Tuition Oldfield School, Bath at Saint Nathaniel’s
glimpse at the changing landscape of performing arts education, ensuring Academy, Burslem
that you leave informed, but also hosts some inspiring and exhilarating
practical sessions for you to enjoy.

Seminar Theatre sponsored by Casio

Leading practitioners and award-winning educators present on the latest
trends and approaches and provide examples of best practice that can
easily be applied to your everyday teaching. Wyn Richards Hermione Ruck Keene Jack Thompson
Drama and Acting Lecturer in in Music Director of Music at
lecturer at Gower Education at the St Mary’s Church,
Workshop College, Swansea University of Exeter Chelsea and Organist
and Teacher of Music at
Make some noise in our interactive workshop room. You’ll leave these Ardingly College
sessions armed with plenty of practical ideas and new skills to incorporate
into your lessons.

The Space sponsored by Theatrical Rights Worldwide

Our quiet stand-alone studio space hosts many of the drama sessions,
and provides the space for work on movement, body, improvisation Matt Yeoman
Lead Practitioner
and devising, as well as some more curriculum-focused seminars and and Research Lead
discussion opportunities. at Queen’s Park High
School, Chester

Contemporary Music & Tech Studio sponsored by RSL

Leading practitioners and specialists in their field will guide you through
a number of topics and approaches, and we’ll be showcasing the latest
products from the tech sector.
Sharing Lab
Come to see fellow delegates sharing thoughts on what’s working well in
their practice, aided by experts on each topic, and bring along your own
ideas and resources to the Sharing Lab table.
Theatre etiquette
We kindly ask delegates to exit the theatres in-between sessions – even if
you plan to attend the next session in the same room. This is to make it fair
on those delegates already queuing to enter. We want to ensure everyone
gets a fair chance at getting into the workshops!

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EXPO Programme Day 1: Wednesday 6 March

Rhinegold Theatre Contemporary Music & Tech Studio The Space Seminar Theatre

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09.00 09.00
09.05 09.05
09.10 09.10
09.15 Welcome from our Head of Content Welcome from our Head of Content 09.15
09.20 Cameron Bray (editor of Music Teacher) Sarah Lambie (editor of Teaching Drama) 09.20
09.25 09.25
09.30 Music warm-up: STOMP-style Body Drama warm-up: Street Dance 09.30
09.35 Percussion inc. BBC Ten Pieces & Samba An introduction to Street Dance and how it can be incorporated into
your school/college in order to grow and diversify your performing
09.35
09.40 This fun, high energy and accessible session will present warm-ups 09.40
and energisers based on authentic Brazilian rhythms. Suitable for all, arts provision, create happier healthier students and improve
09.45 exam results. 09.45
regardless of prior musical experience.
09.50  [KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] Speakers: Holly Frances 09.50

09.55 Williams, Patrick Healy 09.55
10.00 [Early Years, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] Speaker: Ollie Tunmer 10.00
10.05 10.05
10.10 Alexander Technique: Confidence, 10.10
10.15 poise and balance for all performers 10.15
10.20 Many young people do not find their full potential as performers Introduction to DJing and 10.20
and often spend hours of time practising inefficiently or rehearsing
10.25
without fully being present. This practical workshop will explore how music production at GCSE 10.25
10.30 to practice and rehearse intelligently and what it is be aware of the A session showing how you can pass GCSE Music exams using music 10.30
production and DJing skills. Presented by FutureDJs and renowned
10.35 learning process. Find your calm, confident performing energy!
producer Dom Sigalas.
Directing a scene: A 10.35
10.40 

Shakespearean Masterclass 10.40
10.45 [Early Years, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] A masterclass in directing a Shakespeare scene which incorporates 10.45
[KS4] principal actors and ensemble. We will move from drama warm ups
10.50 Speaker: Judith Kleinman
Speakers: Dom Sigalas, Austen Smart, Tom Dent to a cold reading of a scene before use of ‘ghosting’ to allow a scene
Evidence-informed practice in the arts 10.50
10.55 to take shape without scripts. We will layer in dramatic intention to
This session will look at why schools should engage with evidence 10.55
11.00 of what works to improve their own practice and why we, as arts 11.00
captivate audiences, and suggest ways of using a large ensemble to
practitioners, have much to develop in the context of the new
11.05 Keynote speech: Nicola Benedetti add to the life of a scene.
examinations at KS4 and 5, but also in pressures of delivering a 11.05
11.10 Nicola Benedetti delivers our keynote on her strong support for music  wholesome curriculum in all phases. 11.10
11.15 education. A chat with the editor of Music Teacher magazine will [KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] 11.15

follow; we will discuss Nicola’s own experience of music education, Speakers: Louise de Froment, Francesca Ellis
11.20 her career highlights and advice for budding musicians. [KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] Speaker: Matt Yeoman 11.20
11.25  11.25
11.30 Speaker: Nicola Benedetti 11.30
11.35 11.35
11.40 Collaborative approaches for supporting Lighting fundamentals: Teaching lighting 11.40
11.45 and celebrating creativity in children & design and lighting your show 11.45
11.50 young people with additional needs This session will help teachers begin to plan the lighting for their 11.50
show, simplifying the process as often teachers have the entire
11.55 PRODUCT SHOWCASE MusicFirst presents Music Therapists and a Community Musician from Chiltern Music
production to worry about. This practical session includes a hand out
11.55
Therapy have been working across colleges for the last two years,
12.00 Technology Engagement Engagement: The providing music therapy and DJ workshops for young people and for all delegates and involves looking at the difference in the quality 12.00
12.05 Online Music Classroom leads the way post-16 transition services. This workshop presents some of the of light from each type of lantern. It concludes with a Q&A where 12.05
12.10 Discover the benefits of cloud-based technology and find out how you more unique and unconventional activities that have proven to be teachers concerned with upcoming productions can seek advice. 12.10
12.15 can streamline your workflow and enhance creativity and musicality particularly effective.  12.15
via the MusicFirst Online Classroom.
12.20  [KS4, KS5] 12.20
 Speaker: Mig Burgess
12.25 [KS3, KS4, KS5] Speakers: Elizabeth Nightingale 12.25
Speaker: Dr Jim Frankel
12.30 Upper strings masterclass 12.30
12.35 with Nicola Benedetti 12.35
12.40 Nicola Benedetti, renowned British violinist and President of ESTA UK, How to sight-sing: A teachers’ guide 12.40
leads a wonderfully practical workshop for violin and viola teachers.
12.45
Bring your instrument to get the most from this session!
Creativity in the primary curriculum: This session will examine practical approaches for teaching 12.45
sight-singing, from beginner to advanced, and explore internalized
12.50

Blodin the Beast by Michael Morpurgo sight singing and its role in learning an instrument, sight reading,
12.50
12.55 Explore the story of Blodin the Beast by Michael Morpurgo, which aural and theory. 12.55
13.00 Speaker: Nicola Benedetti offers practical opportunities to develop a range of techniques, to 13.00
empower students to take control over the unfolding narrative. 
13.05 13.05
 [KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5]
13.10 Speaker: Nancy Litten 13.10
13.15 [KS2, KS3] 13.15
Speakers: Dr. Geoffrey Smith
13.20 13.20
13.25 13.25
13.30 13.30
13.35 13.35
13.40 13.40
13.45 New Professional Development Using the Xbox 360 controller as an KS3 Assessment in drama ABRSM | Singing for Musical Theatre 13.45
13.50 courses from ESTA Education accessible musical instrument This session will reflect on the reasons for assessment in the KS3
Drama classroom in the current climate and the methods by which
Come and discover ABRSM’s exciting new Singing for Musical Theatre
exams – now available for Grades 1-3! Music Theatre expert Emma
13.50
13.55 ESTA Education introduce their exciting new professional development Configuring an Xbox 360 Controller with Apollo Ensemble Software 13.55
programme which includes the online ESTA Postgraduate Certificate creates an accessible musical instrument for children with a wide this could be achieved painlessly for overworked and under resourced Taylor will guide you through the syllabus and share her own insights
14.00 Drama teachers. These reflections will be supported by actual and tips for teachers. 14.00
for strings and piano (level 7) and the online ESTA CME for all range of disabilities. This seminar will offer an insight into how you
14.05 instrumental, piano and singing teachers and a range of other can adapt existing technology/switches and create educational music classroom examples from the developing work of the session leaders. 
14.05
14.10 professional development opportunities. in a truly affordable way.  14.10
[KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5]
14.15   [KS3] Speaker: Emma Taylor 14.15
14.20 Speaker: Richard Crozier [Early Years, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] Speakers: Catherine Nash, Alison Warren 14.20
14.25 Speaker: Rebecca Colclasure 14.25
14.30 14.30
14.35 14.35
14.40 14.40
14.45 Are your students actually learning? Pop music: The gateway to creativity Using topic songs across the curriculum Embedding the arts across the curriculum 14.45
14.50 Or are they simply copying you; mimicking, memorising and then
“un-getting”? Leading educationalist Paul Harris explores how
Pop music is full of repetition and often the “same four chords.” What
some may see as limitations can also be the gateway to building
In this dynamic session, Al Start will show you how anyone can use
topic songs to deliver the music curriculum and First Access/WCIT
to enhance and inspire learning 14.50
14.55 Twice RPS for Education award-winner HMDT Music is a leader in 14.55
to effectively set your students up for the best possible learning musical imaginations. Put your music theory into action, lock into a as well as improving your SEND provision by introducing actions developing cross-curricular performance projects which embed
15.00 outcomes. groove and find your creative voice in the action-packed session! and signs. A fun and inspiring session packed full of great songs 15.00
the arts across the curriculum. The seminar will share their unique
15.05   and creative ideas! methodology showing how teachers can plan, develop and implement
15.05
15.10  arts-based cross-curricular learning at the heart of their teaching. 15.10
[Early Years, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] [KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5]
15.15 Speaker: Paul Harris Speaker: Leila Viss [KS1, KS2]  15.15
15.20 Speaker: Al Start [KS1, KS2] Speaker: Tertia Sefton-Green 15.20
15.25 15.25
15.30 15.30
15.35 15.35
15.40 15.40
15.45 Health and wellbeing for Sensory India! An SEND project using iPads Filmmaking without a computer KS5 Music | A practical approach 15.45
15.50 instrumental/vocal teachers to explore creativity and musicianship Film and television training for children is often overlooked due to a to set works and Areas of Study
lack of access to proper filmmaking equipment and editing software.
15.50
15.55 This seminar will discuss three key areas of health and wellbeing for Explore the effectiveness of iPad technology for learners with multiple Many A Level musicians struggle with score-reading and musical 15.55
instrumental and vocal teachers: hearing health, physical wellbeing and complex challenges. Journey with us to India as we explore This practical seminar looks at how film production techniques, analysis, preferring the performance and composition elements of
16.00 narrative and performance for screen can be delivered in a practical, 16.00
and mental resilience. Experts from the Musicians’ Union, Help the five senses through scales and patterns, saris and authentic their courses. This session will explore a range of approaches to
16.05 Musicians, the British Association of Performing Arts Medicine and instruments, the feel of silk and water vapour, scents of incense and engaging way with children at the centre of the creative process using teaching set works, areas of study and wider musicology at KS5,
16.05
16.10 Musicians’ Hearing Services will be on hand to offer insight and spices and the flavours of flatbread and coconut oil. a simple camcorder. giving delegates a range of ideas to develop in their own practice. 16.10
16.15 practical advice.    16.15
16.20  [Early Years, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] Speaker: Nick Pilton [KS5] 16.20
16.25 Speakers: Claire Cordeaux, Joe Hastings Speaker: Madeleine Casson Speaker: David Guinane 16.25
16.30 16.30

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Workshop Performance Stage Sharing Lab

09.00 09.00
09.05 09.05
09.10 09.10
09.15 09.15
09.20 09.20
09.25 09.25
09.30 09.30
09.35 09.35
09.40 09.40
09.45 09.45
09.50 09.50
09.55 09.55
10.00 Performance | Esher College Performing Arts Students Sharing Lab MUSIC | Establishing 10.00
10.05 Dhol drumming in the classroom A performance showing some Bob Fosse techniques/stylistic features and some numbers a school singing culture 10.05
10.10 Leading British Indian musician Kuljit Bhamra delivers this interactive session designed from his shows. Ideal for Unit 7 of QCF BTEC Performing Arts and useful for NCF Unit One to Choral expert and experienced Director of Music Don Gillthorpe will examine ways to energise 10.10
to make Indian music more accessible in the classroom. New learning tools, methods and make the research into a practitioner more interesting. and enthuse secondary-school children and get them singing well. Looking at primary to
10.15 10.15
a universal notation system will be presented, allowing non-Indian music teachers to feel secondary transition, changing voices, adolescent influences, and the status of singing
10.20 confident in teaching Dhol drum techniques and rhythms in the classroom. within your school, this session will suggest repertoire and approaches that can encourage 10.20
10.25  more children to get involved both in and out of the classroom. Don has proven experience 10.25
10.30 of embedding a singing culture into the lives of a number of schools, and will encourage 10.30
[KS1, KS2, KS3] you to do the same!
10.35 Speaker: Kuljit Bhamra 10.35
10.40  10.40
10.45 [KS2, KS3] Expert: Don Gillthorpe 10.45
10.50 10.50
10.55 10.55
11.00 Sharing Lab DRAMA | Auditioning for drama school 11.00
11.05 Join the sharing lab to discuss audition processes and best-practice preparation. Hosted by 11.05
11.10 expert facilitator Kim Durham, formerly of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, we’ll discuss 11.10
and share ideas and resources and enhance our technique for directing audition monologues.
11.15 Discover ABRSM’s new Piano syllabus A fantastic opportunity to contribute in an informal environment and receive lots of input from 11.15
11.20 Discover ABRSM’s new Piano repertoire through practical demonstrations and discussions colleagues. Whether you’re looking for advice or have something to share; you are welcome! 11.20
11.25 exploring a variety of musical approaches to teaching the music set for Grades 1-8. Murray 11.25

McLachlan will introduce imaginative ways to focus your students’ exam preparation around
11.30 the aspects of performance that examiners assess, and help them to engage with the music [KS5] Expert: Kim Durham 11.30
11.35 with enthusiasm and confidence. 11.35
11.40  11.40
11.45 Speaker: Murray McLachlan 11.45
11.50 11.50
11.55 11.55
12.00 Performance | Sambinos Sharing Lab MUSIC | Composer Create: a new 12.00
12.05 Sambinos is a group of students of varied ages from North Oxfordshire Academy who perform resource for the aspiring choral composer 12.05
12.10 brilliant and energetic samba arrangement of well-known songs. Award-winning vocal ensemble, ORA Singers, has recently launched a brand new, free, 12.10
12.15 educational resource aimed at addressing the current lack of early-stage compositional 12.15
guidance for music students worldwide. Drop in between 13:00-13:45 for an informal
12.20 discussion with Chief Executive, Matthew Beale and Group & Development Manager, 12.20
12.25 Warm-up session with pBuzz Natalie Watson. 12.25
12.30 This high-energy session will see you sing, dance, improvise, and get the chance to play the  12.30
12.35 pBuzz! Whether you’re a buzzing novice or a brass aficionado, you’ll leave the session having 12.35
played brand new music and had a whole lot of fun! [KS4, KS5]
12.40 Experts: Matthew Beale, Natalie Watson 12.40
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12.45 12.45
12.50 [KS1, KS2] 12.50
Speakers: Kay Charlton, Dr Elizabeth Stafford
12.55 12.55
13.00 Sharing Lab DRAMA | RWCMD: Stage 13.00
13.05 Management & Design training 13.05
13.10 Expert host Sean Crowley leads this discussion on all aspects of student training/careers 13.10
13.15 in stage management and design. A fantastic opportunity to contribute in an informal 13.15
environment and receive lots of input from colleagues. Whether you’re looking for advice or
13.20 have something to share; you are welcome! 13.20
13.25 13.25

13.30 13.30
[KS4, KS5]
13.35 Expert: Sean Crowley 13.35
13.40 Listening Maps| Making music in the classroom Fireside chat | Lang Lang 13.40
13.45 inspired by Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” Come and hear superstar pianist Lang Lang chat to former editor of International Piano Claire
Jackson about all things piano and education.
13.45
13.50 This seminar will introduce Listening Maps for each part of Vivaldi’s ‘The Four Seasons’. 13.50
13.55 Using Vivaldi’s music as a start, suggestions on how to make new music for these pictures in Interviewer: Claire Jackson 13.55
the classroom will follow, using voice, instruments and sound objects, promoting confidence
14.00 in utilising any sound source available to make music. 14.00
14.05 14.05
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14.10 14.10
[KS2, KS3]
14.15 Speaker: Chrysi Parpara 14.15
14.20 14.20
14.25 14.25
14.30 Sharing Lab DRAMA | Transition to Higher Education: 14.30
14.35 Self-Assessment and Critical Thinking in Acting 14.35
14.40 Developing piano technique: A masterclass Lecturer of Acting at LIPA, Onur Orkut, leads this session on how best to prepare students 14.40
14.45 Number one selling concert pianist and lecturer Emmanuel Vass will deliver this session for higher education. A fantastic opportunity to contribute in an informal environment and 14.45
exploring the fundamentals of piano technique. receive lots of input from colleagues. Whether you’re looking for advice or have something to
14.50 share; you are welcome! 14.50
14.55  14.55

15.00 Speaker: Emmanuel Vass Will Michael Jazz Education Award 15.00
[KS5]
15.05 Come and see award-winning saxophonist and broadcaster Soweto Kinch announce the Expert: Onur Orkut 15.05
15.10 winner, followed by a performance from NYJO and 2016 BBC Young Jazz Musician Alexandra 15.10
Ridout.
15.15 15.15
15.20 15.20
15.25 15.25
15.30 Sharing Lab DRAMA | Being a one-person department 15.30
15.35 Being a one-person department can be challenging! Join Head of Drama Peter Deam (and 15.35
15.40 other one person departments!) as we discuss survival tactics, expanding our professional 15.40
networks and more. environment and receive lots of input from colleagues. Whether you’re
15.45 Producing the School Musical looking for advice or have something to share; you are welcome! 15.45
15.50 A session aimed at teachers who are staging musicals in schools with limited experience – or
 15.50
15.55 for the very first time! We will demystify the process from choosing a show to the closing 15.55
night. We will cover the housekeeping, rehearsal process and managing resources such as Expert: Peter Deam
16.00 set, lighting, sound, costume and working with other professionals. Delegates will leave with 16.00
16.05 strategies, ideas and a pack of resources. 16.05
16.10  Performance | Rocksteady Music School 16.10
16.15 [KS3, KS4, KS5] Rocksteady Music School teach over 18,000 children in more than 750 primary schools 16.15
16.20 Speakers: Leah-Victoria Crimes, Richard Aaron Davies across the UK. Band members range in age between 5-11 years old and play on electric 16.20
guitar, keyboards, drums and vocals.
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EXPO Programme Day 2: Thursday 7 March

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09.15 Welcome from our Head of Content Welcome from our Head of Content 09.15
09.20 Cameron Bray (editor of Music Teacher) Sarah Lambie (editor of Teaching Drama) 09.20
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09.35 Music warm up: Embodied vocal workshop Drama warm up | Stage 09.35
09.40 A practical embodied vocal workshop that unites the techniques of
voice training with the ability of the singer to project musical feelings
combat in the classroom 09.40
09.45 An introduction to armed or unarmed stage combat. Participants 09.45
and expression. will be guided through a tool box of techniques to use with students
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 and will discuss how stage combat can be used as a teaching tool
09.55 surrounding drama training. 09.55
Speaker: Dr Marilyn Wyers
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 Music Teachers’ Association | Running a 10.00
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[KS3, KS4, KS5] thriving music department on a tiny budget 10.05
10.10 Speaker: Mark Ruddick How can you build an outstanding music department on a small 10.10
budget? This panel discussion, featuring experienced State School
10.15 Keynote Speech and Q&A | Lord Black Heads of Music who are all members of the Music Teachers’
10.15
10.20 Lord Black offers his insight into music education from his position
Association and chaired by Simon Toyne, will offer practical tips on
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10.25 as a peer and chair of the Royal College of Music. Delegates will have 10.25
how to develop music in a school in a cost-effective manner, as well
the opportunity to ask questions and share their experiences.
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Developing the 21st-century musician: as exploring ways of generating revenue and attracting investment. 10.30
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[Early Years, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] approaches to the RSL exams in music Engaging SEND and ESL  10.35
10.40
Speaker: Lord Black of Brentwood production and contemporary music students with drama [KS3, KS4, KS5] 10.40
10.45 In this practical session, delegates will take specific pieces from This workshop is designed to provide teachers with practical Speakers: Simon Toyne 10.45
10.50 the RSL Graded Music Exams, including the new Music Production exercises and teaching techniques to introduce any student to drama, 10.50
exams and explore how they can be used to complement and develop with particular reference to foreign-language students, or students
10.55 with learning difficulties, impairments, or other restrictions which 10.55
the musical learning that takes place within the music curriculum
11.00 from KS2-5. require more creative, less verbally-reliant teaching techniques. 11.00
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11.10 [KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] Speaker: Dan Francis [KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] 11.10
11.15 Core choral components Speaker: Adam Milford Moving into school leadership 11.15
11.20 Award-winning singer and vocal coach Charles MacDougall will Is it time to think about promotion? This is a session exploring the ways 11.20
11.25 give you a full vocal work out addressing the core and satellite that music and drama teachers can use and develop the personal 11.25
components of good singing technique. Jam-packed with technical leadership skills they have developed in their departments. We will
11.30 advice all delivered through fun, energetic and engaging activities, examine some of the wide variety of tasks, challenges and experiences 11.30
11.35 this session will significantly increase your awareness and control A Musical Construction Zone: that teachers develop in their exciting, wide-ranging jobs, and make some 11.35
of the voice as an instrument, providing tools for vocal development time for individual reflection, analysis and self-evaluation. What might
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of the individual singer and ideas for effective vocal warm-ups for
Creativity Without Chaos your future career hold and how can you use your skills to benefit others?
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11.45 choirs and singers of all abilities.
In this interactive workshop featuring hands-on engagement with 11.45
11.50 musical improvisation, composition, movement, listening, and  11.50
 singing, we will experience and learn about research-based strategies [Early Years, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5]
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[KS3, KS4, KS5] Speaker: Charles MacDougall Product Showcase | Hal Leonard for fostering musical creativity from birth to age 5. This session will Speaker: Catherine Beddison 11.55
12.00 presents From Rote to Reading: Fast- help teachers design music learning environments for the youngest 12.00
pupils, with minimum chaos and maximum fun!
12.05 tracking the Sight Reading Process 12.05
12.10 Blitzbooks author and world-renowned piano educator Samantha  12.10
Coates will guide you through her exciting methods for developing [Early Years, KS1]
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sight reading through rote repertoire and creativity, proven to engage Speaker: Ann Marie Stanley
Music Education Council | 12.15
12.20 and inspire beginner pianists.  Speaker: Samantha Coates Shaping the Future 12.20
12.25 A ‘Question Time’-style panel session discussing policy for 2020 and 12.25
beyond in respect of a refreshed national plan for music education
12.30 ISM | A guide to progression, in England.
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12.35 curriculum and assessment Brecht With A Bang 
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12.40 The ISM deliver this seminar designed to guide school teachers An entertaining way to get to grips with this massively important 12.40
through the challenges currently affecting music education and practitioner, vital to devising units at KS4 and 5, without over-thinking [Early Years, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5]
12.45
teaching in the classroom. Music hub and service leaders are also
The impact of an inclusive rock event him or trying to squeeze too much complex content into short lessons. Speaker: Richard Hallam MBE
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12.50 encouraged to attend as these invaluable sessions will help develop on musical success and uptake This will be active, relaxed, and put theories into practice in a way 12.50
12.55 INSET days. A case study on Freman College, Hertfordshire’s large-scale rock that will work for GCSE / BTEC students and support theory lessons. 12.55
13.00 event. The event is the highlight of the musical year and has wide- Have a giggle making epic theatre with political edge, a range of 13.00
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reaching impact on the cultural life of the college with significant techniques and even some cabaret!
13.05 [KS2, KS3] success in increasing uptake of music. 13.05
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13.10 Speakers: Dr Alison Daubney, Dr Martin Fautley 
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13.15 [KS4, KS5] 13.15
[KS3, KS4, KS5] Speaker: Zeena Rasheed
13.20 Speaker: Jane Stott The A-Level Essay 13.20
13.25 Award-nominated Head of Music James Manwaring shares his tips 13.25
for A Level essay writing success. Catering to each of the exam board
13.30 Trinity College: The new requirements, this session will explore essay structure and discuss
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13.35 2019 brass syllabus Devising from a key extract of techniques for building students’ confidence with the ultimate aim of 13.35
13.40 Trinity College Exams deliver an overview of the new brass syllabus,
outlining the key developments and providing approaches to a
a play using a practitioner getting them passionate about writing about music! 13.40
13.45 An exploration of how you use a practitioner’s ideas (in this case  13.45
selection of the new pieces. Frantic Assembly) to unlock a key extract from a play (using A
13.50 [KS5] 13.50
 Streetcar Named Desire) that sparks a creative devised piece of work
13.55 based on the ideas or characters from the play. This session caters to Speaker: James Manwaring 13.55
Speaker: Francesca Christmas
14.00 Sampling at GCSE and A Level Music Tech the A level Pearson Specification. 14.00
14.05 Sampling gains composition and performance credits and for some  14.05
14.10 boards is now a required exam function. Renowned producer and 14.10
composer Dom Sigalas guides delegates through sampling techniques [KS5]
14.15 using a variety of software and hardware platforms, showing just how Speaker: Tim Armitage 14.15
14.20 creative you and your students can be. 14.20
14.25  EVC Music | The Elena Cobb Star Prize 14.25
14.30 [KS4, KS5] Find out more about this new initiative from EVC Music and The 14.30
British & International Federation of Festivals, which offers piano
14.35 Speaker: Dom Sigalas Queering the Canon: Gender and students a unique performance opportunity at the Royal Albert Hall
14.35
14.40 Sexuality in Classroom Drama Elgar Room. 14.40
14.45 Teaching rap: Literacy under the radar and School Productions 
14.45
14.50 You’ll need your ideas, rhythm and voice at the ready for this 75% of GCSE Drama candidates identify as female. Currently, only 14.50
interactive session! Featuring a human beatbox backing, we’ll [KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] Speaker: Elena Cobb
14.55 35% of roles on the professional stage are for women. How do we 14.55
unpack a toolkit exploring rhyme, diverse syllabic patterns and word square that circle in whole-school theatre productions and how can
15.00 association, ending in a collaborative group rap. Teaching literacy has that free us up to explore gender and sexuality in curriculum lessons?
15.00
15.05 never been so creative! 15.05
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[KS4, KS5] ISM Trust | Primary Music Toolkit 15.10
15.15 [KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] Speaker: Ed Boulter-Comer The ISM Trust, supported by the Schools Music Association (SMA), 15.15
15.20 Speaker: Rob Bradley has commissioned the Primary Music Toolkit to help primary 15.20
school teachers further their self-assurance in teaching music in
15.25 the classroom. The toolkit, created by Dr Ally Daubney, explores 15.25
15.30 ‘Dream Your Dream’ | A transformational ideas about music teaching and is packed with practical help and 15.30
strategies to equip primary teachers with the confidence to lead
15.35 music video project inspiring musical experiences.
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15.40 ‘Dream Your Dream’ is a song to inspire young people to discover 15.40
their innate power and believe in themselves. It was written by 
15.45 OFSTED | The fundamental Inclusive Music’s Phil Heeley entirely in GarageBand on the iPad.
Boosting communication, [KS1, KS2]
15.45
15.50 importance of the arts Under the leadership of Teachers Rock® founder Debbie Kent, It language and literacy through Speaker: Dr Alison Daubney
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15.55 HM Inspector and National Lead for Visual and Performing Arts was transformed into a wholly inclusive music video project bringing music, drama and role play 15.55
16.00 Susan Aykin will talk about the fundamental importance of the arts in together elements of; Composition, Literacy, Music Technology, This workshop will provide delegates with the foundations of 16.00
a school’s curriculum alongside the new inspection framework. Singing, Street Dance and Signing. movement skills to support CLL. Using music and movement,
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  delegates can take children on a journey, stimulating all learning
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Speaker: Susan Aykin styles.
16.15 [KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4] Speakers: Debbie Kent, Phil Heeley 16.15
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16.25 Speaker: Helen Battelley 16.25
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Workshop Performance Stage Sharing Lab

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10.00 Performance | Purcell School Jazz Ensemble Sharing Lab DRAMA | Multiple 10.00
10.05 The Purcell School presents the Jazz Quartet made up of four incredibly talented young
musicians; Daniel Higham, Miles Mindlin, Lorenzo Morabito and Jack Thomas who will be
choice assessment methods 10.05
10.10 Choosing the right methods and resources performing a selection of jazz standards.
This session will look at multiple choice questions and how they can reliably assess student 10.10
knowledge. A fantastic opportunity to contribute in an informal environment and receive
10.15 for successful instrumental teaching lots of input from colleagues. Whether you’re looking for advice or have something to share;
10.15
10.20 We’ll explore, experience and discuss successful methods and resources to teach a musical you are welcome! 10.20
10.25 instrument, reflecting on the impact the quality of the music has on motivating and inspiring 10.25
students to play, and how rhythmic word patterns aid learning through repetition and small 
10.30 steps. We’ll also consider ways to ensure everyone is appropriately challenged. 10.30
[KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5]
10.35 Expert: Karen Latto 10.35
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10.45 Speaker: Madeleine Casson 10.45
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11.00 Performance | Rocksteady Music School Sharing Lab DRAMA | Directors in schools 11.00
11.05 Rocksteady Music School teach over 18,000 children in more than 750 primary schools Come and meet the founder of the Directors’ Guild of Great Britain to hear about his work 11.05
across the UK. Band members range in age between 5-11 years old and play on electric sending directors into schools to work with teachers and young people. With a directing
11.10 Woodwind sight-reading | Dispelling the fears guitar, keyboards, drums and vocals. CV spanning the Royal Court and National Theatres, television and film, Piers will be able
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11.15 James Rae teaches sight reading through duet playing and uses the same principal as in to advise you on your own directing projects and tell you how to arrange for a professional 11.15
11.20 chess or tennis. i.e. if you wish to improve your game, you play against a stronger player. This director to come in to your school. 11.20
places the student in a sink-or- swim sitiuation and in time their game will naturally improve.
11.25 Through playing duets, the student develops momentum and has to keep going. Stopping is  11.25
11.30 the worst crime in the book of sight-reading offences and is not an option! Expert: Piers Haggard 11.30
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11.40 [KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] 11.40
11.45 Speaker: James Rae 11.45
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12.00 Sharing Lab MUSIC | Blown Away? 12.00
12.05 Recruitment & retention of brass and woodwind players 12.05
12.10 Come and join the discussion on woodwind and brass teaching. Let’s share experience and 12.10
12.15 ideas on how to retain pupils in the face of a cold north wind that blows high costs up against 12.15
a myriad of other ways to spend time. Let’s talk about widening our own teaching strategies
12.20 and pedagogies and connecting with contemporary students in ways that make playing wind 12.20
12.25 instruments in particular a positive experience for all. 12.25
12.30 Mood Music  12.30
12.35 Mood Music is a child-centred approach that uses music to help children develop emotional Expert: Myra Brunton 12.35
12.40 literacy and the ability to play music from an emotional connection. This workshop will outline 12.40
ideas from community music, music therapy and psychology, and look at the best ways to
12.45 support children’s creativity and personal development. There will be simple fun songs and Making Music | Charles Grove Award 12.45
12.50 activities to support emotional expression, and hands-on experience of making music to The Sir Charles Groves Prize, awarded every two years, recognises outstanding contribution 12.50
12.55 express moods. to the musical life of communities in the UK. Join us at the presentation by Making Music 12.55
Chair Dorothy Wilson to discover and celebrate the new winner.
13.00  Sharing Lab MUSIC | The code switching musician 13.00
13.05 [Early Years, KS1, KS2] We explore practical insights into how music instruction can be used to foster independent, 13.05
13.10 Speaker: Bill Roberts comprehensive musicianship across multiple styles of music. Informed by the linguistic 13.10
theory of code-switching and an array of contemporary research, these approaches are
13.15 specially focused on providing musicians with a broad set of skills that allow them to become 13.15
13.20 confident and flexible as they navigate performance situations outside of large teacher- 13.20
13.25 directed performance ensembles. 13.25
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13.35 Singing Circles: Songs, chants and Expert: Dr. Daniel S. Isbell 13.35
13.40 games for EYFS and KS1 13.40
13.45 Singing Circles is an interactive workshop-style seminar in which to explore a wide range of 13.45
13.50 accessible songs and chants to be enjoyed using Lycra sheets, parachutes and Scrunchies. 13.50
The activities have been created to encourage children’s autonomy, elicit individual
13.55 responses, increase vocabulary and develop social play through tactile experiences. 13.55
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 Sharing Lab DRAMA | Early Years Drama 14.00
14.05 Helen Battelley is an internationally renowned consultant, trainer and speaker in Physical 14.05
[Early Years, KS1] Development/movement in Early Education. Join her for this informal discussion around early
14.10 Speaker: Sue Nicholls 14.10
years drama and movement techniques. A fantastic opportunity to contribute in an informal
14.15 environment and receive lots of input from colleagues. Whether you’re looking for advice or 14.15
14.20 have something to share; you are welcome! 14.20
14.25  14.25
14.30 [Early Years] 14.30
14.35 Expert: Helen Battelley 14.35
14.40 KS3 Singing | Inspiring solutions! 14.40
14.45 As pupils transition from primary to secondary education, all too often their enthusiasm for 14.45
14.50 singing is lost along the way. This practical singing workshop will take participants through 14.50
songs that are designed to engage singers, link into the KS3 music curriculum and provide
14.55 opportunities to develop good vocal practice both in and out of the classroom. 14.55
15.00  Sharing Lab ALL | Managing energy rather than behaviour 15.00
15.05 [KS3]
You could be spending more time focusing on the music and less time dealing with disruptive 15.05
15.10 behaviour by thinking about the energy of the room. Learn about why Rocksteady prefer to 15.10
Speaker: Stuart Overington manage energy rather than behaviour, designing an energy map for your lessons and aligning
15.15 yourself with the motivations of your pupils. 15.15
15.20  15.20
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[Early Years, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4]
15.30 Fireside Chat | Miloš Karadaglić Expert: Rachel Hawker 15.30
15.35 Come and hear superstar guitarist Miloš chat to editor of Music Teacher Cameron Bray about 15.35
15.40 all things guitar and education. 15.40
Interviewer: Cameron Bray
15.45 Whole Body Learning for Instrumental & Piano Teachers 15.45
15.50 This interactive workshop offers instrumental and piano teachers an introduction to the 15.50
15.55 teaching of musical skills and concepts, influenced by the educational approaches of Kodaly, 15.55
Dalcroze & Orff. Whilst traditional instrumental lessons often use ‘read then play’, these
16.00 strategies cater to all student learning styles. 16.00
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16.15 Speaker: Paul Myatt 16.15
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Drama programme introduction
D
rama has gone from strength to strength at the MDEE, and there is
often an overlap between sessions with drama relevance in different
spaces, so choose carefully – or session-hop! For ease of access and
to put all the drama sessions in one place, I’ve provided here a ‘Head of
Content’s walk-through’ for Drama at this year’s show.
Day one
A new initiative this year is separate warm-up sessions for music and
drama. After my welcome speech in The Space on day one, there will be a
fun, energetic Street Dance warm-up with practitioners from RSL.
Performing Arts students from Esher College will then be on the
Performance Stage, while a session on Alexander Technique in the
Rhinegold Theatre overlaps with a masterclass in directing a Shakespeare
scene in The Space. The latter is led by practitioners from Shakespeare
Schools Foundation, so they’ve plenty of experience in carolling large
crowds of students into a meaningful scene of Shakespeare’s work!
If you’re looking for something a little less practical and a little more
theoretical, Matt Yeoman, a firm Expo favourite, is delivering a seminar
at 10.40 on evidence informed practice in the arts. His experience in the
matter will offer an opportunity to take away with you some clear ideas
about ways to manage such an approach in your own schools.
On the other hand, if you have students who are looking into the option
of drama school for Higher Education, and asking you for help with their
audition monologues, you’ll definitely want to pop along to the Sharing Lab
at 11.00 to meet Kim Durham, who has taught and sat on audition panels
at several of the most prestigious drama schools and who knows exactly
what they’re looking for.
At 11.40 in the Seminar Theatre, Mig Burgess of Guildford School of Acting
offers a session which will help you with the technical nous to light your own
school shows but also to teach those students who wish to pursue the design
options at GCSE or A-Level.
Primary teachers will then want to be in The Space for Geoff Smith’s
session on creativity in the primary curriculum, which looks at ways in
which drama can be used across the teaching of other subjects, while
those teachers who’ve finished in Mig Burgess’ lighting session are well
placed to head along to the Sharing Lab to meet Sean Crowley from the
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Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama to hear about technical training
courses and careers.
The afternoon continues with a focus on KS3 Assessment from Ali
Warren and Catherine Nash, who have devised an actual system for this
often nebulous concept! KS5 teachers will be able to head to a different
assessment-based session, however, with Onur Orkut in the Sharing Lab
– who’ll be discussing ways in which you can prepare your students for
Higher Education by getting them used to those HE assessment methods.
At 14.45 in the Seminar Theatre, a session on Embedding the arts across
the curriculum will be of enormous value to primary teachers, after which
Peter Deam hosts a Sharing Lab on being a one-person drama department:
all too common an occurrence, and a lovely opportunity for those who fall
into that category to make friends and share some tips!
The final slot of the day lands you with a choice to make: ‘Filmmaking
without a computer’, or ‘Producing the school musical’. Both sessions do
what they say on the tin, so head to whichever tickles your fancy!
Day two
Day two’s warm-up is a full length Stage Combat session: these have been
hugely popular at Expo | Manchester, so we’ve brought Mark Ruddick down
to London to bring us all some more combat joy. After that, charged up,
you might want to go and engage Lord Black with a few questions in the
Rhinegold Theatre – or join other teachers in the Sharing Lab for a chat
about multiple choice assessment methods with the lovely Karen Latto.
At 10.35 in The Space, Adam Milford will take delegates through some
ways to engage ESL students with drama: methods which also work well with
SEND students. Then there’s a choice between learning about organisation
Directors in Schools in the Sharing Lab or picking up some valuable tips on
moving into school leadership in the Seminar Theatre.
Zeena Rasheed’s practical Brecht with a bang session will send you back
to school with lots of tips for your secondary classes, as will devising from a
key extract of a play using a practitioner with Tim Armitage. Then Early Years
teachers will be able to chat with Helen Battelley in the Sharing Lab, and
secondary teachers can explore the ideas put forward by Ed Boulter-Comer of
Fettes College about ‘Queering the canon’.
We anticipate lots of attendees for Rob Bradley’s session on teaching
rap – which is why we’ve put it in the Rhinegold Theatre at 14.45, but a
whole different kind of practical tip can be gleaned in the Sharing Lab
at 15.00 if you would like to learn about managing energy rather than
behaviour – a useful tactic for those more rowdy students.
The day will finish with a chance to hear from OFSTED’s Susan Aykin,
National Lead for Visual and Performing Arts, in the Rhinegold Theatre, but
if you’re an Early Years and primary teacher, you might want to head to The
Space instead, to take part in a practical workshop with Helen Battelley
(fresh from her Sharing Lab adventure) on Boosting communication,
language and literacy through music, drama and role play.
Whatever sessions you head to, I hope you get an enormous amount out
of your time with us today!
Sarah Lambie
Head of Content (Drama) and Editor: Teaching Drama
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Drama conference programme
Wednesday 6 March
Drama warm-up | Street Dance
09.30-10.00 | The Space
An introduction to Street Dance and how it can be incorporated into your
school/college in order to grow and diversify your performing arts provision,
create happier healthier students and improve exam results.
[KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] Speakers: Holly Frances Williams, Patrick Healy
Performance | Esher College Performing Arts Students
10.00-10.20 | Performance Stage
A performance showing some Bob Fosse techniques/stylistic features and
some numbers from his shows. Ideal for Unit 7 of QCF BTEC Performing
Arts and useful for NCF Unit One to make the research into a practitioner
more interesting.
Confidence, poise and balance for all performers | Alexander Technique
10.10-10.55 | Rhinegold Theatre
Many young people do not find their full potential as performers and often
spend hours of time practising inefficiently or rehearsing without fully being
present. This practical workshop will explore how to practice and rehearse
intelligently and what it is be aware of the learning process. Find your calm,
confident performing energy!
[Early Years, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] Speaker: Judith Kleinman
Directing a scene: A Shakespearean masterclass
10.35-11.20 | The Space
A masterclass in directing a Shakespeare scene which incorporates
principal actors and ensemble. We will move from drama warm ups to a
cold reading of a scene before use of ‘ghosting’ to allow a scene to take
shape without scripts. We will layer in dramatic intention to captivate
audiences, and suggest ways of using a large ensemble to add to the life of
a scene.
[KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] Speakers: Louise de Froment, Francesca Ellis
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Evidence-informed practice in the arts
10.40-11.25 | Seminar Theatre
This session will look at why schools should engage with evidence of what
works to improve their own practice and why we, as arts practitioners,
have much to develop in the context of the new examinations at KS4 and 5,
but also in pressures of delivering a wholesome curriculum in all phases.
[KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] Speaker: Matt Yeoman
Sharing Lab DRAMA | Auditioning for drama school
11.00-11.45 | Sharing Lab
Join the sharing lab to discuss audition processes and best-practice
preparation. Hosted by expert facilitator Kim Durham, formerly of the
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, we’ll discuss and share ideas and resources
and enhace our technique for directing audition monologues. A fantastic
opportunity to contribute in an informal environment and receive lots of
input from colleagues. Whether you’re looking for advice or have something
to share; you are welcome!
[KS5] Speaker: Kim Durham
Lighting fundamentals: Teaching lighting design and lighting your show
11.40-12.25 | Seminar Theatre
This session will help teachers begin to plan the lighting for their show,
simplifying the process as often teachers have the entire production to
worry about. This practical session includes a hand out for all delegates
and involves looking at the difference in the quality of light from each
type of lantern. It concludes with a Q&A where teachers concerned with
upcoming productions can seek advice.
[KS4, KS5] Speaker: Mig Burgess
Creativity in the primary curriculum: Blodin the Beast by Michael
Morpurgo
12.45-13.30 | The Space
Explore the story of Blodin the Beast by Michael Morpurgo, which offers
practical opportunities to develop a range of techniques, to empower
students to take control over the unfolding narrative.
[KS2, KS3] Speakers: Dr. Geoffrey Smith
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Sharing Lab DRAMA | RWCMD: Stage Management & Design training
13.00-13.45 | Sharing Lab
Expert host Sean Crowley leads this discussion on all aspects of student
training/careers in stage management and design. A fantastic opportunity
to contribute in an informal environment and receive lots of input from
colleagues. Whether you’re looking for advice or have something to share;
you are welcome!
[KS4, KS5] Speaker: Sean Crowley
KS3 Assessment in drama
13.45-14.30 | The Space
This session will reflect on the reasons for assessment in the KS3 Drama
classroom in the current climate and the methods by which this could be
achieved painlessly for overworked and under resourced Drama teachers.
These reflections will be supported by actual classroom examples from the
developing work of the session leaders.
[KS3] Speakers: Catherine Nash, Alison Warren
Sharing Lab DRAMA | Transition to Higher Education: self-assessment
and critical thinking in acting
14.30-15.15 | Sharing Lab
Lecturer of Acting at LIPA, Onur Orkut, leads this session on how best to
prepare students for higher education. A fantastic opportunity to contribute in
an informal environment and receive lots of input from colleagues. Whether
you’re looking for advice or have something to share; you are welcome!
[KS5] Speaker: Onur Orkut
Embedding the arts across the curriculum to enhance and inspire
learning
14.45-15.30 | Seminar Theatre
Twice RPS for Education award-winner HMDT Music is a leader in
developing cross-curricular performance projects which embed the arts
across the curriculum. The seminar will share their unique methodology
showing how teachers can plan, develop and implement arts-based cross-
curricular learning at the heart of their teaching.
[KS1, KS2] Speaker: Tertia Sefton-Green
Sharing Lab DRAMA | Being a one-person department
15.30-16.15 | Sharing Lab
Being a one-person department can be challenging! Join Head of Drama
Peter Deam (and other one person departments!) as we discuss survival
tactics, expanding our professional networks and more. environment and
receive lots of input from colleagues. Whether you’re looking for advice or
have something to share; you are welcome!
Speaker: Peter Deam
Filmmaking without a computer
15.45-16.30 | The Space
Film and television training for children is often overlooked due to a lack
of access to proper filmmaking equipment and editing software. This
practical seminar looks at how film production techniques, narrative and
performance for screen can be delivered in a practical, engaging way with
children at the centre of the creative process using a simple camcorder.
Speaker: Nick Pilton
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Producing the school musical
15.45-16.30 | The Workshop
A session aimed at teachers who are staging musicals in schools with
limited experience – or for the very first time! We will demystify the
process from choosing a show to the closing night. We will cover the
housekeeping, rehearsal process and managing resources such as set,
lighting, sound, costume and working with other professionals. Delegates
will leave with strategies, ideas and a pack of resources.
[KS3, KS4, KS5] Speakers: Leah-Victoria Crimes, Richard Aaron Davies
Thursday 7 March
Drama warm up | Stage combat in the classroom
09.35-10.20 | The Space
An introduction to armed or unarmed stage combat. Participants will be
guided through a tool box of techniques to use with students and will
discuss how stage combat can be used as a teaching tool surrounding
drama training.
[KS3, KS4, KS5] Speaker: Mark Ruddick
Sharing Lab DRAMA | Multiple choice assessment methods
10.00-10.45 | Sharing Lab
This session will look at multiple choice questions and how they can
reliably assess student knowledge. A fantastic opportunity to contribute in
an informal environment and receive lots of input from colleagues. Whether
you’re looking for advice or have something to share; you are welcome!
[KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] Speaker: Karen Latto
Keynote Speech and Q&A | Lord Black
10.15-11.00 | Rhinegold Theatre
Lord Black offers his insight into music education from his position as
a peer and chair of the Royal College of Music. Delegates will have the
opportunity to ask questions and share their experiences.
[Early Years, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] Speaker: Lord Black of Brentwood
Engaging SEND and ESL students with drama
10.35-11.20 | The Space
This workshop is designed to provide teachers with practical exercises and
teaching techniques to introduce any student to drama, with particular
reference to foreign-language students, or students with learning
difficulties, impairments, or other restrictions which require more creative,
less verbally-reliant teaching techniques.
[KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] Speaker: Adam Milford
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Sharing Lab DRAMA | Directors in schools
11.00-11.45 | Sharing Lab
Come and meet the founder of the Directors’ Guild of Great Britain to hear
about his work sending directors into schools to work with teachers and
young people. With a directing CV spanning the Royal Court and National
Theatres, television and film, Piers will be able to advise you on your own
directing projects and tell you how to arrange for a professional director to
come in to your school.
Speaker: Piers Haggard
Moving into school leadership
11.15-12.00 | Seminar Theatre
Is it time to think about promotion? This is a session exploring the ways
that music and drama teachers can use and develop the personal
leadership skills they have developed in their departments. We will
examine some of the wide variety of tasks, challenges and experiences
that teachers develop in their exciting, wide-ranging jobs, and make some
time for individual reflection, analysis and self-evaluation. What might your
future career hold and how can you use your skills to benefit others?
[Early Years, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] Speaker: Catherine Beddison
Brecht with a bang
12.35-13.20 | The Space
An entertaining way to get to grips with this massively important
practitioner, vital to devising units at KS4 and 5, without over-thinking him
or trying to squeeze too much complex content into short lessons. This will
be active, relaxed, and put theories into practice in a way that will work for
GCSE / BTEC students and support theory lessons. Have a giggle making
epic theatre with political edge, a range of techniques and even some
cabaret!
[KS4, KS5] Speaker: Zeena Rasheed
Devising from a key extract of a play using a practitioner
13.35-14.20 | The Space
An exploration of how you use a practitioner’s ideas (in this case Frantic
Assembly) to unlock a key extract from a play (using A Streetcar Named
Desire) that sparks a creative devised piece of work based on the ideas
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or characters from the play. This session caters to the A level Pearson
Specification.
[KS5] Speaker: Tim Armitage
Sharing Lab DRAMA | Early Years Drama
14.00-14.45 | Sharing Lab
Helen Battelley is an internationally renowned consultant, trainer and
speaker in Physical Development/movement in Early Education. Join her
for this informal discussion around early years drama and movement
techniques. A fantastic opportunity to contribute in an informal
environment and receive lots of input from colleagues. Whether you’re
looking for advice or have something to share; you are welcome!
[Early Years] Speaker: Helen Battelley
Queering the Canon | Gender and sexuality in classroom drama and
school productions
14.35-15.20 | The Space
75% of GCSE Drama candidates identify as female. Currently, only 35%
of roles on the professional stage are for women. How do we square that
circle in whole-school theatre productions and how can that free us up to
explore gender and sexuality in curriculum lessons?
[KS4, KS5] Speaker: Ed Boulter-Comer
Teaching rap | Literacy under the radar
14.45-15.30 | Rhinegold Theatre
You’ll need your ideas, rhythm and voice at the ready for this interactive
session! Featuring a human beatbox backing, we’ll unpack a toolkit
exploring rhyme, diverse syllabic patterns and word association, ending in
a collaborative group rap. Teaching literacy has never been so creative!
[KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] Speaker: Rob Bradley
Sharing Lab ALL | Managing energy rather than behaviour
15.00-15.45 | Sharing Lab
You could be spending more time focusing on the music and less time
dealing with disruptive behaviour by thinking about the energy of the
room. Learn about why Rocksteady prefer to manage energy rather than
behaviour, designing an energy map for your lessons and aligning yourself
with the motivations of your pupils.
[Early Years, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4] Speaker: Rachel Hawker
OFSTED | The fundamental importance of the arts
15.45-16.30 | Rhinegold Theatre
Susan Aykin, HM Inspector and National Lead for Visual and Performing
Arts will talk about the fundamental importance of the arts in a school’s
curriculum alongside the new inspection framework.
Speaker: Susan Aykin
Boosting communication, language and literacy through music, drama
and role play
15.45-16.30 | The Space
This workshop will provide delegates with the foundations of movement
skills to support CLL. Using music and movement, delegates can take
children on a journey, stimulating all learning styles.
[Early Years, KS1] Speaker: Helen Battelley
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Speaker biographies
Philip Aird
Phil is Chief Executive of European String Teachers Association,
Director of Young Grittleton Chamber Music Courses and a member of
the Royal Ballet Sinfonia. As a freelancer he has performed with the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Welsh National Opera, English National
Opera, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and the Royal Scottish
National Orchestra. He also loves musicals and has played in the
West End for Chicago, Phantom of the Opera, Carousel, Showboat,
West Side Story and numerous recordings for film, TV and disc. Phil’s
interests include rugby, travel and vintage port!
SESSION New Professional Development courses from ESTA
Education
Tim Armitage
Tim Armitage has been a Head of Drama for 22 years (15 in
Harpenden, Hertfordshire) and is a currently a teacher of Drama and
Psychology. He has an MA in Drama in Education and has regularly
contributed articles, opinions and schemes of work to Teaching
Drama magazine.
SESSION Devising from a key extract of a play using a practitioner
Susan Aykin
Susan Aykin is one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors and was appointed
the National Lead for Visual and Performing Arts in April 2018. She
has worked in school improvement with a specific focus on promoting
access to the arts for children and young people.
SESSION OFSTED | The fundamental importance of the arts
Helen Battelley
Helen is an internationally renowned consultant, trainer and speaker
in physical development/movement in early education. Her training
style is energetic, passionate and highly motivational. She has been
working as a dance and movement specialist for over 19 years and
continues to work directly with children. Helen was fundamental
in the creation and release of Change4life’s ‘10 Min Shake up
cards’. The majority of Helen’s work is based overseas within the
international school market.
SESSIONS Sharing Lab DRAMA | Early Years Drama; Boosting
communication, language and literacy through music, drama and role
play
Matthew Beale
ORA Singers launched in February 2017 and has fast made a
name for itself as one of the world’s leading commissioners of
contemporary choral music. The group is Artist in Residence
at London’s LSO St Luke’s, has released 5 critically acclaimed
recordings and commissioned 40 composers to date, and has been
named Ensemble of the Year at the 2018 Opus Klassik awards.
ORA Singers is represented today by the project leads for its new
educational resource, ‘Composer Create’; Chief Executive, Matthew
Beale, and Group & Development Manager, Natalie Watson.
SESSION Sharing Lab MUSIC | Composer Create - A new resource
for the aspiring choral composer
Catherine Beddison
Catherine Beddison is part of the Executive Leadership Team at
Cranleigh Prep School, working as Deputy Head (Operational) and
overseeing the day-to-day running of the school. She enjoys the
daily creative challenges of problem solving and innovative thinking.
Fully embracing the school motto ‘Ex Cultu Robur’, which translates
as ‘From culture comes strength’, she champions the Creative Arts
at Cranleigh and encourages their high profile within school life. An
expert in music education, she has an impressive proven track record
of setting high standards, enthusing children and encouraging them
to fully develop their musical skills. She specialises in choral work
and conducts Cranleigh Prep School Chamber Choir and Cranleigh
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Choral Society. She is also a Governor at Cobham Free School, where
children are encouraged to develop their musical talents under
guidance from professionals at the Yehudi Menuhin School. As Head
of Strategy within the choral charity ‘Sing for Pleasure’ Catherine
helps to facilitate new ideas and strategic developments within a
wide range of courses, publications and singing events for adults and
children. She also works as a freelance tutor, conductor, adjudicator,
consultant, lecturer and singer; and has recently presented
workshops for ABCD, the MMA and the Music & Drama Education
Expo.
SESSION Moving into school leadership
Nicola Benedetti
Over the last 12 months Nicola has continued her role as a dedicated,
passionate ambassador and leader in music education. She has
reached over 1250 young people through workshops, masterclasses,
partnership projects, and school visits, and also connected with over
100 teachers, providing support in the face of mounting pressures,
and encouraging best practice. This commitment to supporting
music practitioners was underlined in July 2018, when Nicola took
over as President of the European String Teachers Association. She
has contributed to campaigns to save and preserve music services
across the country, and holds named positions in several of the
UK’s most established and high quality youth music organisations
including the National Children’s Orchestra, Sistema Scotland,
National Youth Orchestras of Scotland, Music in Secondary Schools
Trust, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and many more. Music
education work has been delivered across Scotland and from Leeds
to London. Forthcoming events in Birmingham and Wales will further
widen Nicola’s connections. As ‘Big Sister’ to Sistema Scotland,
Nicola will lead Super String Sessions in autumn 2018, celebrating
the organisation’s 10th anniversary by bringing together 500 young
people from a diverse range of learning backgrounds including
through Sistema Scotland, Local Authorities and private tuition.
SESSION Keynote Speech | Nicola Benedetti; Upper strings
masterclass with Nicola Benedetti
Kuljit Bhamra MBE
One of the most inspiring musicians in the British Indian music scene
and pioneer of the worldwide Bhangra phenomenon, Kuljit has worked
on film scores including the soundtrack for the award winning Bend
it Like Beckham and appearances on The Guru, The Four Feathers,
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, A Little Princess and CH4’s
recent drama Indian Summers. Kuljit also worked on Andrew Lloyd
Webber’s hit musical Bombay Dreams as on-stage percussionist,
and then went on to compose music for the West End musical The
Far Pavilions. He performed in the hit west end musical Bend it like
Beckham for which he was also co-orchestrator. More recently he
composed the music for the stage adaptation of Forster’s A Passage
to India in which he also performed on stage. He is the recipient of
many awards including a platinum disc for outstanding record sales
presented by the much-loved BBC Radio DJ, John Peel who was a
big fan of his music. His cutting-edge projects and educational work
earned him the prestigious award of MBE in the Queen’s birthday
honours list 2009.
In his mission to make Indian drumming more accessible, Kuljit
has created a series of tutorial videos and educational tools to help
demystify Indian Music.
SESSION Dhol drumming in the classroom
Lord Black
Guy Black, the Lord Black of Brentwood, is executive director of the
Telegraph Media Group and a Conservative Life Peer member of the
House of Lords. In August 2017, Black became chairman of the Royal
College of Music, having been a member of its Council since 2009.
SESSION Keynote Speech and Q&A | Lord Black
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Ed Boulter-Comer
Ed Boulter-Comer is Director of Drama at Fettes College, Scotland’s
leading independent school. He has over 15 years’ experience as a
Head of Department, an MLitt in Creative Writing and is a regular
contributor to Teaching Drama Magazine. ‘Queering the Canon’ is his
on-going project working with gender-blind casting in co-curricular
Drama and the exploration of gender and sexuality in classroom
Drama. He lives with his husband and children in Edinburgh.
SESSION Queering the Canon | Gender and sexuality in classroom
drama and school productions
Rob Bradley
Rob Bradley is a poetic rapper and storytelling songwriter. He has
performed around the world, from underground clubs in New York
to festivals throughout Europe, and collaborated with international
artists along the way. He’s built a solid reputation as an astute
lyricist, captivating storyteller and unrivalled improviser. In fact,
he’s a freestyle rap world champion. Rob started writing poetry at
age 8. When he was 12 he discovered various rap CDs. From that
moment, he was hooked. Influenced by The Fugees, 2pac and The
Notorious BIG, Rob got to writing his own raps and perfecting his
delivery and flow. As he grew up he learned how to use his new
skills to tell his own stories and create a style of rap music that uses
honesty, emotion and storytelling to convey positive and progressive
messages. Rob has released a number of independent records and
continues to do so as well as tour throughout the world. His passions
have now spread into education, where he uses his rap skills to help
young people find and develop their voice and have fun exploring
a culture and genre which he has been transfixed by his whole
life. For more, watch Rob’s TEDx talk https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=q7JJKpO3oRo
SESSION Teaching rap | Literacy under the radar
Cameron Bray
Cameron Bray is the editor of Music Teacher, a performance poet, and
an English Language and Literature BA graduate from King’s College
London.
SESSION Welcome | Music; Fireside Chat | Miloš
Myra Brunton
Myra has a full and varied career in music with education firmly at
its heart. She is a flautist, busy accompanist and is currently Head
of Instrumental Music at The Abbey School in Berkshire. Myra’s own
formative music experiences were with Leicestershire’s county music
service. She read music at Oxford University and has taught widely;
in a county music service, in state and independent schools, teaching
the flute through all ages and abilities and as a secondary music
teacher. She believes passionately in the ability of music education to
help build balanced and healthy minds.
SESSION Sharing Lab MUSIC | Blown Away? Recruitment & retention
of brass and woodwind players
Mig Burgess
Mig works as a teacher at the Guildford School of Acting at the
university of Surrey, she is also an active freelance lighting
professional: some of her credits include working on the Olympic
opening ceremony as chief lighting technician for the torch bearing
speed boat, and working on a host of high profile events at many
prestigious venues across London including The Tower of London,
Kensington Palace, and The Natural History Museum. Her CV is
diverse and broad, and she is proud to have been able to work across
many lighting genres, from rock and roll and festivals to dance,
theatre and corporate events.
SESSION Lighting fundamentals: Teaching lighting design and lighting
your show
Madeleine Casson
Madeleine Casson is the Education Director at Charanga, the
UK’s leading provider of music education technology and digital
resources for schools. Madeleine is responsible for all areas of
teaching and learning and the company’s extensive CPD & Training
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programme. Madeleine also works nationally and internationally
as a presenter, workshop leader, music advisor, teacher and writer
both on a freelance basis and for ABRSM. Her most recent working
trips have included Iceland, Thailand, Dubai, Latvia and India. Prior
to Charanga, Madeleine spent many years teaching in schools and
leading Somerset Music service before being appointed as Course
Leader & Academic Lead for Trinity College London. Madeleine
strongly believes in the positive benefits that music has on our lives
and is an advocate for access to exciting and creative music making
for everyone.
SESSIONS Sensory India! An SEND project using iPads to explore
creativity and musicianship; Choosing the right methods and
resources for successful instrumental teaching
Kay Charlton
Kay Charlton is a trumpet player, composer, teacher and workshop
leader. She has worked as a peripatetic trumpet tutor and music
teacher in London for over twenty years and is also a workshop leader
and composer for Trinity College London. She has been a mentor for
TCL and has a mentor certificate from the Open University. Alongside
teaching, Kay plays mainly with Bollywood Brass Band, playing at
venues and festivals, including at the BBC Proms, and for Indian
weddings in the UK and India. As the band’s Project Manager, she
has arranged and directed Indian film songs for various ensembles
– school bands, wind bands, brass bands and for a performance by
the Philharmonia Orchestra at the London Mela, 2012. Publications
include Bollywood Blast – a set of tutor books and arrangements
for brass and wind, and Tubalosity for solo tuba (both published by
Spartan Press). Tubalosity was selected to be premiered by Kenyon
Wilson at Indiana University, USA in 2014 as part of the Fifteen
Minutes of Fame series. Kay has written for Trinity College London’s
Music Tracks publications, and ‘Easy Living’ was selected for Trinity’s
2015-17 Initial piano syllabus, with two new tunes selected for the
2018 syllabus (Initial and Grade 1). First Access/WCET teaching is a
particular interest — Are You Ready, is a set of progressive pieces
with backing tracks for whole class teaching which was published by
Warwick Music in 2016.
SESSION Warm-up session with pBuzz
Francesca Christmas
Francesca is Head of Academic Governance at Trinity College London,
working in international music assessments and teacher training. She
studied as a singer at Trinity College of Music, after which she joined
a Community Music Service, working as a WCIVT tutor. After achieving
her PGCE as a secondary music teacher, she became Head of
Department in a London secondary school. She later went on to work
as animateur and advisor for organisations such as the Royal Opera
House and Glyndebourne Opera. Francesca initially joined Trinity
College London as part of the government-funded CPD programme
for KS2 Music Teachers, and then went on to become Head of Teacher
Development for music internationally. She has worked with beginner
teachers through Trinity’s teacher education programmes, and as a
tutor and lecturer on The Open University’s Music PGCE Course. She
has contributed to various publications and spoken at a number of
conferences worldwide on subjects such as assessment and teacher
training. She is currently studying for her PhD in Education with
Birmingham City University.
SESSION Trinity College | The new 2019 brass syllabus
Samantha Coates
Samantha Coates is a Sydney-based pianist and teacher with over
three decades of experience in both private and group tuition. She
is also the author and publisher of BlitzBooks, a music education
series that has brought fun and laughter to the areas of music
theory, instrumental technique, general musical knowledge and
sight reading. Samantha completed her Bachelor of Music degree
at the Sydney Conservatorium, majoring in piano performance. She
has had extensive experience as a solo performer, accompanist and
lecturer, and is regularly invited to present at conferences on a wide
range of pedagogical topics, both in Australia and overseas. Her most
recent international presentations were at the National Conference
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of Keyboard Pedagogy (NCKP) in Chicago, at the Music Teachers’
National Association (MTNA) in Baltimore and at the 2017 Music and
Drama Education Expo | London.
SESSION Product Showcase | Hal Leonard presents From Rote to
Reading: Fast-tracking the Sight Reading Process
Elena Cobb
Elena Cobb is a classically trained and highly experienced pianist,
teacher, composer, presenter and publisher. Elena’s publishing
company EVC Music Publications Ltd specialises in creating
educational resources which aim to increase students enthusiasm
and to inspire them to practise at home and to perform in concerts,
festivals, and competitions. Elena Cobb Star Prize Festival at the
Royal Albert Hall is an annual musical event which attracts young
pianists from all over the world.
SESSION EVC Music presents | The Elena Cobb Star Prize
Rebecca Colclasure
Rebecca is a qualified music teacher with a Masters in Music
Education. She has been Head of Music in a Primary school and
worked in Special Needs schools and mainstream education as a
music teacher for over 20 years. Rebecca now works as a freelance
consultant with clients at the Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability and
Youth Music, and is studying for her Phd at Queen Mary University.
SESSION Using the Xbox 360 controller as an accessible musical
instrument
Claire Cordeaux
Claire Cordeaux is Director of the British Association for Performing
Arts Medicine, a unique national medical charity whose aim is
look after the health of performers across the UK. BAPAM provides
information and health assessments to individual performers and
through broader education, training and dissemination of knowledge
about best practice in performing arts medicine. Claire is an active
musician in a Celtic folk fusion band, and has supported a number of
arts initiatives and festivals from youth music projects to running a
boat stage to connect performers in coastal areas.
SESSION Health and wellbeing for instrumental/vocal teachers
Leah-Victoria Crimes
Leah graduated from Cambridge University with a BA(Hons) and MA
in Drama and English and has been teaching English and Drama for
12 years. She is currently Head of Faculty and Head of Sixth Form at
Rydal Penrhos School in North Wales, and has directed and produced
over a hundred plays and musicals in her teaching career, alongside
examining and delivering Drama and Theatre Studies at GCSE,
A-level, IB, and BTec, and CPD in her own and other schools. She
has had overall responsibility for directing whole school musicals for
her whole career, sometimes with a big team, and sometimes alone!
She contributes to Teaching Drama Magazine, as well as being a
PGCE mentor, Governor and Research Lead. She is passionate about
theatre, literature and women in leadership. Connect with her on
Twitter: @LeahCrimes
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Sean Crowley
Sean has worked across the design spectrum in opera, dance,
theatre, film and television, designing over 150
productions for companies across the UK and Europe. He was a
visiting lecturer at RWCMD for 10 years, became Head of Design in
1999 and Director of Drama in 2008. He is also an Associate Director
of the Torch Theatre Milford Haven, where he has been the designer
for over 20 years. Sean was Chair of the Association of Theatre
Design Courses UK for nine years, and as Vice Chair of the OISTAT
(Organisation of International Scenographers, Theatre Architects and
Technicians) Education Commission, was Project Leader and Co-
Designer for the Prague Quadrennial international student festival,
Scenofest, in 2007. In March 2011, he was the Exhibition Designer
for the Society of British Theatre Designers national exhibition,
‘Transformation & Revelation’. In September 2011 he became Chair
of the Society of British Theatre Designers. As the Project Leader
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for World Stage Design 2013 he helped bring 13,000 exhibitors,
practitioners and visitors to Cardiff – www.wsd2013.com. In 2013
Sean was elected onto the OISTAT executive committee and won the
Inspire Wales Arts and Culture award. In 2016 Sean was presented
with an honorary doctorate from Swansea University. He continues
to pursue a balance as an educator and practitioner, allowing both
activities to inform his practice in each area. His ultimate aspiration
is to develop future generations of performance practitioners with
a flexibility in their philosophy, a positive approach to problem
resolution and an advanced skill set.
SESSION Sharing Lab DRAMA | RWCMD: Stage Management &
Design training
Richard Crozier
Richard Crozier studied music at university and, having completed
a BA Hons degree and Postgraduate Certificate of Education, taught
in secondary schools as Head/Director of Music for thirteen years.
Following this, he was appointed Area Music Co-ordinator in the
County of Avon, working as a peripatetic group woodwind teacher and
furthering liaison work between classroom teaching and instrumental
teaching. In 1991, Richard was appointed County Music Inspector
in Bedfordshire where his duties involved advisory and pastoral
work in addition to local authority inspection of schools, followed
by a role as an Ofsted trained inspector of primary and secondary
schools. In 1995 he moved to the ABRSM as Course Director for the
CT ABRSM (Certificate of Teaching, Associated Board of the Royal
Schools of Music), one year part-time professional development
course for instrumental and singing teachers which was launched
in the autumn of that year. Subsequently promoted to Professional
Development Director for the Associated Board, he was responsible
for developing the following courses: CT ABRSM, including its delivery
in Singapore, Indonesia and Hong Kong; Teaching Music Effectively,
launched in 2005; Introduction to Instrumental and Vocal Teaching,
launched in 2005, and Being an Effective Teacher, the first fully
online professional development course for instrumental and vocal
teachers. Richard is the author of Offbeat, a practical guide to pop
and jazz for GCSE (Heinemann 1987), co-author of Carousel, a
primary music scheme (Ginn 1996), co-author with Paul Harris of
The Music Teacher’s Companion (ABRSM 2000), project director
with Nigel Scaife for All Together! (ABRSM 2004) and author of
Musical Instruments for Children (Hamlyn 2007). Having left
ABRSM in 2012, Richard works as a freelance music consultant
and recent engagements have included work with the Arts Council
of England and Creative & Cultural Skills on the development of the
new Qualification for Music Educators; with Trinity College London
as Acting Head of Academic Governance (Music); for Alan Cameron,
Education Officer, Dumfries and Galloway, and also with a number of
Music Services.
SESSION New Professional Development courses from ESTA
Education
Dr Alison Daubney
Dr Alison Daubney is an international music educator and researcher.
She is a Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Sussex. Her book
Teaching Primary Music was released in 2017. Gregory Daubney
is a Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist working across
performance domains. Collaboratively they have authored two popular
publications on performance anxiety commissioned by the ISM Trust,
Performance anxiety: A practical guide for music teachers and Play:
The psychology of optimal music performance.
SESSIONS ISM Trust | Primary Music Toolkit; ISM | A guide to
progression, curriculum and assessment
Richard Davies
Richard is a teacher of Music at Rydal Penrhos School in North
Wales with a wealth of experience in musical theatre. Alongside
his teaching career he is a singer, freelance director and musical
director and teaches singing privately, specialising in musical theatre
and preparing young people for drama school and conservatoire
auditions. Richard has directed and musically directed a range
of musicals across North Wales and the North West and regularly
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delivers drama and singing workshops for young people and amateur
dramatic societies. Richard trained initially as an opera singer at the
Royal Northern College of Music before diverting his focus to reading
Music and Drama at the University of Manchester. He is passionate
about music and theatre of all ilks but most enjoys the interplay
between music and drama and coaches performers on acting through
song and storytelling in music. Connect with him on Twitter: @
RichardAaronD
SESSION Producing the school musical
Louise de Froment
Louise began her career working for the Studio and Learning
Department at Theatre Royal Newcastle where a passion was ignited
for theatre with a social impact. This led her to London where she
completed an MA in Applied Theatre at Goldsmiths College. Following
this, Louise threw herself into the freelance arts world working on
diverse educational and community projects with charities, theatres,
museums and galleries across the capital. Louise joined Shakespeare
Schools Foundation in 2018 as Workshop Officer and is delighted to
work for a charity so dedicated to giving young people the best start
in life.
SESSION Directing a scene: A Shakespearean masterclass
Peter Deam
Peter Deam studied BA Hons Drama, Film & Television Studies at the
University of Wales, Aberystwyth before completing a PGCE in Drama
& Contextual Studies at The University of Reading, 2008. As an NQT,
he taught Drama & Theatre Studies across all Key Stages at St.
Bartholomew’s School, Newbury from 2008-2012 and was appointed
the Key Stage 5 Personal Development Coordinator in 2010. After
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meeting his American wife and relocating to Orlando, Florida, he
taught English at Freedom Middle School in 2014. In 2016, he was
approached to lead a new Drama programme at the school and
became the Curriculum Leader of Expressive Arts. Within the space
of two years, with nothing but a blank page and an empty classroom,
the Drama programme received two Arts Education Grants, witnessed
student enrolment numbers rise to 150, travelled to New York City
as part of a musical theatre tour and performed a hugely successful
inaugural musical, Disney’s The Lion King JR (licensed through
MTI), incorporating professional choreography and puppetry. As
well as possessing a Florida Department of Education Professional
Certificate, he has acted as a visiting artist for the Orlando Repertory
Theatre and has been graded a Highly Effective educator within
the State of Florida for two consecutive years. After the birth of his
second child in 2018, his wife and two children moved back to the
United Kingdom to experience European culture. He is currently the
Head of Drama at Hall School Wimbledon, overseeing all operations
from KS3 to GCSE.
In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family,
travelling and supporting Nottingham Forest FC!
SESSION Sharing Lab DRAMA | Being a one-person department
Tom Dent
With a unique combination of classical training (graduating with
BMus and MA in composition from the University of Birmingham)
and a love for electronic music, Tom Dent joined FutureDJs to write
and implement curriculum following a 4 year post as Editor at the
renowed Faber Music.
SESSION Introduction to DJing and music production at GCSE
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Kim Durham
In a long acting career, theatre work has taken Kim all over the UK
and Europe as well as Australia and India. Favourite roles have
included Iago in Othello, Scrooge in A Christmas Carol and Teddy in
Brian Friel’s Faith Healer. His TV appearances have included New
Tricks, Morse and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. He has been heard in
a huge number of Radio dramas, classic serials and voice overs, and
as Matt Crawford in The Archers.
In the boom years for corporate video he was a regular writer, director
and producer for companies such as Peugeot, Intel and BT. Kim has
worked as a visiting Acting tutor for many years, at Birmingham
School of Acting, ALRA, East 15, and, latterly at Bristol Old Vic
Theatre School, where he was full-time Senior Acting Tutor and MA
Acting Course Leader for 8 years until 2017. As well as running the
International course, he taught and directed across the School and
was a permanent member of the audition panel for the UK Acting
courses.
SESSION Sharing Lab DRAMA | Auditioning for drama school
Francesca Ellis
Five years ago Francesca was thrilled to discover she could work for
the Shakespeare Schools Foundation and stop being embarrassed
about loving Shakespeare. Every day since, she has been inspired by
teachers who go the extra mile for their pupils, and by young people
for whom the sheer joy of stepping onto a stage is life-changing. She
has played Rosalind from As You Like It and aspires to her bravery
and determination.
SESSION Directing a scene: A Shakespearean masterclass
Dr Martin Fautley
Dr Martin Fautley is director of research in the school of education
and social work at Birmingham City University. He has a wealth of
experience in music education, both in terms of pedagogy, and of
music education research. After enjoying many years as a classroom
music teacher, he then undertook full-time Doctoral research working
across the education and music faculties at Cambridge University,
investigating teaching, learning, and assessment of classroom
music making, with a focus on composing as a classroom activity.
He is widely known for his work on researching assessment in the
classroom, but also researches understandings of musical learning
and progression (especially in the novice stages), composing, and
creativity. He regularly undertakes research and evaluation projects
in the field of music education. Professor Fautley is the author of
eight books, including Assessment in Music Education, published
by Oxford University Press. He has written and published over fifty
journal articles, book chapters, and academic research papers on a
range of aspects of teaching and learning, and regularly presents the
fruits of his researches at international conferences. He is co-editor
of the British Journal of Music Education.
SESSION ISM | A guide to progression, curriculum and assessment
Dan Francis
Dan Francis, RSL Awards UK Education Strategy Manager, has 20
years’ experience in education as a teacher, manager and leader
at primary and secondary level, having worked as a classroom
teacher, Head of Faculty, Assistant Head teacher, Head of Music
Service, Consultant and Senior Leader in Education. He has led an
award-winning Music College through two consecutive Outstanding
Ofsted inspections; driven an array of curricular and extra-curricular
initiatives and supported specialist and non-specialist teachers
and musicians working in both primary and secondary schools.
He has been an examiner at both GCSE and A-Level and is a
qualified assessor and standard verifier for a range of Vocational
Qualifications, including the Arts Award. He has led training on a
range of topics for Music Services and at conferences at local and
national level, including the SSAT, the ABO and Musicmark. He has
extensive experience of curriculum design and development, from
KS2 to KS5, leading developments in assessment and progression
through KS2 Wider Opportunities programmes and was a contributor
to the National Plan for Music. He has strong experience of change
management both within School and Music Service contexts and
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believes in the importance of close collaboration between classroom
and instrumental tutors to create a co-ordinated approach to musical
learning and progression. As a musician, Dan has conducted and
performed extensively throughout the UK and Europe, including
the Edinburgh Festival, Royal Albert Hall, Belfast’s Waterfront Hall,
Budapest’s Smetana Hall, and broadcasts for the BBC and Sky News.
Dan is currently UK Education Strategy Manager for RSL Awards
(Rockschool Ltd).
SESSION Developing the 21st-century musician: approaches to the
RSL exams in music production and contemporary music
Jim Frankel
Dr Jim Frankel is the Head of Digital Education for the Music Sales
Group, and Director of MusicFirst. Previously, he was the Managing
Director of SoundTree, and before that he was the instrumental and
general music teacher for 15 years in New Jersey Public Schools.
Jim is a widely published author in various state, national and
international journals of music education. He is the author of The
Teachers’ Guide to Music, Media & Copyright Law, co-author of
YouTube in Music Education, contributing author for Critical Issues in
Music Education and co-author of Making Music with GarageBand
& Mixcraft. In addition to his writing, Jim is a highly sought-after
clinician and keynote speaker in the local, national and international
music education community. He is on the Board of Directors for TI:ME
and is the past president of ATMI.
SESSION PRODUCT SHOWCASE | MusicFirst presents Technology
Engagement: The Online Music Classroom leads the way
Don Gillthorpe
Don Gillthorpe is Director of Music and Performing Arts at Ripley
St Thomas CE Academy in Lancaster, where he has established
a thriving department with seven choirs, numerous instrumental
ensembles, and a culture of music making as an integral part
of school life. As part of the school’s widerremit, Don is a Lead
Practitioner and an accredited Specialist Leader in Education,
supporting music departments in other schools and leading a school-
centred Secondary Music PGCE programme. Don is also Head of
Publications for the charity Sing for Pleasure, overseeing a team of
composers and arrangers to produce a varied series of successful
songbooks for children and adults. He is a conducting tutor for SfP
courses, and a specialist in working with boys’ changing voices. Don
is in demand as a singing teacher and performer, conductor, choral
animateur, adjudicator and workshop leader. Alongside this, Don is
Director of Music at Lancaster Priory and Director of Church Music for
the Morland Choristers’ Camp (a unique summer course for children
from school and church choirs).
SESSION Sharing Lab MUSIC | Establishing a school singing culture
David Guinane
David is currently Head of Music at Beaumont School in St Albans.
He writes for Music Teacher magazine, and has consulted on music
education for several companies, including Music Sales. He is
published by Rhinegold Education and Bloomsbury, and maintains
a personal blog on music education. He plays the guitar and double
bass, and has recently picked up the trombone. Outside teaching, he
plays in a few local jazz ensembles, spends a lot of his time watching
old cartoons and making posh coffee in his kitchen.
SESSION KS5 Music | A practical approach to set works and Areas
of Study
Piers Haggard OBE
Piers started as a director at the Royal Court Theatre in 1960, then
worked at Dundee Rep and Glasgow Citizens, before joining the newly
founded National Theatre at the Old Vic. In 1965, he moved into
television drama, where he directed many distinguished productions
over 35 years, including the BAFTA award-winning Pennies from
Heaven by Dennis Potter (BBC 1978). Piers has also directed award-
winning films for the cinema, including cult horror classic The Blood
on Satan’s Claw (1972). Piers founded the Directors Guild of Great
Britain in 1982, and later the DPRS to collect screen directors’
royalties. He led a rights strike for TV royalties in 2000 and, after
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helping DPRS become Directors UK, he set up a new body to look
after theatre directors, Stage Directors UK, launched in 2014 and
thriving. Piers received an OBE in the 2016 New Year Honours for
services to theatre, film and television.
SESSION Sharing Lab DRAMA | Directors in schools
Richard Hallam MBE
Richard Hallam MBE has been a professional musician, teacher,
curriculum advisor, inspector, head of music service and conductor.
In addition, his national involvement in UK music education spans
over 25 years including advising successive governments on
music education. He was President of the Incorporated Society of
Musicians in 2013/2014 and chair of the International Society for
Music Education’s Sistema Special Interest Group (2012/2014). He
has been Chair of the Music Education Council since 2013 and is
currently a member of the ISME’s Executive and Chair of its national
affiliate council.
SESSION Music Education Council | Shaping the future
Paul Harris
Paul Harris is one of the UK’s most influential music educationalists.
He studied the clarinet at the Royal Academy of Music, where he
won the August Manns Prize for outstanding performance in clarinet
playing and where he now teaches. He is in great demand as a
teacher, composer, and writer (he has written over 600 books); and
his inspirational masterclasses and workshops continue to influence
thousands of young musicians and teachers all over the world in both
the principles and practice of musical performance and education.
SESSION Are your students actually learning?
Joe Hastings
Joe heads up the team in Health & Welfare at HMUK, providing life-
changing frontline support services to musicians in need across
genres and career stages. He oversees all health and welfare
activities for the charity and is responsible for the development of
new support services. He was instrumental in facilitating the delivery
of the Musicians Hearing Health Scheme, which to date has had a
record intake of 9,000 musicians accessing state-of-the-art hearing
advice and protection. Joe has been integral to the team in creating
and delivering the around the clock listening ear service Music Minds
Matter, which launched in December 2017. Joe is passionate about
developing a range of innovative support services focussed on the
needs of those working in the industry throughout their careers. An
accomplished musician, when not at HMUK Joe composes music for
films.
SESSION Health and wellbeing for instrumental/vocal teachers
Rachel Hawker
Rachel Hawker is Head of Academy at Rocksteady Music School,
teaching over 18,000 children in more than 750 primary schools
across the UK. Music changed Rachel’s life when she picked up a
guitar at 8 years old and she is now passionate about bringing music
to a whole new generation of children. She regularly organises free
foundation workshops for charities, refugee centres and schools who
cater for special educational needs. In May 2018 she held foundation
workshops for over 1,000 children at 20 different locations across
the UK, she has also travelled to Belgium to teach music to refugee
families.
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SESSION Sharing Lab ALL | Managing energy rather than behaviour
Patrick Healy
Patrick is originally from Leeds and attended the University in
Cardiff. He has worked in various roles at RSL, taking a major role
in development of RSLs Vocational portfolio. Now in the position of
Head of Business Development (Vocational) Patrick has over 10 years
experience in Vocational education and will be on hand to answer any
general questions you may have about any of RSL’s qualifications.
SESSION Warm-up | Street Dance
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Phil Heeley
Phil has over thirty years’ teaching and training experience and is
renowned globally for his expertise in Music Technology. His company
Inclusive Music embodies his passion for enabling access for all
through the power of technology, and his online Academy (http://
learning.inclusivemusic.com) provides resources for teachers and
students. Creator of the best sellers Dance eJay for Schools and co-
author of GarageBand for Schools, he is now a passionate advocate
of ‘BandLab for Education’ – a free music creation platform and
teacher management system. Phil supports teachers giving them the
confidence successfully to deliver high quality music lessons and
facilitate children’s learning. Ofsted have repeatedly recognised him
as an ‘outstanding’ teacher. He travels the world delivering training,
workshops, seminars and consultancy. Amongst his consultancies
he has worked for Ofsted, the Singapore Government, BandLab,
BBC, QCA, ABRSM, Trinity Guildhall, Musical Futures, Royal Opera
House Bridge Project and many Music Services. His mission is to
transform how music is taught and learnt in schools by ensuring that
every student has free access to ‘BandLab for Education’ a safe,
collaborative and creative platform enabling every learner to have a
direct say in their individual learning process.
SESSION ‘Dream Your Dream’ - A transformational music video
project
Dr Daniel Isbell
Dr Daniel S. Isbell is an Associate Professor of Music Education at
Louisiana State University. Dr Isbell is the recipient of the Outstanding
Dissertation Award by the Council for Research in Music Education;
the Society for Education, Music, and Psychology (SEMPRE)
Conference Research Award; and the Emerging Researcher Award
from Music Education Research International. He was also awarded
the Ithaca College London Center Sabbatical Teaching Award. Dr
Isbell’s research interests have focused on the socialization and
occupational identity of preservice music teachers, informal/
vernacular musicianship, and school music reform. His work
has been published in a variety of journals including ‘Psychology
of Music’, ‘Journal of Research in Music Education’, ‘Update:
Applications of Research in Music Education’, ‘Music Education
Research International, Music Educators Journal’, and the ‘Journal
of Historic Research in Music Education’. Dr Isbell has presented his
research at a number of locations around the globe including China,
England, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, and the United States.
SESSION Sharing Lab MUSIC | The code switching musician
Claire Jackson
Claire Jackson writes about classical music, opera and the arts. She
is a regular contributor to BBC Music magazine and pens a fortnightly
column on classical and contemporary music for the Big Issue. Her
work has been published in Opera Now, The Wire, Pianist, Country
Life, Classical Music and many independent titles.
Claire has edited International Piano, Muso and Music Teacher.
She provided a lively forum for the global piano community during
her International Piano editorship (2011-15) and interviewed some of
the world’s leading pianists, including Stephen Hough, Angela Hewitt
and Pierre Boulez.
SESSION Fireside chat | Lang Lang
Miloš Karadaglić
Firmly positioned as a leading exponent of his instrument, ‘The
hottest guitarist in the world’ (Sunday Times), Miloš Karadaglić,
continues to top record charts and delight audiences worldwide.
Miloš is a passionate supporter of music education and acts as a
Patron of Awards for Young Musicians as well as Ambassador for Live
Music Now, the London Music Fund and the Wigmore Hall’s Learning
Programme. His ongoing book series, Play Guitar with Miloš, has
been named as a finalist in the ‘Outstanding Print Resource’ in the
Music Teacher Awards for Excellence.
SESSION Fireside chat | Miloš
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Debbie Kent
A trusted and well respected figure in Music Education, Debbie has
15 years leadership experience in representing Music Education
across the South West and an extensive track record of delivering
successful high quality vocal programmes for Devon Music Service,
Devon Music Education Hub, Babcock LDP and the BBC Concert
Orchestra. Her education outreach work has seen her lead on music
development strategies targeting contemporary music provision in the
classroom, support for secondary music networks and the initiation
of large scale transformational musical events supporting the
development of primary liaison and transition phases which provide
important progression routes for young people across the South West.
During her professional career, Debbie has worked alongside the
Military Wives Choir, London Community Gospel Choir and colleagues
from the Royal Opera House, she is also a National Vocal Trainer for
the Trinity Guildhall KS2 National Programme.
Debbie has over 20 years’ experience working in the music
industry as a professional musician, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist,
arranger and singer-songwriter. In 2014 Debbie initiated Teachers
Rock®, a flagship vocal learning platform aiming to inspire and
empower people of all ages, embracing cultural diversity and giving
professionals a route to building confidence for personal and career
development. Teachers Rock® Youth Choir aspires to provide young
people with a new, unique opportunity to interact with their teaching
staff in a positive collaborative liberating environment.
SESSION ‘Dream Your Dream’ | A transformational music video
project
Soweto Kinch
Multi-Award winning saxophonist and MC, Kinch has made a huge
impression in both the jazz and hip-hop communities. Undoubtedly,
one of the few artists in either genre with a degree in Modern
History from Oxford University he has amassed an impressive list
of accolades and awards on both sides of the Atlantic – including a
Mercury Music Prize nomination, two UMA Awards and two MOBO
awards for best Jazz Act. Soweto Kinch’s projects also extend
beyond recorded albums. Most recently, he was recruited as the lead
presenter of BBC Radio 3’s new weekly show, Jazz Now: seeing him
extend his core audience and strengthen ties to kindred artists such
as Robert Glasper and Branford Marsalis.
SESSION Will Michael Jazz Education Award
Judith Kleinman
Judith Kleinman, Professor at RCM and JRAM, has taught at the RCM
for the last 30 years and is one of the vibrant Alexander team there,
taking the work of developing self confidence and learning how to
learn into the curriculum at all levels. Judith works with movement
and deepening musicians’ understanding of how to find balance
and poise in sitting, standing and moving with the instrument and
away from it, to develop great practice strategies and great presence
on stage. Judith co-wrote the popular Alexander Technique for
Musicians published by Bloomsbury. Judith is a musician having
worked with the LSO, ENO and London Classical Players. Judith
believes that everyone can find their powerful performer if given the
right toolkit.
SESSION Confidence, poise and balance for all performers |
Alexander Technique
Sarah Lambie
Sarah is the Editor of Teaching Drama magazine and Head of
Content (Drama) for the Music & Drama Education Expo. After her
undergraduate degree in English at Pembroke College, Cambridge
University, she trained postgraduate at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre
School. She is a professional actress and singer who has performed
in the West End and toured the UK, but she also teaches English and
Drama and is a freelance arts and education journalist and editor,
editing books for Music Sales and Nick Hern Books. She has also
worked as a communications consultant for Grange Park Opera,
British Youth Opera and Opera Prelude.
SESSION Welcome | Drama
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Lang Lang
A globally celebrated piano virtuoso, Lang Lang has sold millions of
albums around the world, topping classical charts and achieving
simultaneous mainstream success. He was nominated in 2007 for
a Grammy Award, becoming the first Chinese artist nominated for
Best Instrumental Soloist, and he was named as one of the 100
most influential people in the world by TIME magazine. During the
past decade Lang Lang has performed for music fans, world leaders,
monarchs and dignitaries including President Barack Obama, Pope
Francis and Queen Elizabeth II. He has given sold-out performances
at concert halls around the globe, with all the world’s top orchestras
and conductors. Lang Lang has reached televised audiences of
billions, performing at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing
Olympics and the final of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Rio de Janeiro.
His performances at the Grammy’s with Metallica, Pharrell Williams
and jazz legend Herbie Hancock were hailed by millions of viewers.
His work with his own Lang Lang International Music Foundation
(www.langlangfoundation.org), which was set up over 10 years ago
and has raised millions of pounds to support young musicians, has
given him a unique insight into music education. He has inspired
40 million children to learn the piano and has developed hugely
successful educational programmes including Keys of Inspiration,
101 Pianists, Young Scholars and Play It Forward. His partnership
with independent British music publisher Faber Music has resulted
in the Lang Lang Piano Academy series of piano books to inspire
the next generation of pianists. The scale of Lang Lang’s musical
achievements is mirrored by an unrelenting commitment to charitable
causes, most notably through his Foundation. He was designated in
2013 as a Messenger of Peace by the Secretary General of the United
Nations, focusing on global education. He has served as a UNICEF
Global Goodwill Ambassador since 2006.
SESSION Fireside chat | Lang Lang
Karen Latto
Karen taught a range of creative subjects in secondary education
for seven years, before joining a leading exam board in 2014. During
her teaching career Karen taught Drama, Music, Performing Arts and
Media across Key Stages 3-5. In 2014 Karen joined OCR and lead the
development of their new GCSE (9-1) Drama and AS/A Level Drama
and Theatre qualifications. Since April 2017, Karen has worked as an
Independent Education Adviser and CPD trainer, supporting the work
of teachers across the country.
SESSION Sharing Lab DRAMA | Multiple choice assessment methods
Nancy Litten
Nancy Litten entered the Royal Academy of Music at age 16 on
an open piano scholarship, but she also studied violin, singing,
and conducting. Since then she has enjoyed a variety of musical
activities, performing in solo, chamber, and orchestral settings. She
has a wealth of experience as an accompanist and choral conductor,
having worked with singers of all ages and standards. Teaching has
involved piano, keyboard, violin, chamber music, singing, choirs,
and musicianship. Nancy is an ABRSM examiner, an adjudicator for
the British and International Federation of Festivals (serving on the
adjudicators’ council), and chair of EPTA UK’s Kent region. She was
founder and director of National Electronic Keyboard Courses from
2005-2012, and as keyboard consultant works with the ABRSM
and Trinity exam boards; many of her arrangements and original
pieces can be found in their publications. She has also written many
magazine articles and book reviews. Alfred Music UK has published a
range of her books: Keyed Up tutors for electronic keyboard, Playing
with Colour tutors for violin (co-authored with Sharon Goodey),
Choral and Vocal Warm-ups for pianists, and Choral and Vocal Sight
Singing, with keyboard harmony.
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Charles MacDougall
Charles MacDougall is a British tenor, choral animateur and vocal
coach. His early experiences in musical theatre and church music
were nurtured when Charles gained a choral scholarship to University
College, Durham, and a place in the Royal School of Church Music’s
(RSCM) Millennium Youth Choir. Graduating with a both a Bachelors
and Masters degree in Classics, he went on to gain a PhD in Classics
and Musicology from the University of London. Charles was a
founder-member of vocal ensemble VOCES8, singing with the group
for over 7 years, performing over 100 concerts internationally every
year. He maintains a busy schedule of solo recitals around the UK. As
an animateur, he works for the LSO, Aldeburgh Music, London Youth
Choir, has been Chorus Master in projects with the Philharmonia
Orchestra and works with Paul McCreesh as a Chorus Director for
Gabrieli Roar. Charles is delighted to be Founder and Artistic Director
of the Encore Summer School, which hosts a week of recitals,
workshops and social events to South West London in July.
SESSION Core choral components
James Manwaring
James Manwaring, Director of Music, Windsor Learning Partnership
teaches music across four schools that form a multi-academy trust.
Alongside teaching he runs numerous choirs and ensembles and
works closely with local colleagues and organisations.
SESSION The A-Level essay
Dr Ann Marie Stanley
Ann Marie Stanley is Associate Professor and Head of Music Education
at Louisiana State University, USA. Previously, Dr Stanley was Associate
Professor of Music Education at the Eastman School of Music,
University of Rochester, where she served on the faculty from 2007-
2016. Dr Stanley’s Ph.D. is from the University of Michigan. Before
entering academia, she taught public school reading, literacy, general
music, preschool music and children’s choir for eight years in California.
Dr Stanley has written on musical collaboration, qualitative research
methodology and music teacher professional development in ‘Arts
Education Policy Review’, ‘Bulletin for the Council for Research in Music
Education’, and ‘Research Studies in Music Education’. In the last five
years she has authored five book chapters as an expert on professional
development for elementary music teachers, including her most recent
chapter in Engaging Musical Practices: A Sourcebook for Elementary
General Music (2018, Rowman and Littlefield). She co-edited the
forthcoming 44-chapter Handbook of Music Teacher Education in the
United States (2018, Oxford University Press.) Dr Stanley is passionate
about arts integration and the crucial nature of music in the early years.
She has given approximately 65 presentations/workshops on children’s
creativity, collaboration, and teacher learning at schools, and at state/
national/international conferences.
SESSION A musical construction zone: Creativity without chaos
Murray McLachlan
Murray McLachlan, Chair of EPTA (European Piano Teachers’
Association) is Head of Keyboard at Chetham’s School of Music and
a Senior Tutor at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester,
England. McLachlan has made over 40 commercial recordings
which have consistently received outstanding reviews, including ‘key
recording’ and ‘rosette’ status in the Penguin Guide to CDs. He has
performed on all five continents and also serves regularly on juries
of international piano competitions. McLachlan is founder/artistic
director of the Chetham’s International Summer School and festival
for Pianists, Europe’s largest summer school devoted exclusively
to the piano (www.pianosummerschool.com). In 2007 McLachlan
launched the first Manchester International Concerto Competition for
Young Pianists www.pianoconcertocompetition.com) an event which
was held for the fourth time in August 2013. McLachlan is also a well
known writer, and has contributed many articles on piano technique
and music to magazines in including International Piano and BBC
Music Magazine. He is editor of Piano Professional Magazine. In June
2012 the University of Dundee awarded him an honorary Doctorate
for services to music and education. McLachlan has recently had
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three books published by Faber, The Foundations of Technique, Piano
Technique in Practice and The Psychology of Piano Technique.
SESSION Discover ABRSM’s new piano syllabus
Adam Milford
Adam Milford is the Founder and Director of Theatre Workout, the
centre for education in London’s West End. He is an experienced
performer, director, producer, and educator, having worked in
theatre since 1994. Through Theatre Workout, Adam has worked
in partnership with over 35 West End productions to develop
their official education programmes, and with arts and education
organisations across the UK and around the world. Past partners
include The Lion King, Wicked, Chicago, Dreamgirls, 1984, The 39
Steps, and The Sound of Music.
SESSION Engaging SEND and ESL students with drama
Paul Myatt
Paul is a passionate music teacher, performer, author, composer
and workshop facilitator. His purpose and passion is to continue to
learn and work with people to assist them in developing their skills to
achieve their goals. He is a founding director and co-owner of Forte
School of Music (est. 1994), a network of music schools with over
5,500 students across Australia, NZ and the UK. Paul is a co-created
of the Forte School of Music Teacher Training programmes which
thousands of teachers have participated in. He is co-author of Theory
Fundamentals text books published and distributed by Hal Leonard
Corporation. He is a regular contributor to the Australian Piano
Teacher Magazine and Tim Topham’s Creative Piano Teacher site.
Paul facilitates a range of workshops including Innovative &
Creative Teaching Workshop for Trinity Piano Exams – supported by
Trinity College London (Australia), Teaching Piano using Orff-Schulwerk
and the AMEB Series 4 Syllabus – Sydney Conservatorium, University
of Sydney (AUS), Transform your Piano Teaching – Hands on Workshop
for ABRSM (UK) & AMEB (Aus), and Aural & Theory Tool Kit (UK & Aus).
He is a regular speaker at conferences, his most recent were: ‘Social
Media Strategies in the Music Industry’ and ‘Promotional & Marketing
Ideas for Music Education Providers’ (NAMM Conference, USA).
SESSION Whole Body Learning for Instrumental & Piano Teachers
Catherine Nash
Catherine Nash is head of Drama at Kingswood School in Bath, one of
the country’s leading independent schools. They are currently writing
a new guide to KS3 Drama assessment.
SESSION KS3 Assessment in drama
Sue Nicholls
Sue Nicholls worked as a music subject leader in many primary
settings during her career as a teacher, achieving the status of
Advanced Skills Teacher – a role which allowed her to develop her
particular passion within music education: the support of generalist
teachers. She has published several EYFS music resource books
for non-specialists for Collins (formerly A & C Black) and OUP, and
lectures on music modules for teacher trainees. Sue now works
nationwide as a music education consultant delivering workshops and
music-based CPD to schools and music hubs and also leads the ‘Fast-
Track’ Trinity CME programme for the Northampton University Centre.
SESSION Singing Circles - songs, chants and games for EYFS and
KS1
Elizabeth Nightingale
Elizabeth studied for an MSc in Music Therapy at Queen Margaret
University, later training to be a Neurologic Music Therapist after
joining Chiltern Music Therapy in 2015. She now specialises in brain-
injury and neurodisability, working closely with multidisciplinary
teams to provide assessments and sessions in medico-legal
cases, and supporting child and adult clients in a variety of
neurorehabilitation facilities. She is also a trained MATADOC
(Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders of
Consciousness) assessor, and a licensed Outcomes Star trainer.
She has had her work and research published in the ‘Journal of
Dementia Care’, the ‘British Journal of Music Therapy’, and the ‘Brain
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& Spinal Injury Handbook’. She also holds the position of Neuro &
Sponsorship Manager.
SESSION Collaborative approaches for supporting and celebrating
creativity in children & young people with additional needs
Onur Orkut
Originally from Turkey, Onur completed his degree in Physics before
starting his training in theatre. He graduated from the Royal Scottish
Academy of Music and Drama (now The Royal Conservatoire of
Scotland) twice, with a master’s degree in drama and another
in musical theatre. In training, he received a full international
scholarship and an award for TV acting. He has worked both in the
UK and in Turkey as an actor (stage and TV), director and singer.
He has taught as both a teacher and course leader for various
institutions including The RSAMD. In 2011, he completed his PGCert
in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education with distinction at the
Liverpool John Moore’s University. He works extensively on teaching
and learning in higher education specifically in performing arts. His
primary areas of interest are assessment of performing arts and
how best to develop teaching and learning strategies for skill-based
performances. He has been developing strategies for assessing
musical theatre and presenting his findings at various conferences
and symposia including Advance HE’s Employability Symposium
in May 2018. He is a lecturer in Acting at the Liverpool Institute for
Performing Arts.
SESSION Sharing Lab DRAMA | Transition to Higher Education: Self-
assessment and critical thinking in acting
Stuart Overington
Stuart is an accomplished conductor, vocal animator and composer
working between Manchester and London, UK. Having trained as a
singer and conductor at the Royal Northern College of Music he is
known for his engaging, informative and inclusive style and works
with a wide and diverse range of ensembles. Stuart has established
and directed a number of junior, youth and community choirs
across the country. He currently runs a number of groups including
ensembles from the Royal Northern College of Music, Hallé Orchestra
and Chethams School of Music as well as running projects and
training for Voices Foundation, Opera North and the Royal Opera
House. Stuart is also an experienced composer and arranger writing
pieces for junior and youth choirs. In 2015 the Hallé Orchestra and
Children’s Choir premiered one of his works at the Bridgewater Hall.
A number of his songs will be published in the forthcoming book from
Boosey & Hawkes’ bestselling series Singing Sherlock.
SESSION KS3 Singing | Inspiring solutions!
Chrysi Parpara
Chrysi is an Elementary school music teacher. She has been teaching
for 20 years, most of them in Greece and 2 of them in the US. She
holds a BA in Musicology/Music Education from the School of Music
Studies (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), a MA in Education from
the Hellenic Open University, and a piano diploma. She also studies
jazz and loves to play Greek music. Chrysi is interested in helping
children make their own music. Since 2012 she has been a member
of 6da EXIT, a free improvisation ensemble which improvises in a
weekly basis in Thessaloniki and also performs open form music,
mostly graphic and verbal scores from contemporary composers.
SESSION Listening Maps| Making music in the classroom inspired by
Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’
Nick Pilton
Nick Pilton, Head of Film and Television, Pauline Quirke Academy
of Performing Arts, is an award winning independent filmmaker,
TV director and educationalist. With 20 years experience of film
education in formal and informal settings, he has experience of using
film as a tool for change with a wide range of children, young people
and adults from primary schools through to young offenders, more
recently heading up the film and television education offer at PQA
in 170 Academies across the UK, with 10,000 students attending
44 weeks of the year. He is an avid advocate for industry-led film
education in the UK and is responsible for the design and delivery of
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film and television production training for 8-18’s, teacher training and
the online broadcast and cinema screening of short films made by
young filmmakers.
SESSION Filmmaking without a computer
James Rae
James Rae was born on Tyneside in 1957. He studied clarinet, bass
clarinet, piano and composition at the Guildhall School of Music and
Drama from 1975-79. His professors were Yona Ettlinger, Stephen
Trier, Meriel Jefferson and Patric Standford respectively. Since leaving
the Guildhall, James Rae has pursued a highly successful and varied
career in music. His work falls into three areas: performing, writing
and teaching. As a player, James Rae has worked in many West End
and Royal National Theatre productions including Sir Peter Hall’s
award winning Oresteia with music by Sir Harrison Birtwistle. He
has also received many freelance engagements with some of the
country’s leading orchestras and ensembles. Projects have included
the EMI album Classic Ellington with Sir Simon Rattle and the
C.B.S.O.
SESSION Woodwind examination sight-reading | Dispelling the fears
Zeena Rasheed
Zeena has been a teacher for over 20 years, in roles from the
classroom to pastoral to SLT and back again and in a range of
schools. She has taught primary, secondary and post-16, and
delivered GCSE, BTEC, GNVQ, NCFE and A Level. Zeena contributes to
the Exec of National Drama as Reviews Editor and through the Drama
Matters campaign. She has enjoyed delivering well received sessions
at regional TeachMeets, ND sessions, the Music & Drama Education
Expo | London and BSME Music and Drama 2017. Zeena studied at
Bretton Hall, Homerton and Central School, and achieved AST and
Leadership certification.
SESSION Brecht with a bang
Alexandra Ridout
Alexandra has been playing the trumpet since she was nine. Since
winning the BBC Young Musician Jazz Award 2016 at 17, she has
gone on to study at the Royal Academy of Music and recently won
the Rising Star award at the British Jazz Awards. She has a busy
gig calendar, performing all across the country with her Quintet, the
National Youth Jazz Orchestra and many other groups (including the
Ridout Family Band. Alexandra has had her music played on various
Radio 3 show’s, Jazz FM and recently was the featured soloist on a
broadcast throughout Europe. “Trumpeter Alexandra Ridout was an
outstanding winner of the BBC young musician jazz award of 2016
and just keeps on growing as an artist.” Jazzwise Magazine
SESSION Will Michael Jazz Education Award
Bill Roberts
Bill Roberts, community musician, trainer and director of Bristol-
based Play It is a pianist and multi-instrumentalist who has been
making music with children for 30 years in Early Years and Primary
settings. A former psychotherapist (1991-5), he also trained on the
Goldsmiths Community Music course (1997-9), and has directed
music organisation Play It since 2000, leading many multi-setting
projects and trainings and recording three acclaimed children’s CDs.
Since 2005 he has developed Mood Music, which supports children’s
emotional development through music. His work provides creative
musical experiences for children, and training for staff working with
them. He advocates an open approach centred around children’s
explorations, desires and ideas, aiming to develop children’s personal
as well as musical skills. From one-off workshops to long-term
projects, from staff inset to training courses, he has worked with
thousands of children and hundreds of education practitioners over
the last 20 years.
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Mark Ruddick
Mark is a fight director working within theatre and film and also the
founder of Squire Stage Combat. He has been working in schools
for over eight years delivering stage combat training to students of
all ages.
SESSION Drama Warm up | Stage combat in the classroom
Tertia Sefton-Green
Tertia Sefton-Green, Creative Director, HMDT Music, holds a B.A.
Hons and M.A. Hons in English from Selwyn College, Cambridge
and studied singing at Guildhall School of Music and Drama and
Royal Northern College of Music. Following roles with Glyndebourne
and Opera North among others, she won a Churchill Fellowship
to research Opera Education in the United States, wrote teachers’
packs for British and American opera companies and taught on Rose
Bruford College’s Opera Degree Course. Tertia was Executive Producer
TOM VINCENT
for the Covent Garden Festival’s Creation Day 2000, before setting
up the prolific Education Department at the Handel House Museum.
For HMDT Music Tertia has created and managed their large-scale
commissions including the RPS Award winning projects as well
writing libretti for their international touring project ‘Hear Our Voice’
and First World War project ‘Trench Brothers’. Tertia also conducts
The Saturday Programme’s I Can Sing! music theatre course.
SESSION Embedding the arts across the curriculum to enhance and
inspire learning
Dom Sigalas
Dom Sigalas is the Steinberg Product Specialist for the UK and
a London based film composer, music producer and musicologist.
Dom has composed and produced music for films, television and
radio commercials, documentaries (Animal Planet), musicals,
corporate video, video games, websites and hundreds of tracks of
library music. His credits include National Geographic, Studiocanal
and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Dom has also collaborated
with many independent filmmakers and cinematographers and
has a considerable portfolio of commercially released records. He
is also involved in the education field and has been teaching the
Orchestration And Music Creation course at SAE Institute, and
is the Senior Music Producer and Mixing & Mastering Engineer at
Sunlightsquare Records/Doctormix.com. Dom also works for Yamaha
UK as their Synthesizer Product Specialist.
SESSION Introduction to DJing and music production at GCSE;
Sampling at GCSE and A Level Music Tech
Austen Smart
Austen Smart is a DJ, entrepreneur and author. Together with his
co-founders and with the support of Virgin Startup he raised over
half a million pounds of investment on Crowdcube in 30 days to
Remix Music Education w/ FutureDJs. As an experienced DJ he has
performed across the world. He has also released albums on his own
label, licensed music to Sony and worked with Grammy-nominated
dance act Groove Armada.
SESSION Introduction to DJing and music production at GCSE
Dr Geoffrey Smith
Geoff has written and taught drama in education for the past twenty
years. He specialises in Forum Theatre, Process Drama and Mantle
of the Expert. He has developed workshops for schools and national
organisations such as; NASUWT, ATL, NUT, Manchester University,
Virgin Trains and the National Stress Network. He also co-wrote and
directed comedian Greg Davies’ stand-up show.
SESSION Creativity in the primary curriculum: Blodin the Beast by
Michael Morpurgo
Dr Elizabeth Stafford
MES is led by nationally-recognised music education expert Elizabeth
Stafford. Elizabeth has over 15 years experience as a Primary Music
Teacher in numerous school and music service settings. Previously
North West Area Leader for the KS2 Music CPD Programme (the
government’s national CPD programme for music teachers involved
in the Wider Opportunities scheme), she has held mentoring roles
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with Trinity College London, The Open University and the Associated
Board of the Royal Schools of Music, and has achieved Mentor
Certification from The Open University. Elizabeth has acted as training
consultant to numerous Music Services and Music Education Hubs,
and has developed interactive online training materials for SoundEd
(The Open University and Trinity College London) and Music Tracks
(Trinity College London). She has written articles for the National
Association of Music Educators, Music Mark, the Music Masters and
Mistresses Association and Teach Primary. She is Programme Leader
for the Level 4 Certificate for Music Educators at CPD Centre West
Midlands, Senior Lecturer in Professional Studies (Music Tuition) at
Leeds College of Music and music adjudicator for The British and
International Federation of Festivals.
SESSION Warm-up session with pBuzz
Al Start
With 30 years’ experience of working creatively with children, Al Start
has a unique take on children’s music and learning. Fitting together
her extensive knowledge of children’s learning through play with
her songwriting and composition skills she has captured something
quite exceptional - and very popular! Start has written extensively for
organisations such as Sing Up and Glyndebourne Opera Education,
released 12 albums, toured internationally and written and produced
four musicals. Having lectured at Brighton University to foundation
stage teachers and playworkers while delivering singing assemblies,
workshops and shows in schools as a freelancer for over 13 years,
in 2015 Start began her journey into entrepreneurship through the
Natwest Entrepreneurial Spark program. Her production company
Go Kid Music (GKM) launched that year and has gone from
strength to strength. By responding to teacher requests for songs to
support topics, a vast collection has grown, and now GKM’s online
membership for schools is going strong. Her latest project is with
Collins Music. Taking topic songs even further with in-depth teaching
notes, audio and video; the Sing! Play! Learn! books are must-have
resources to boost any school’s creative learning.
SESSION Using topic songs across the curriculum
Jane Stott
Jane Stott is Head of Music at Freman College, an Upper School in
Hertfordshire. She has managed several secondary departments
during her career and in her spare time is a freelance conductor,
singer and cellist. Jane is interested in the flexibility of young
musicians in moving between genres and how this facilitates mastery
and builds musical identity.
SESSION The impact of an inclusive rock event on musical success
and uptake
Emma Taylor
Emma is a graduate of The Royal College of Music, where she studied
Trumpet and Singing. She has performed in most of the leading concert
halls in the country, in West End shows and on tour with many high-
profile pop singers. She has been a West End singing coach for many
years and most recently worked with singers on ‘Matilda, The Musical’,
she has had students in numerous West End shows. Emma is also much
in demand as a choir conductor, recently conducting over 800 young
singers in Karl Jenkins’ ‘Songs of Sanctuary’ at the Festival Hall. She
has had choirs performing in The Festival of London and at the Queens
Diamond Jubilee celebrations in Battersea Park. Emma is delighted to be
the Musical Director of the Walt Disney Choir, ‘Disney Voices’, They have
performed at many prestigious venues including The London Palladium,
Lyceum Theatre, Apollo theatre and The Royal Albert Hall and of course
Disney Land! Emma is Head of Singing at Radley College.
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Simon Toyne
Simon Toyne is Executive Director of Music of the David Ross
Education Trust, where he is responsible for the development of
music across over 34 state primary and secondary schools in the
East Midlands, including leading the award-winning ‘Singing Schools’
programme and conducting the Chapel Choir of Malcolm Arnold
Academy and the DRET Youth Choir. His work at DRET has included
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establishing a common music curriculum, creating a network of
partner organisations, developing a team of specialist music coaches
and instigating a talent development programme. Simon is renowned
as a choral conductor, working as a Director of Eton Choral Courses
and Singers of London, and leading workshops on conducting and
singing around the world, having been Director of Tiffin Boys’ Choir
and Kingston Parish Church Choir for over 20 years. He is President-
Elect of the Music Teachers’ Association.
SESSION Running a thriving music department on a tiny budget
Ollie Tunmer
Ollie Tunmer is the Director of Beat Goes On. He a former cast
member of the hit show STOMP and a qualified music teacher.
HUGO GLENDINNING
He delivers fun, high energy and accessible workshops & CPD
sessions in schools and conferences around the world. Beat Goes
On recently introduced workshops for GCSE students to enhance
their composition and performance skills and a new ‘Developing
Percussion in the Classroom’ CPD course - both courses have
been extremely popular. Beat Goes On are proud BBC Ten Pieces
Champions, delivering body percussion workshops based on ‘Connect
It’ and ‘Mambo!’ Latin percussion workshops.
SESSION Music Warm-up | STOMP-style body percussion
Emmanuel Vass
A mixed-race son of a Yorkshire carpenter, Emmanuel Vass
crowdfunded his 2nd album to #1 in the classical charts, following
a Kickstarter campaign that hit its £2,000 target in under 5 days.
The Mail on Sunday described him as, ‘one of the most charismatic
talents on the contemporary scene’; Attitude magazine referred to him
as, the new classic’. He has broadcast frequently on ClassicFM; BBC
Radio 3, BBC World Service, BBC Scotland, France 2, and BBC Look
North news, and performed solo in venues such as Castle Howard; the
Bridgewater Hall, and Steinway Hall. He is a PGCHE-qualified lecturer
at Leeds College of Music, where he lectures music business; strategy,
and marketing, in order to aid young musicians of all genres to fulfil
their creative ambitions through the power of project management,
self-promotion, online curation, spotting current trends, and fiscal
awareness. Here, he has been nominated for 3 student-led teaching
awards: ‘Most inspirational’, ‘Best feedback’, and ‘Most innovative’.
SESSION Developing piano technique | A masterclass
Leila Viss
Leila Viss owns a tech-savvy, creative-based piano studio in
Colorado. Viss coordinates the Piano Preparatory Program at
the University of Denver, serves as a church organist, blogs at
88pianokeys.me, is published in Clavier Companion and authored The
iPad Piano Studio book. With Bradley Sowash who is a well-known
Jazz composer and educator, Viss co-founded 88 Creative Keys –
improvisation workshops and webinars for teachers. Viss assisted in
the MTNA Jazz/Pop Tracks and served as chair of the NCKP Creative
Pianist Track.
SESSION Pop music: The gateway to creativity
Alison Warren
Alison Warren is subject leader for Drama at Clarendon Academy in
Trowbridge. A teacher with over 30 years’ teaching experience, she is
secondary officer for National Drama.
SESSION KS3 Assessment in drama
Natalie Watson
ORA Singers launched in February 2017 and has fast made a
name for itself as one of the world’s leading commissioners of
contemporary choral music. The group is Artist in Residence
at London’s LSO St Luke’s, has released 5 critically acclaimed
recordings and commissioned 40 composers to date, and has been
named Ensemble of the Year at the 2018 Opus Klassik awards.
ORA Singers is represented today by the project leads for its new
educational resource, ‘Composer Create’; Chief Executive, Matthew
Beale, and Group & Development Manager, Natalie Watson.
SESSION Sharing Lab MUSIC | Composer Create: a new resource for
the aspiring choral composer
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Holly Frances Williams
Celebrating over 20 years in the dance and performing arts industry,
Holly Frances Williams is a credited dancer and business owner
having worked with high profile celebrities and world renowned
choreographers such as Michael Jackson, Chris Brown, LaVelle Smith
Jr , Darrin Henson, Peter Andre and Adam Garcia. She is also a Dance
and Musical Theatre Examiner for RSL. With passion and energy,
Holly encourages all dancers to aspire to their fullest potential and
is continuously inspired to develop and work alongside organisations
and business to achieve ultimate results within the dance sector.
SESSION Warm-up | Street Dance
Dorothy Wilson MBE FRSA
Dorothy is Chair of Making Music. Deputy Director of West Midlands
Arts then CEO and Artistic Director of mac Birmingham, she now runs
her own consultancy practice. A practising singer, violist and pianist,
throughout her career she chaired the WM regional Arts Council and
was on the National Council of Arts Council for eight years.
SESSION Making Music | Charles Grove Award
Dr Marilyn Wyers
Dr Marilyn Wyers is a Performing Arts Lecturer at BRICTT (Brighton
Institute for Contemporary Theatre Training). She is a voice teacher,
pianist, dancer, researcher and curriculum developer for embodied
vocal techniques. She has been a vocal tutor with top international
performing arts company ‘On Stage’ based in Hamburg, Germany;
the international vocal competition ‘Superstar’ in the Middle East;
a senior music lecturer at Bosphorus University, Istanbul, Turkey
and lecturer at BIMM Brighton. She has a keen interest in somatic
movement approaches to performing arts education, development
and collaborative creative processes and has published a book:
Sound, Music and the Moving-Thinking Body. She also founded
Regis Dance and serves as a senior examiner for the International
Baccalaureate in music composition and performance.
SESSION Music Warm-up | Embodied vocal workshop
Matt Yeoman
Matt Yeoman is a fellow of the Chartered College of Teachers and
works at Queen’s Park High School, Chester as the Lead Practitioner
and Research Lead. He is a Drama teacher by trade and works as a
Specialist Leader in Education for Drama. He supports the Music &
Drama Education Expo with the development of its programme as a
member of the Advisory Board. Last year he worked as a judge for
the Music Teacher Awards and gained a real insight into the amazing
work that is happening in arts classrooms up and down the country.
He is a member of the Assessment board for the Chartered Teacher
programme and has a real passion for representing the arts in the
profession on a variety of platforms. For him, arts education is crucial
in creating the innovative and creative leaders of the future.
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Extras: Fireside chats
Join us at the Performance Stage for our series of fireside chats.
Listen to informal interviews with leading industry professionals
while enjoying a cup of coffee in the Rocksteady Networking Café.
Wednesday 6 March
Lang Lang
13.40-14.00
A globally celebrated piano virtuoso, Lang Lang has sold millions of albums
around the world, topping classical charts and achieving simultaneous
mainstream success. His work with his own Lang Lang International Music
Foundation (www.langlangfoundation.org), which was set up over 10
years ago and has raised millions of pounds to support young musicians,
has given him a unique insight into music education. He has inspired 40
million children to learn the piano and has developed hugely successful
educational programmes including Keys of Inspiration, 101 Pianists, Young
Scholars and Play It Forward. His partnership with independent British
music publisher Faber Music has resulted in the Lang Lang Piano Academy
series of piano books to inspire the next generation of pianists. Lang Lang
will be chatting to former editor of International Piano Claire Jackson about
all things piano and education.
Interviewer: Claire Jackson
Thursday 7 March
Miloš
15.30-16.00
‘The hottest guitarist in the world’ (Sunday Times), Miloš Karadaglić,
continues to top record charts and delight audiences worldwide. Miloš is a
passionate supporter of music education and acts as a Patron of Awards
for Young Musicians as well as Ambassador for Live Music Now, the London
Music Fund and the Wigmore Hall’s Learning Programme. His ongoing
book series, Play Guitar with Miloš, has been named as a finalist in the
‘Outstanding Print Resource’ in the Music Teacher Awards for Excellence.
He will be chatting to editor of Music Teacher Cameron Bray about all
things guitar and education.
Interviewer: Cameron Bray
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Extras: Performances
The Performance Stage also plays host to five fabulous performances
from young people.
Wednesday 6 March
Esher College Performing Arts Students
10.00-10.20
A performance showing some Bob Fosse techniques/stylistic features and
some numbers from his shows. Ideal for Unit 7 of QCF BTEC Performing
Arts and useful for NCF Unit One to make the research into a practitioner
more interesting.
Sambinos
12.00-12.20
Sambinos is a group of students of varied ages from North Oxfordshire
Academy who perform brilliant and energetic samba arrangement of well-
known songs. Last year, the academy’s music teacher reach the final of
the ‘Shake It Up’ competition with an arrangement of ‘Float On’ by Modest
Mouse. The Sambinos will be showcasing this alongside one other original
arrangement to help inspire other teachers to follow in their footsteps.
Rocksteady Music School
16.10-16.30
A performance from a band learning with Rocksteady Music School who
teach over 18,000 children in more than 750 primary schools across the
UK. The band members range in age between 5-11 years old and play on
electric guitar, keyboards, drums and vocals. Lessons are inclusive and
accessible to children from all backgrounds and Rocksteady get the bands
playing together from the very first lesson.
Thursday 7 March
Purcell School Jazz Ensemble
10.00-10.20
The Purcell Jazz Ensemble features some of the UK’s most talented young
jazz musicians. Many are already members of the Junior Royal Academy
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of Music jazz department and the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, and they
have recently completed a tour of UK jazz clubs, playing with established
jazz musicians and educators such as Simon Allen, Tom Cawley and Martin
Shaw. Through the Purcell Jazz Concert series, all Purcell jazz students
have gained the experience of playing with jazz stars such as Clark Tracey,
Laurence Cottle, Gareth Williams, Gerard Presencer and Alan Skidmore.
The Purcell Jazz Ensemble performs a mixture of well known jazz standards
and originals written by members of the band.
Rocksteady Music School
11.00-11.20
A performance from a band learning with Rocksteady Music School who
teach over 18,000 children in more than 750 primary schools across the
UK. The band members range in age between 5-11 years old and play on
electric guitar, keyboards, drums and vocals. Lessons are inclusive and
accessible to children from all backgrounds and Rocksteady get the bands
playing together from the very first lesson.
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Extras: Awards
This year for the first time we are delighted to be hosting two award
presentations at the Expo, one on each day:
Wednesday 6 March
Will Michael Jazz Education Award
15.00-15.20
Each year, the Will Michael Jazz Education
Award celebrates Music Education Hubs who
have excellent provision for jazz & improvised
music. This year’s shortlist, announced at
the Music Mark Conference in November,
features six hubs from across the country
that demonstrate innovative approaches to
engaging young musicians. The shortlisted
hubs are:
• Camden Music Hub – recognised for their outstanding commitment to
gender diversity in jazz and engaging in cross-genre collaboration
• Durham Music Service – recognised for their focus on developing
their workforce and developing jazz ensemble provision for primary
school children
• Devon Music Service – for continued excellence of their ensemble
provision and to celebrate their retiring Head of Service, Ken Parr,
who’s been the lynchpin in jazz provision in the area for decades
• Greater Manchester Hub – for ensuring that their provision meets the
needs of the varied communities in the 9 Greater Manchester music
services. Trafford’s HMS Syncopation project for primary schools was
singled out for its innovation
• Oxfordshire Music Service – for continuing to build on existing
excellent ensemble provision and embed improvisation at all levels
from Whole Class Ensemble Teaching up
• Sheffield Music Hub – recognised for their strong strategic vision and
excellence in provision at all levels.
The winner will be announced by award-winning saxophonist, MC and
broadcaster Soweto Kinch and there will be a short performance from
members of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO), led by NYJO
trumpeter and 2016 BBC Young Jazz Musician Alexandra Ridout.
The awards are generously supported by the Musicians’ Company. They
are now managed by the National Youth Jazz Orchestra and celebrated as
part of the Music Education Council Awards.
Thursday 7 March
Making Music | Charles Grove Award
12.45-13.05
The Sir Charles Groves Prize, awarded every two years, recognises
outstanding contribution to the musical life of communities in the UK. Join
us at the presentation by Making Music Chair Dorothy Wilson to discover
and celebrate the new winner.
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Extras: Sharing Lab
This year the Sharing Lab is a meet-the-expert zone where a host with real
knowledge to impart about each of our chosen topics will be on hand for
informal discussions which put peer-to-peer learning and support at their
heart, and everyone’s invited to contribute!
While inevitably you will want to hear what the expert hosts have to
say, feel free also to bring along resources and share your ideas with other
delegates.
Our aim is to get you chatting, fired up on new ideas, and excited to
share what’s working well in your teaching practice, and to discuss all of
this in the company of like-minded practitioners. Take away an idea, a new
business contact, a new resource or a new friend!
Wednesday 6 March
10.00-10.45 | MUSIC
Establishing a school singing culture
Choral expert and experienced Director of Music Don Gillthorpe will
examine ways to energise and enthuse secondary-school children and get
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them singing well. Looking at primary to secondary transition, changing
voices, adolescent influences, and the status of singing within your school,
this session will suggest repertoire and approaches that can encourage
more children to get involved both in and out of the classroom. Don has
proven experience of embedding a singing culture into the lives of a number
of schools, and will encourage you to do the same!
[KS2, KS3] Expert: Don Gillthorpe
11.00-11.45 | DRAMA
Auditioning for drama school
Join the sharing lab to discuss audition processes and best-practice
preparation. Hosted by expert facilitator Kim Durham, formerly of the
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, we’ll discuss and share ideas and resources
and enhance our technique for directing audition monologues. A fantastic
opportunity to contribute in an informal environment and receive lots of
input from colleagues. Whether you’re looking for advice or have something
to share; you are welcome!
[KS5] Expert: Kim Durham
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12.00-12.45 | MUSIC
Composer Create: a new resource for the aspiring choral composer
Award-winning vocal ensemble, ORA Singers, has recently launched a
brand new, free, educational resource aimed at addressing the current lack
of early-stage compositional guidance for music students worldwide. Drop
in between 13:00-13:45 for an informal discussion with Chief Executive,
Matthew Beale and Group & Development Manager, Natalie Watson.
[KS4, KS5] Experts: Matthew Beale, Natalie Watson
13.00-13.45 | DRAMA
RWCMD: Stage Management & Design training
Expert host Sean Crowley leads this discussion on all aspects of student
training/careers in stage management and design. A fantastic opportunity to
contribute in an informal environment and receive lots of input from colleagues.
Whether you’re looking for advice or have something to share; you are welcome!
[KS4, KS5] Expert: Sean Crowley
14.30-15.15 | DRAMA
Transition to Higher Education: self-assessment and critical thinking
in acting
Lecturer of Acting at LIPA, Onur Orkut, leads this session on how best to
prepare students for higher education. A fantastic opportunity to contribute in
an informal environment and receive lots of input from colleagues. Whether
you’re looking for advice or have something to share; you are welcome!
[KS5] Expert: Onur Orkut
15.30-16.15 | DRAMA
Being a one-person department
Being a one-person department can be challenging! Join Head of Drama
Peter Deam (and other one person departments!) as we discuss survival
tactics, expanding our professional networks and more. environment and
receive lots of input from colleagues. Whether you’re looking for advice or
have something to share; you are welcome!
Expert: Peter Deam
Friday 23 February
10.00-10.45 | DRAMA
Multiple choice assessment methods
This session will look at multiple choice questions and how they can
reliably assess student knowledge. A fantastic opportunity to contribute in
an informal environment and receive lots of input from colleagues. Whether
you’re looking for advice or have something to share; you are welcome!
[KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] Expert: Karen Latto
11.00-11.45 | DRAMA
Directors in schools
Come and meet the founder of the Directors’ Guild of Great Britain to hear
about his work sending directors into schools to work with teachers and
young people. With a directing CV spanning the Royal Court and National
Theatres, television and film, Piers will be able to advise you on your own
directing projects and tell you how to arrange for a professional director to
come in to your school.
Expert: Piers Haggard
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12.00-12.45 | MUSIC
Blown Away?
Recruitment & retention of brass and woodwind players Come and join the
discussion on woodwind and brass teaching. Let’s share experience and
ideas on how to retain pupils in the face of a cold north wind that blows
high costs up against a myriad of other ways to spend time. Let’s talk
about widening our own teaching strategies and pedagogies and connecting
with contemporary students in ways that make playing wind instruments in
particular a positive experience for all.
Expert: Myra Brunton
13.00-13.45 | MUSIC
The code switching musician
We explore practical insights into how music instruction can be used to
foster independent, comprehensive musicianship across multiple styles
of music. Informed by the linguistic theory of code-switching and an array
of contemporary research, these approaches are specially focused on
providing musicians with a broad set of skills that allow them to become
confident and flexible as they navigate performance situations outside of
large teacher-directed performance ensembles.
Expert: Dr. Daniel S. Isbell
14.00-14.45 | DRAMA
Early Years Drama
Helen Battelley is an internationally renowned consultant, trainer and
speaker in Physical Development/movement in Early Education. Join her
for this informal discussion around early years drama and movement
techniques. A fantastic opportunity to contribute in an informal
environment and receive lots of input from colleagues. Whether you’re
looking for advice or have something to share; you are welcome!
[Early Years] Expert: Helen Battelley
15.00-15.45 | ALL
Managing energy rather than behaviour
You could be spending more time focusing on the music and less time
dealing with disruptive behaviour by thinking about the energy of the
room. Learn about why Rocksteady prefer to manage energy rather than
behaviour, designing an energy map for your lessons and aligning yourself
with the motivations of your pupils.
[Early Years, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4] Expert: Rachel Hawker
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Computer gaming music: composition

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and he writes his One of the key emerging genres of music over the last 35 years has been computer game music. Since the
own music blog.
first playable version of Tetris in 1984, music in this genre has grown. We now see key orchestral and cinema
composers turning their hands to computer game soundtracks. If we’re going to prepare our students for
future work in the music industry, it’s crucial for them to embrace all styles and genres.

and resource for music education practitioners.

Following an earlier resource on gaming music (AQA AoS2: Computer gaming music, Music Teacher,
November 2018), here I’m going to consider ways of teaching computer game music using composition. This
will include some compositional ideas that can easily be adapted for other genres.

STARTING POINT

Whether you teach class music, or are a peripatetic/

Composition is a key component for all the GCSE exam boards, and while each exam board has different
criteria, they all share similar, overarching compositional goals. The ideas in this resource can either lead
to something suitable for a GCSE entry, or help with the overall teaching of composition. The aim is to use
computer games as the key focus for the composing process.

private instrumental teacher, Music Teacher will

Students will probably spend a great deal of time playing computer games. Not only will they have an
excellent grasp of music from this genre, but they will also be keen to have a go at composing it for
themselves. It’s crucial that as music teachers we look for topics and projects that engage students.
Turning all that screen time at home into a positive thing at school is clearly a good idea.

provide you with invaluable ideas for your teaching,

VISIT
Where do we start with composition?

The best way to get students engaged with the concept of composition is to get them listening to music. The

with substantial online lesson materials and a range

more they listen, the more intrigued, excited and inspired they will become.
„ Give students an open-ended question that asks them to share what jumps out at them as they listen to the
particular computer gaming music.
„ Give an element-specific question that links back to the music GCSE exam. This is something you can think
about beforehand, or you can just ask them to pick any element and say something specific.

of practical features.
„ Ask them what story they think the music is portraying. They will know that it’s from a computer game
because you’ve told them. But get them to suggest what the game might be about.

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„ Finish with a question that focuses on atmosphere within the music (something we’ll come on to later).

Another approach is to play students some music and get them to come up with some questions – a great
way to get them really listening to music. In a genre such as computer gaming, students are likely to have
soundtracks that they know well.

This whole starting point of listening and questioning is linked to the idea of being a well-rounded musician.
Every task in a music lesson can easily link to the students as performers, listeners and composing. While this
resource will focus on composition, these listening tasks will help students in other areas.

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From our sponsors

We are very grateful for the support of our sponsors, and delighted
that they will be curating a number of sessions and performances this
year. Read on for more information!
Developing the 21st-century
musician: approaches to
the RSL exams in music
production and contemporary music
Thursday | 10.30-11.10| Contemporary Music & Tech Studio
In this practical session, delegates will take specific pieces from the RSL
Graded Music Exams, including the new Music Production exams and
explore how they can be used to complement and develop the musical
learning that takes place within the music curriculum from KS2-5.
[KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] Speaker: Dan Francis
Rocksteady Music School
Wednesday | 16.10-16.30 | Performance Stage
Thursday | 11.00-11.20 | Performance Stage
Two performances from bands learning with Rocksteady Music
School who teach over 18,000 children in more than 750 primary schools
across the UK. The band members range in age between 5-11 years old and
play on electric guitar, keyboards, drums and vocals. Lessons are inclusive
and accessible to children from all backgrounds and Rocksteady get the bands
playing together from the very first lesson.
ISM | A guide to progression, curriculum and
assessment
Thursday | 12.30-13.15| Rhinegold Theatre
The ISM deliver this seminar designed to guide school teachers through the
challenges currently affecting music education and teaching in the classroom.
Music hub and service leaders are also encouraged to attend as these
invaluable sessions will help develop INSET days.
[KS2, KS3] Speakers: Dr Alison Daubney, Dr Martin Fautley
ISM Trust | Primary Music Toolkit
Thursday | 15.10-15.55| Seminar Theatre
The ISM Trust, supported by the Schools Music Association
(SMA), has commissioned the Primary Music Toolkit to help primary school
teachers further their self-assurance in teaching music in the classroom. The
toolkit, created by Dr Ally Daubney, explores ideas about music teaching and is
packed with practical help and strategies to equip primary teachers with the
confidence to lead inspiring musical experiences.
[KS1, KS2] Speaker: Dr Alison Daubney

Product showcases
PRODUCT SHOWCASE | MUSICFIRST presents EVC Music presents | The Elena Cobb Star Prize
Technology Engagement: The Music Classroom Thursday | 14.25-14.55| Seminar Theatre
Leads the Way Find out more about this new initiative from EVC Music
Wednesday | 11.55-12.30 | Contemporary Music & Tech Studio and The British & International Federation of Festivals, which offers
Discover the benefits of cloud-based technology and find out how you can piano students a unique performance opportunity at the Royal Albert Hall
streamline your workflow and enhance creativity and musicality via the Elgar Room.
MusicFirst Online Classroom [KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5] Speaker: Elena Cobb
Speaker: Dr Jim Frankel

PRODUCT SHOWCASE |
Hal Leonard presents From
Rote to Reading: Fast-tracking the Sight Reading Process
Thursday | 10.50-12.25 | Contemporary Music & Tech Studio
Blitzbooks author and world-renowned piano educator Samantha Coates
will guide you through her exciting methods for developing sight reading
through rote repertoire and creativity, proven to engage and inspire
beginner pianists.
Speaker: Samantha Coates

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AbletonJ16 Feldenkrais UK M21 National Schools Symphony Orchestra M4 Take It Away I18
ABRSMB1 Fender Musical Instruments B3 National Youth Choirs of Great Britain M10 Teaching Drama  G4
ABRSM: Singing for Musical Theatre E25 Friday Afternoons C17 nkodaC21 The Musical Company E13
ACFEA Tour Consultants H4 Future DJs E2 Nick Hern Books H14 Theatrical Rights Worldwide E10
Alfred Music G15 Gold Dust Music M29 Normans Musical Instruments D10 The Piano Teachers’ Course UK F4
All Together Now Performing Arts M27 Hal Leonard Europe F13 Nuvo, Octopus Ukulele & Percussion Plus C9 The Rhythm Studio I7
Allianz Musical Insurance C3 Halsbury Travel E9 Ocarina Workshop G23 The Sound Post Ltd I11

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AQAI19 HMDT Music C19 OCRJ18 The Voices Foundation M7
Association of British Choral Directors M2 Howarth of London C16 Onestage Specialist Concert Tours E8 Theatre Workout M25
Beat Goes On D13 I Wish I Didn’t Quit M6 Opera Now G4 Trinity College London & Arts Award D8
BIMM Group Ltd M23 Inspire Works D14 Orchestras for All D13 Universal Edition G14
BJB Music M22 International Piano G4 Out of the Ark Music E26 University of the Creative Arts/OCA H2
Black Cat Music B16 ISMF9 Outblaze Ltd C5 University of Portsmouth J8
Boosey & Hawkes J22 Jolly Learning Ltd G10 Part Play H6 ViolinSchool & MusicLand Publications H1
British Kodaly Academy M5 Kawai Pianos B9 Pauline Quirke Academy E11 Vocalzone® Throat Care G11
British Suzuki Institute M1 Keda Music H17 Pianist Magazine M28 We Know Music E6
Cambridge Assessment International Kevin Mayhew Publishers H27 PlaynoteH11 YamahaD2
EducationM26 Kun Shoulder Rest Inc. D16 PlayscriptsE22 Young Voices M3
Casio Electronics Co Ltd B11 LAMDAE21 Purcell School I1
CharangaF11 Lindsay Music H12 R&H Theatricals Europe D19
Choir & Organ G4 Lisbon Music Fest C1 Rayburn Tours E12
Classical Music G4 Little Voices Ltd E27 Rhinegold Jobs G4
Club Europe Concert Tours E1 London College of Music Examinations G2 Rock Choir M12
Coach House Pianos D1 London Youth Choir M13 Rosa Conrad Music M29
Collins Music G18 Making Music M11 Royal Marines Band Service D5
Community Music M9 Markson Pianos C18 RSL (Rockschool Ltd) F15
Corps of Army Music M31 Music & Drama Education Expo G4 Samuel French D17
CUK Audio H15 Music Avenue H19 School Music Hub / Kevin Mayhew H29
Dawsons Music Ltd B7 Music Buds C2 Schools Printed Music License I22
Dogs and Birds G21 Music Pages G4 Schott Music J22
Duet Group E3 Music Teacher G4 See Education E19
DV24 7 G7 Music Teachers’ Association F7 Service Sound C15
EarMasterI9 Music Teachers 4 Schools Ltd B4 Sing for Pleasure M8
Editions Musica Ferrum I20 Music Teachers’ Board H25 Sing Up F1
Education Audio H10 Music Theatre International (Europe) D21 Sound and Music I3
EduqasI17 MusicalchairsM20 Soundsteps Music School I12
Eminent UK C7 MusicFirstI13 South England Performing Arts Ltd M14
Emoji School of Music E15 Musicians’ Union G1 SpeedwareG8
English Folk Dance & Song Society H5 MusiQH8 Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH D2

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EPTA UK G5 My Music Staff I14 Stirling Bridge International Arts Festival I2
ESTAE5 National Education Union G1 Studiospares Ltd J12

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Exhibitor Listings
This year’s exhibition showcases a vast array of the biggest brands in the performing arts, with many of our suppliers launching new products
here at the show and offering exclusive discounts over the two days. See our floorplan on page 38 to find out more.
Ableton – J16
We make Live, Push and Link – unique software and hardware
for music creation and performance. With these products, our
community of users create amazing things. Our products are
used by a community of dedicated musicians, sound designers,
artists and educators from across the world. Ableton will be at
the Music & Drama Education Expo 2019 to meet, share and
learn from music educators. We place great importance on
music education and would love to talk to teachers from across
the UK/IE landscape. The driving force behind Ableton is our
passion for what we make, and the people we make it for.
www.ableton.com
ABRSM – B1
ABRSM’s mission is to inspire achievement in music. In
partnership with the Royal Schools of Music, we support high-
quality music-making and learning around the world. We offer
pathways and resources for learners and teachers that help
build musical skills, provide goals and encourage progress. Visit
for discounts on our latest publications, and lots more!
www.abrsm.org
ABRSM: Singing for Musical Theatre – E25
ABRSM’s mission is to inspire achievement in music. In
partnership with the Royal Schools of Music, we support high-
quality music-making and learning around the world. We offer
pathways and resources for learners and teachers that help
build musical skills, provide goals and encourage progress. Visit
for discounts on our latest publications, and lots more!
www.abrsm.org
ACFEA Tour Consultants – H4
ACFEA has over 60 years of experience creating customised
concert tours for performing arts groups throughout the world.
With offices in Europe, the USA, South America, South Africa,
China, Hong Kong and Australia, we have a truly worldwide
network of musicians and travel experts to open doors to
the best venues and performance opportunities for choirs,
orchestras and bands.
www.acfea.eu
Alfred Music – G15
As the No.1 educational publisher in the world Alfred UK
publishes a huge selection of educational materials, the most
popular being the ‘Alfred’s Basic Piano Library’ and ‘Pumping
Nylon’ series. Alfred also publishes a large range of popular
music from artists such as Greenday, Dreamtheatre and
composers such as Howard Shore and John Williams, in formats
from PVG to Full Orchestra!
www.alfreduk.com
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All Together Now Performing Arts – M27
Here at All Together Now Performing Arts we offer school
workshops with a difference! Pop singing masterclasses led
by professional backing singers, Shakespeare workshops led
by professional Royal Shakespeare Company actors, Musical
Theatre classes led by West End stars…and much more! We
live it and we love what we do.
www.atnperformingarts.com
Allianz Musical Insurance – C3
We’re the UK’s No.1 Musical Instrument Insurer, dedicated to
protecting what matters to musicians since 1960. Come and
visit our stand for a chat, some useful freebies and 20% off a
no-obligation quote.
www.allianzmusicalinsurance.co.uk
AQA – I19
We are an independent education charity and the largest
provider of academic qualifications taught in schools and
colleges. We set and mark the papers for around half of all
GCSEs and A-levels taken every year. Our qualifications suit
a range of abilities and include GCSEs, AS and A-levels, the
Extended Project Qualification, the AQA Baccalaureate, Tech-
levels and Technical Awards.
www.aqa.org.uk
Association of British Choral Directors – M2
The Association of British Choral Directors (abcd) is the only
UK organisation devoted entirely to supporting those leading
choral music, both amateur and professional. We are committed
to promoting, improving and maintaining opportunities for the
professional development of all those leading singing of any
kind, whether in the classroom or in the community.
www.abcd.org.uk
Beat Goes On – D13
Beat Goes On deliver a range of fun and memorable Taster
Days, 10 week projects & CPD sessions including STOMP-style
Body Percussion, Samba Drumming, Junk Percussion, Body
Percussion with Literacy (based on our work with Pie Corbett),
Boomwhackers & Bamboo Tamboo, Christmas Samba, EYFS
specific percussion and for SEND settings. Participation in
our workshops can support the gaining of Arts Award and
Artsmark status.
www.beatgoeson.co.uk
BIMM Group Ltd – M23
BIMM – The British and Irish Modern Music Institute – has
colleges in six cities and is proud to be the largest and leading
provider of contemporary music education in Europe. We offer
a broad range of Higher and Further Education music courses –
including BA Honours Degrees, nationally accredited Diplomas
and Postgraduate Teaching Certificates.
www.bimm.co.uk
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BJB Music – M22
Music Theory books and Apps by Belinda J.Byers MA BMus
LRAM – experienced teacher – for beginners to Grade 8 / A
Level. Colourful books for beginners (Finalists in the 2018 Music
Teacher Awards for Excellence). Clear step-by-step approach
throughout. Come to the stand to try out the Apps (Finalists
in the 2019 Music Teacher Awards for Excellence) – available
on the AppStore – games reinforcing topics from beginning to
Grade 5.
www.bjbmusic.co.uk
Black Cat Music – B16
Black Cat Music is proud to be Exclusive UK Distributor
for Wenger Corporation, supplying music and performance
equipment ranging from music stands, choir and band folders,
orchestra seating, staging, conductor’s equipment and
instrument storage solutions to sound isolating practice rooms
and full-stage acoustic shells. All Wenger products come with a
minimum five-year guarantee.
www.blackcatmusic.com
Boosey & Hawkes – J22
Boosey & Hawkes is the largest specialist classical music
publishing company in the world. See our exciting new range
of string quartet/ensemble publications 4 String. You can also
meet the composer of the Microjazz series, Christopher Norton,
who will be giving a workshop on improvising, using his own
inspirational music.
www.boosey.com
British Kodaly Academy – M5
Best music education philosophy ever developed. Teacher
training for Early Childhood, Primary, Secondary and
Instrumental. Musicianship training for all ages and levels
(beginner to professional) using a highly enjoyable approach
to de-mystify music with amazing results. Spring course and
Summer school with world class Hungarian and British tutors.
Extensive bookshop.
www.kodaly.org.uk
British Suzuki Institute – M1
The British Suzuki Institute runs national and regional Suzuki
music events including concerts, workshops, conferences and
part time teacher training courses in the Suzuki Method for
violin, viola, cello, piano, guitar, flute and recorder, as well Early
Childhood Education, leading to recognised qualifications from
the European Suzuki Association.
www.britishsuzuki.com
Cambridge Assessment International Education – M26
Cambridge Assessment International Education is growing and
over 10000 schools in more than 160 countries are now part of
our Cambridge learning community. To support our continued
growth worldwide, we are inviting teachers to develop their
professional experience by becoming Cambridge examiners.
www.cambridgeinternational.org/makeyourmark
Casio Electronics Co Ltd – B11
Casio UK has been at the forefront of Music Education with our
#actioninmusic initiative celebrating the work of UK Music
Teachers. At Music & Drama Education Expo, we endeavour to
introduce you to our unique Grand Hybrid Pianos. We believe
they are the most authentic digital pianos on the market based
around a unique, hybrid instrument developed in collaboration
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development.
https://music.casio.co.uk
Charanga – F11
Charanga is the world’s leading online platform supporting
music teaching and learning. Over 8,500 schools and 30,000+
teachers across 62 countries use Charanga every day, with
over 2 million children each week enjoying Charanga-supported
music lessons. Charanga’s educational technology and inclusive
pedagogy helps everyone enjoy and make progress with music.
www.charanga.com
Choir & Organ – G4
Choir & Organ is the leading independent magazine for all
professionals and amateurs in the choral and organ worlds.
Whether you are an organist, choral director or singer, organ
builder, keen listener, or work in publishing or the record industry,
Choir & Organ is a must-read wherever you live and work.
www.choirandorgan.com
Classical Music – G4
Classical Music is the authoritative voice of the classical music
profession, offering a behind-the-scenes approach to a fast
changing industry. Encounter the biggest movers and shakers in
the business and read their expert views on the latest news and
developments as they happen.
www.classicalmusicmagazine.org
Club Europe Concert Tours – E1
The UK’s leading school music tour operator. We create
wonderful tailor-made tours for all ensembles, from bands,
orchestras and choirs to steel, wind and brass bands. Our tours
are a finely-tuned blend of unique performance opportunities
and carefully planned excursions. Drop by our stand to say hello
and take advantage of lots of freebies and offers!
https://club-europe.co.uk/school-music-tours/
Coach House Pianos – D1
Coach House are totally unique as the only UK supplier of all
leading piano brands, therefore offering unbiased information
and guaranteeing the best prices from manufacturers,
including: Steinway & Sons; Bosendorfer; Yamaha; C.Bechstein;
Kawai; and Schreiner & Sohne. We offer high part-exchange
prices and flexible finance solutions.
www.coachhousepianos.co.uk
Collins Music – G18
Collins Music is the home of Music Express, Abracadabra,
Get Set! and Ukulele Magic. So, whether you’re a music
professional, parent, primary teacher or Early Years practitioner,
Collins Music can help support and enhance your children’s
musical experience. Drop by stand G18 to meet the team and
find out more!
www.collins.co.uk/category/Primary/Music/
Community Music – M9
A youth and community music organisation that provides free
or low cost creative music making opportunities for people
of all backgrounds. We do this through a diverse and exciting
programme of courses, live gigs, informal training and events,
including degree level music production and business training
and career development and support packages.
www.CMsounds.com
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Corps of Army Music – M31 Dogs and Birds – G21

The Corps of Army Music (CAMUS) is made up of 800
musicians across 22 bands, playing a range of styles and
genres and performing on a variety of stages. CAMUS offers a
stable career; professional tuition, fully-funded BMus (Hons)
and full or partial funding towards music diplomas available for
successful applicants.
www.army.mod.uk/music
CUK Audio – H15
CUK Audio is the exclusive distributor for UK and Ireland of
Dexibell Musical Instruments, a brand established in 2014 and
made in Italy by a team of Ex-Roland Europe staff & designers
with the aim of creating the ultimate, contemporarily designed,
‘alive’, digital reproduction of acoustic pianos – The VIVO range.
www.cuk-audio.com
Dawsons Music Ltd – B7
For over 100 years Dawsons Music has been the leading
musical instrument supplier to schools and colleges. We also
specialise in all aspects of music technology and have unrivalled
experience in the design of creative arts facilities around the
world. We design and install recording studios, media suites
and drama theatres, supply all of the equipment and train the
teaching staff on the effective use of their new resources. As one
of the largest music retailers in the UK, we can offer excellent
prices on all music brands to our educational customers.
www.dawsons.co.uk/education
The Dogs and Birds Piano Method enables young children to
start their musical education from ages 3 onwards. The method
is based on singing whilst playing. Three colourfully illustrated
piano books fire the children’s imagination, and small animal
tiles and large coloured staves help them to understand notation.
www.dogsandbirds.co.uk
Duet Group – E3
The Duet Group is the UK’s leading organisation for leasing,
servicing and maintaining musical instruments for schools,
conservatoires and universities. The Duet Group also facilitates
a flexible and affordable musical instrument rent to buy service,
the Duet Shop, allowing individual musicians and parents of
school children to access a brand new musical instrument via a
unique online service.
www.duetgroup.co.uk
DV24 7 – G7 musiceducation
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The UK’s leading supplier of music equipment to schools,
colleges & universities! We provide educational establishments
with a superb range of music-related equipment at specially
discounted prices. With over 33 years experience in the music
equipment industry, our staff have a wealth of expertise in
music production, recording, guitars, software, PA systems
and more.
www.mveducation.com

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EarMaster – I9
EarMaster is a Danish music software company founded in
1994. We develop innovative tools for music education with
a special focus on music theory and ear training. Our mission
is to develop software of the highest quality in order to help
musicians of all horizons get better musical skills. We are
driven by a passion for music in all its shapes and colours. All
our employees are musicians and avid users of our software.
Our main product EarMaster Pro 7 is nominated this year
for the Music Teacher Awards for Excellence in the category
Outstanding Digital/Technological Resource.
www.earmaster.com
Editions Musica Ferrum – I20
The music publishing house that focuses on contemporary
classical music.
www.musica-ferrum.com
Education Audio – H10
Education Audio Ltd provide Recording Studio systems, services
and training for UK music education. Whether you’re looking for
a brand new studio, or some help to make an older studio work
again, we can help you achieve a Recording Studio facility that
teachers and students will understand, and will be productive
and effective in the learning environment.
www.educationaudio.uk
Eduqas – I17
Eduqas, part of WJEC, offers Ofqual reformed GCSEs, AS and
A-levels to secondary schools and colleges. Our qualifications
are available in England, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Northern
Ireland and to the independent sector in Wales (restrictions may
apply). Qualifications offered: GCSE (9-1); AS; A-level; Level 3.
www.eduqas.co.uk
Eminent UK – C7
The finest digital organs the industry has to offer. Our harmonic
voicing system allows us to generate rather than replicate organ
sound. Eminent UK have spent nearly 30 years developing a
truly British specification and sound. We take pride in voicing
every stop – just like you would a pipe organ. The results are
incredible; have a listen for yourself.
www.eminentorgans.co.uk
Emoji School Of Music – E15
Happy learning music? Not with SEN-D learning or life’s
difficulties – at any age! Happy playing music? Not for 95%
of households with no instrument, it’s too difficult! Join Emoji
School of Music. World’s first global, visual, emotional language
to teach, mentor, play, read, learn, share the love, power
of music.
www.emojischoolofmusic.com
English Folk Dance & Song Society – H5
Championing, preserving, promoting and developing English
folk arts. Artist development; practitioner development for
educators; creative nationwide learning projects for young
people and adults; advocacy; National Youth Folk Ensemble;
maintaining Cecil Sharp House (at the heart of English Folk) and
the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library.
www.efdss.org
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EPTA UK – G5
The European Piano Teachers Association UK Ltd was founded
in 1978 by Carola Grindea. Now chaired by Murray McLachlan,
the aims of EPTA UK are to promote excellence in piano
teaching and performance, to bring teachers and performers
together through regular EPTA events, and to raise standards
within the profession.
www.epta-uk.org
ESTA – E5
ESTA is a vibrant and growing community of string teachers. We
hold events, produce magazines, provide insurance and have
very generous bursary funds not only for your own personal
development but also for your students. Instrumental teaching
can be a lonely profession at times so join our ever expanding
community and get involved!
www.estastrings.org.uk
Feldenkrais UK – M21
By heightening our awareness of our movement, breathing and
posture, the Feldenkrais Method® brings us closer to realising
our full human potential; we learn to move more freely, with
greater ease, flexibility and grace. The Method can permanently
improve our posture, balance and coordination, awakening
our innate capacity for life-long vitality and continuing self-
development. Come and sign up at our stand for a FREE
taster lesson.
www.feldenkrais.co.uk
Fender Musical Instruments – B3
Perfect for beginners and those coming back to the instrument,
Fender Play is the best place for online guitar lessons. Choose
from different styles from Rock, Pop, Country, Folk or Blues and
Fender Play personalizes your very own unique lesson plans to
get you playing in no time
www.fender.com
Friday Afternoons – C17
Friday Afternoons is a Snape Maltings led singing project
connecting teachers and young people with contemporary
composers, through creating high quality repertoire, resources
and training to encourage challenging and exciting music
making experiences for all. Visit our website to join our world
of song!
www.fridayafternoonsmusic.co.uk
Future DJs – E2
UK exam boards AQA, OCR and Eduqas now recognise DJ decks
as a musical instrument alongside the piano, violin or guitar.
That makes them a potential part of music GCSE. And there’s a
lot of demand from students. But only a few teachers have got
the skills, resources and experience to meet it. That’s where
we can help. Our visiting tutors are ready to bring a unique
experience to schools all over the country. We offer 11-16 year-
olds a fresh, exciting study programme that’s in tune with the
music they listen to. Our programme covers what underpins
that music, from timbre, tempo and pitch to texture, rhythm
and scales. And we get right into the details of electronic
music production.
www.futuredjs.org
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Gold Dust Music – M29
Gold Dust Music is the exclusive provider of the highly
acclaimed Adult Piano Method ‘Hey Presto’ For Older Beginners
Aged 11 upwards. The sustain pedal used in the very first
piece is featured throughout the book making this book unique.
The music is simply stunning and recommended by ‘Piano
Professional Magazine’.
www.golddustmusic.com
Hal Leonard Europe – F13
As part of the Hal Leonard publishing group, Hal Leonard
Europe produces and distributes sheet music, songbooks
and educational publications for all instruments, as well as
ensemble and choral arrangements, reference books, digital
sheet music, apps, software, instruments, accessories and
more.
www.halleonardeurope.com
Halsbury Travel – E9
Halsbury Music is the dedicated music tours division of leading
school and group tour operator, Halsbury Travel. Founded
in 1986 by former teacher Keith Sharkey, Halsbury Travel is
independently owned and family run. The dynamic Halsbury
team consists of two generations of the Sharkey family,
former teachers and school travel specialists. Our dedicated,
experienced Music Tour Specialists have established close links
with some of the best music venues around the world, allowing
them to provide inspirational tailor-made school music tours in
the UK, Europe and further afield.
www.halsbury.com/music
HMDT Music – C19
RPS award-winning HMDT Music is a leader in creating
inspiring arts projects to enrich learning and transform lives.
Alongside its unique commissions for schools creating high
quality performance works supported by arts-embedded
cross-curricular resources and CPD training, are its extensive
Saturday Music Programme, and rehabilitation projects with
young offenders.
www.hmdt.org.uk
Howarth of London – C16
Howarth of London is known internationally as a maker of
fine oboes and a leading supplier of woodwind instruments
and accessories. The education department has expertise in
teaching, making and playing instruments and can advise about
musical progress. Howarth has recently designed a range of
instruments for primary-age beginners.
www.howarth.uk.com
I Wish I Didn’t Quit – M6
Inspiring parents to motivate their children to musical
excellence.
www.iwishididntquit.com
Inspire Works – D14
Inspire-works deliver World Music & Dance courses and
workshops both in schools and via their Online Learning
Platform which has been selected as a finalist in the Music
Teacher Awards for Excellence 2019. They deliver courses
and workshops to over 70,000 participants each year, hold
two Guinness World Records (largest samba band & largest
drumming lesson) and are three times finalists in the Music
Teacher Awards.
www.inspire-works.co.uk
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International Piano – G4
International Piano is a unique bi-monthly publication written
for and loved by pianists and discerning fans of piano music all
over the world. Each issue includes interviews with top pianists
and rising talent, performance tips, news, features, analysis
and comment.
www.international-piano.com
ISM – F9
The Incorporated Society of Musicians is the UK’s professional
body for musicians and a nationally recognised subject
association for music supporting over 8,500 members, including
peripatetic, private and classroom music teachers. Our services
include insurances, legal advice and representation, DBS
checking, award-winning professional development, discounts
and more. ISM membership starts from just £15 a year.
www.ism.org
Jolly Learning Ltd – G10
Inspired by the Kodaly method, Jolly Music uses multi-sensory
techniques to hone children’s musical skills through singing.
The programme is suitable for teachers with no musical
background and we have even included CD’s for those who
don’t like to sing! Jolly Music lays the foundations for a lifetime
of musical enjoyment for children.
www.jollylearning.co.uk
Kawai Pianos – B9
The Kawai range of acoustic, digital, and hybrid pianos offers a
piano for every lesson, performance, and recording. Whatever
your needs, there is a Kawai piano perfectly suited to them,
combining 90 years of tradition and piano building experience
with industry leading technical innovation.
www.kawai.co.uk
Keda Music – H17
Founded by Musician/Composer Kuljit Bhamra, Keda Music aim
to make Indian drumming more accessible through Education
and Technology. Committed to demystifying Indian music they
have produced the world’s first Indian drum notation system.
Their series of ‘Read-and-Play’ music books allow teachers
from any background to teach Indian drums with confidence.
www.keda.co.uk
Kevin Mayhew Publishers – H27
This year, educational music publisher, Kevin Mayhew are super
excited to be launching two brilliant new books during the expo.
Ukulele School – the fun ukulele tutor from Paul Mansell, and
Class Combo – the new classroom ensemble resource from the
talented, and ever-popular, Sarah Watts. Come and join us on
the stand for lots of ukulele and ensemble fun, and you might
even meet the people behind the magic!
www.kevinmayhew.com
Kun Shoulder Rest Inc. – D16
The Kun Shoulder Rest is a market-leading manufacturer of
shoulder rests for violin and viola. Kun products are made in
Canada, using exceptional materials to exacting standards. For
more than 40 years, Kun has focused exclusively on developing
the most ergonomic, comfortable and affordable products for
stringed instrument players.
www.kunrest.com
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LAMDA – E21 Little Voices Ltd – E27

LAMDA Examinations in speech, communication and
performance are all about achievement and empowerment.
Each year, our qualifications help over 100,000 child & adult
learners develop the confidence and skills they need to realise
their potential. As a world-leading Higher Education provider,
we also offer exceptional training to actors, stage managers,
technicians and directors.
www.lamda.ac.uk
Lindsay Music – H12
Publishers of classroom and choir music since 1972.
Distributors of musical giftware and Singer’s Oil, a must have
for teachers’ vocal health. Come and meet house composer
and music-educator extraordinaire Douglas Coombes for advice
and recommendations. Why not discuss your CPD needs at the
same time?
www.lindsaymusic.co.uk
Lisbon Music Fest – C1
An annual festival of youth orchestras, choirs, bands and
ensembles, July/August 2018.
www.lisbonmusicfest.com
Little Voices has 90 centres across the UK run by franchisees
part time or full time. Little Voices works with schools both
within the school day and as an after school activity. Little
Voices is a national award winning organisation with 5 GOLD
STAR accreditation for compliancy and delivery with the
Children’s Activities Association. Founder and CEO, Jane
Maudsley, won Inspirational Woman in Franchising 2018 and
they boast a 100% pass rate with LAMDA since they were
established in 2007. Little Voices welcomes enquiries from
teachers and schools to see how it could work for them.
www.littlevoices.org.uk
London College of Music Examinations – G2
London College of Music Examinations is an international
examinations board offering graded and diploma qualifications
in contemporary and classical music, drama and
communication subjects.
lcme.uwl.ac.uk
London Youth Choir – M13
LYC comprises five choirs of young people aged 7-23, alongside
an engagement partnership programme of in areas of high
deprivation. Our vision is to be a truly representative youth arts
organisation, which enriches the cultural life of London through
the pursuit of musical excellence and social change.
www.londonyouthchoir.com

April 2019 Wor kshop Tour

Meet Authors Katherine Fisher and Dr Julie Knerr talk about the philosophy
and creation of this exciting new approach to piano teaching.
Each workshop will be a step-by-step guide to the key components including:
Katherine Fisher
• A carefully sequenced, intervallic approach for learning to read music notation
• Patterned pieces taught by rote that provide engaging music for students from the first lesson
• Animal themed Technique Exercises that teach the basic motions of piano technique
• Improvisation ideas for developing creativity
• A holistic approach combining ears, eyes, and imagination that allows children to become
musically literate at the piano

The Workshop Tour

Tuesday 23rd Opus 13 Bristol Music Club Bristol
Friday 26th* JG Windows In-Store Newcastle Upon Tyne
Saturday 27th Forsyth In-Store Manchester
Sunday 28th EPTA/ Guildhall Guildford
Ackerman Music Institute Dr Julie Knerr
* Date Provisional

For further details and to register:-

Tel: 01279 828960 | Fax: 01279 828961
Email: workshops@alfreduk.com | www.alfredUK.com
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Making Music – M11 Music & Drama Education Expo – G4

Making Music is the UK organisation for leisure-time music
groups, with 3,300 members representing around 180,000
individuals. Find groups for yourself and your students to join
nearby; receive practical help, artistic support and online
resources; partner with us or become a corporate member; find
engagements with our groups; or apply to one of our projects.
www.makingmusic.org.uk
Markson Pianos – C18
Markson Pianos is a 4th generation family-run business
established in 1910, specialising in the sale and hire of new
and pre owned pianos, both acoustic and digital. Our London
showroom and restoration workshop sit side by side in leafy
Regents Park with free parking. Other services include tuning,
transport, storage and event hire. Follow us on Instagram:
markson.pianos
www.marksonpianos.com
Music Avenue – H19
Music Avenue Ltd provides excellent resources for children
in primary schools, music schools with beautiful theory and
listening books. These books are available multilingual and in
braille. The once drab and tedious music theory is brought to life
through colourful caricatures. Within our supportive community,
students develop new skills and unique ways to express
themselves through the arts as they cultivate their imaginations.
https://musicavenue.ie
The Music & Drama Education Expo is hosted by Music
Teacher and Teaching Drama Magazines, and organised by MA
Exhibitions – a division of Mark Allen Group. Come and visit our
team on the stand to learn more about the show or to talk about
exhibiting or speaking in Manchester 2019 or London 2020.
www.mdexpo.co.uk
Music Buds – C2
Explore our musical resources for EYFS, EAL and SEND learners.
Created by specialists, we offer complete, fully-resourced, ‘off
the peg’ music sessions, songbooks, CDs, props and more;
everything you need for successful music-teaching! Find out
about our tailor-made workshops/INSET/seminars. Looking
forward to chatting with you!
www.musicbuds.org
Music Pages – G4
musicpages is a unique one-stop shop directory for all your
musical needs. Whether you are looking to buy an instrument or
music accessories, hire a teacher, source manufacturers and
repairers, compare courses and educational institutions, find an
agent or hire an ensemble/performer, musicpages will help find
the answer.
www.musicpages.co.uk

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Twice each term of the academic year, Teaching Practically exploring play texts:
Blood Brothers, Act 1
Rhianna Elsden
KS3
Drama brings you practical strategies, lesson plans, KS3
Introduction Rhianna Elsden has been a qualified

and inspiration to enhance your teaching.

teacher of Drama since graduating from
This scheme explores Act 1 of the popular play text Blood Brothers as a stimulus. Cambridge in 2002. She has worked
The scheme offers ideas on how to work with play scripts practically, with in four schools and extensively for
Edexcel/Pearson. Having previously
both on- and off-text ideas and activities. The activities outlined develop
been a Head of Drama and Faculty, she
an understanding of the characters, plot and themes for the opening act. It is now Assistant Principal at an Academy
incorporates ideas for exploring the whole text, if that is your intention. in London. She is also a published writer
The scheme is aimed at KS3, with Year 9 as a potential year group undertaking of educational books and play scripts.
the activities. Many exam specifications at GCSE level in English and Drama use She is currently undertaking a PhD with
Blood Brothers as a text, and some of the activities could be adapted for use at KS4. the University of Birmingham, exploring
By exploring just the opening act it could work as a parallel introduction with verbatim theatre.

Whether you teach in a school context at primary

lessons in English. Questions for reflection and plenaries are intended to develop
students’ abilities in Drama primarily, but also in English.

Learning objectives
By the end of this scheme all students will:
f Have developed their understanding of how to develop characterisation and

or secondary level, lead extra-curricular drama

realise scenes according to a writer’s intentions
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Music Teacher – G4
Music Teacher magazine is the essential resource for all
music education practitioners. Whether you teach music in
the classroom, work as a peripatetic or private instrumental
teacher, Music Teacher will provide you with invaluable ideas
for your teaching, with substantial online lesson materials and a
range of practical features.
www.musicteachermagazine.co.uk
Music Teachers 4 Schools Ltd – B4
Music Teachers 4 Schools offer peripatetic music teachers,
workshops and bespoke departmental support to schools across
London and surrounding areas. We think it is possible to provide
excellence and affordability at the same time, so that’s why we
are continually striving to ensure we provide the best service.
www.musicteachers4schools.com
Music Teachers’ Association – F7
The Music Teachers’ Association provides first-class training,
support and networking opportunities to all those who work
in music education: classroom teachers, instrumental/vocal
teachers, Heads of Department and music administrators.
Our publications, conference and INSET programme informs
members with CPD and our large corporate membership
connects teachers with the relevant tools to build a great
department.
www.musicteachers.org
Music Teachers’ Board – H25
The Music Teachers’ Board of Examinations (MTB Exams) is a
fully Ofqual accredited examination board, offering instrumental
grades 1 to 8. Based on the GCSE system, our exams are
recorded, submitted online and then marked by specialist
examiners, allowing candidates to take exams at any time.
www.mtbexams.com
Music Theatre International (Europe) – D21
Music Theatre International (MTI) is one of the world’s leading
theatrical licensing agencies, granting theatres from around
the world the rights to perform the greatest selection of
musicals from Broadway and beyond. MTI works directly with
the composers, lyricists and book writers of these musicals
to provide official scripts, musical materials and dynamic Te
resources to over 100,000 professional, amateur and school
theatres worldwide. MTI is particularly dedicated to educational
theatre, and has created special collections to meet the
needs of various types of performers and audiences. MTI’s
Broadway Junior™ shows are 30- and 60-minute musicals
for performance by junior, middle and primary school-aged
performers, while MTI’s School Editions are musicals adapted
for performance by secondary school students.
www.mtishows.co.uk
Musicalchairs – M20
musicalchairs is the No.1 website for classical music jobs,
courses and competitions. With over 22,000 Facebook
followers, it is the go-to resource for instrumental teachers,
classroom music specialists, music administrators and music
students. Visit our stand to secure a free jobs-advert for your
school.
www.musicalchairs.info
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MusicFirst – I13
The MusicFirst Classroom is an online platform dedicated to
music packed with classroom teaching content, integrating
cloud-based music software including notation, sequencing,
and theory. Its built-in audio recorder and sight-reading app
also provides the perfect opportunity to enhance instrumental
teaching and practice assessment. The newest release,
Focus on Sound Pro (nominated for Best Digital Technological
Resource) with its brand new content authoring tools, is an
engaging, interactive and authoritative resources to enhance
teaching and learning music.
www.musicfirst.co.uk
Musicians’ Union – G1
The Musicians’ Union represents over thirty thousand
musicians working in all sectors of the music business. As
well as negotiating on behalf of its members with all the major
employers in the industry, the MU offers a range of services for
self-employed professional and student musicians of all ages.
www.theMU.org
MusiQ – H8
MusIQ (pronounced Music) is a comprehensive guide to your
GCSE Music studies. Covering the academic skills of analysis,
set works study and composition, this online resource is perfect
partner to your GCSE course. Split into three units; Core Skills,
Set Works and Create, common themes run throughout the
course to consolidate learning and to highlight the similarities
between musical analysis, or de-composing and creating your
own music, composing.
https://musiq.education
My Music Staff – I14
Everything all in one place! From scheduling and invoicing
to sharing multimedia content with your students! My Music
Staff is the #1 studio management software for private music
teachers.
www.mymusicstaff.com
National Education Union – G1
The National Education Union is the largest education union
in the UK and Europe and represents the majority of teachers
in England and Wales. Campaigning on issues that matter to
teachers and children, including a creative curriculum, we’re
proud to support the Music & Drama Education Expo with the
Musicians’ Union.
http://neu.org.uk/
National Schools Symphony Orchestra – M4
NSSO runs three orchestras and a unique Conductors’ Course
during its annual residential course at Malvern College, 8-15
July 2018, for children aged 9-19. Young NSSO is for primary/
prep school children ABRSM grades 3-5; NSSO Sinfonia is
for age 11+ of grade 6/7 standard; NSSO Main Orchestra
for secondary school children of grade 8 upwards. Bursaries
available.
www.nsso.org
National Youth Choirs of Great Britain – M10
The National Youth Choirs of Great Britain (NYCGB) comprises
five choirs for outstanding young singers from primary school
age to those leaving university. We are also a national champion
for the transformative power of singing together on young
people’s lives, working year round in partnership with schools
and Music Hubs to make high quality singing opportunities
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available to all. Come and meet us at Stand M10 to find out
about our offer for schools and Music Hubs, including Arts
Award support and our outstanding ‘Ready Steady Sing!’
workshops for KS2 primary school groups.
www.nycgb.org.uk
nkoda – C21
A revolutionary sheet music subscription service with the greatest
digital library of works from 81+ leading publishers around
the world (incl. Boosey & Hawkes, Breitkopft & Hartel, Chester,
and Faber). It is available on seven different devices, all using
intuitive tools that allow you to rehearse, mark-up and share.
www.nkoda.com
Nick Hern Books – H14
Nick Hern Books is the UK’s leading specialist theatre publisher.
Our extensive range includes hundreds of plays by today’s most
exciting writers, plus practical books for teachers and students.
We also license our plays for performance, helping schools and
others find the perfect play to perform.
www.nickhernbooks.co.uk
Normans Musical Instruments – D10
Normans has been leading the way in specialist musical
instrument supplies for over 50 years. Educators and music
services can always expect to receive expert advice, prompt
delivery and most of all, outstanding customer service. We’re
a friendly team that enjoy providing a holistic, one-stop-shop
approach for all our clients.
www.normans.co.uk
Nuvo, Octopus Ukulele & Percussion Plus – C9
Embracing music education in full colour with the Nuvo range of
plastic woodwind instruments, Octopus ukulele with KIDS colour
strings and the Chromaplay compatible Wak-A-Tubes, Combi-
bells and more from Percussion Plus. Join us on stand and let’s
make vibrant, waky music together!
www.tomandwill.com
Ocarina Workshop – G23
English 4-hole Ocarinas are uniquely suited to whole-class
instrumental performance. Children at KS1, KS2 and KS3 play
full-octave tunes straight away. Ocarina Workshop teaching
resources ensure rapid learning and guaranteed musical
success, even for general class teachers. Ocarina Workshop
provide instruments, music and training for every child and
every teacher.
www.ocarina.co.uk
OCR – J18
OCR (Oxford Cambridge RSA) is a leading UK awarding body,
providing a wide range of qualifications to meet the needs of
learners of all ages and abilities. OCR qualifications include
Entry Level, GCSEs and AS/A Levels qualifications plus
vocational qualifications such as Cambridge Nationals and
Cambridge Technicals in areas such as IT, business, and health
and social care. Come and visit us on stand J18, and speak to
our Music & Drama expert Marie Bessant.
www.ocr.org.uk/performingarts
Onestage Specialist Concert Tours – E8
A team of musicians and travel experts providing tailor-made
concert tour experiences in Europe and worldwide. Concerts,
chocolate and chat on our stand!
www.onestage.co.uk
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Opera Now – G4
Opera Now provides a unique and all-encompassing
perspective on the international opera scene through its lively
and colourful mix of news, reviews, interviews, travel articles
and commentary. Read about new productions, festivals,
performance previews and world premieres, as well as reviews
of all the latest opera CDs, DVDs, books, websites and films.
www.operanow.co.uk
Orchestras for All – D13
Orchestras for All aims to unlock access to the life-changing
experience of ensemble music-making for 11-18 years olds
with complex lives. We run high quality residential courses,
an innovative schools programme to help kick start ensemble
music-making and a training programme in conducting and
ensemble leadership skills.
www.orchestrasforall.org
Out of the Ark Music – E26
Delivers an exciting catalogue of songbooks, nativities,
musicals, online singing resources and workshops that
help specialist and non-specialist teachers inspire primary
school children through singing. Our unbeatable selection of
nativities and school musicals come with flexible scripts, CDs
which contain vocal tracks and backing tracks, and Words on
Screen™ technology.
www.outoftheark.co.uk
Outblaze Ltd – C5
Outblaze is a company of innovators who are passionate
about information technology. Among these is Chord Hero is
an initiative of Outblaze to make learning music both fun and
affordable with a range of physical and digital products. Chord
Hero brings the benefits of music to the masses, especially the
budget-conscious and those discouraged by the tedious and
repetitive nature of music learning. One of its products is the
Maker Ukulele Set, including a DIY real instrument that children
can assemble and freely decorate and a KOKOA certified music-
learning app Monster Chords. It is a perfect maker education
set for educators, schools, makerspaces, and parents to teach
kids the science behind building a musical instrument.
www.chordhero.com
Part Play – H6
An online education and performance practice resource
for classical musicians. The technology is fun, interactive,
challenging and collaborative. The interface is built to support
students, the amateur community and professionals alike;
nurturing their skill and expertise and for everyone with an
interest in playing, analysing and appreciating chamber music.
www.partplay.co.uk
Pauline Quirke Academy – E11
PQA is a performing arts academy providing tuition for 4-18
year olds in over 100 locations nationwide. Tuition in drama,
singing, dancing and filmmaking is offered through our unique
modules in Comedy and Drama, Musical Theatre and Film and
Television. Our classes deliver high educational value combined
with realistic industry practice, ensuring the best possible
experience.
www.pqacademy.co.uk
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Pianist Magazine – M28
We are the international piano brand helping pianists of all
levels with our bestselling magazine, online piano lessons and
expert advice.
www.pianistmagazine.com
Playnote – H11
Playnote provides you with a revolutionary way to learn music
with Apps! With the application of Artificial Intelligence,
Playnote launches apps, including Auralbook and Scalebook
that help music teachers boost and monitor their students’
music learning and assist students’ self-learning. The products
have gained uncountable users across the globe!
www.playnote.com
Playscripts – E22
Playscripts, Inc. is an independent publisher of new plays
designed specifically for the educational market. Playscripts
plays represent a great diversity of voices, styles, and stories,
and have been enjoyed in over 100 countries. Our commitment
to innovation and connecting new plays with audiences has
made Playscripts an industry leader.
www.playscripts.com
Purcell School – I1
A boarding and day school for young musicians, and Britain’s
oldest specialist music school. Based in Bushey near Watford,
and with easy access to London, The Purcell School provides a
rounded education with music at its heart. Our pupils regularly
win scholarships to the best music colleges in the UK and abroad.
www.purcell-school.org
R&H Theatricals Europe – D19
R&H Theatricals Europe represents the performing rights to
over 100 Broadway & Hollywood Evergreens and Contemporary
Classics, including The Sound of Music, Oklahoma!, In The
Heights, Footloose and Top Hat. As well as full length musicals,
we also license 50-70 minute adaptions of R&H classics
specially adapted for young performers.
www.rnh.com
Rayburn Tours – E12
With over 50 years’ of experience creating international tailor-
made concert tours for all types of youth ensembles, you can be
confident that we are the right people to help organise your next
tour. Come and say hello at the event and we can talk through
your touring options!
www.rayburntours.com/concert
Rhinegold Jobs – G4
Rhinegold Jobs offers job seekers a range of music and
performing arts jobs, from performing contracts to teaching
positions, and administration roles to conducting vacancies.
Create an account to receive email notifications when new
vacancies are listed.
www.rhinegoldjobs.co.uk
Rock Choir – M12
Rock Choir is the pioneering contemporary choir of the UK and
remains unique with over 25,000 members enjoying it in over
380 local communities. It offers an alternative experience for
those wanting to sing in a choir and lead one so come and see
us if you’re interested in joining the team as a Choir Leader and
want to find out more.
www.rockchoir.com/careers
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Rosa Conrad Music – M29
Beginner piano music for all ages designed to inspire and
encourage a fundamentally musical approach to playing,
providing that important sense of satisfaction and enjoyment
right from the start. Visit me at the Expo and try out some
Delightfully Easy Piano Duets!
www.rosaconrad.com
Royal Marines Band Service – D5
Becoming a professional musician is a vocation and a
commitment to hard work and excellence, whether you’re
studying, rehearsing or performing in public. A career with the
Royal Marines Band Service means you’ll be among the world’s
finest, most versatile military musicians, performing military,
ceremonial and social events internationally. To find out more
search royalnavy.mod.uk/rmbs or call 03456 00 37 77
www.royalnavy.mod.uk/rmbs
RSL (Rockschool Ltd) – F15
RSL qualifications consist of Rockschool Graded Music Exams,
Performance & Teaching Diplomas, Performance Arts Awards
(PAA) and Vocational Qualifications (VQ). All RSL qualifications
are fully regulated and developed by both senior academics and
leading industry exemplars. We pride ourselves on delivering the
most academically rigorous and industry relevant qualifications
designed to support all aspiring musicians, performers,
educators and teaching establishments – wherever they
may be.
www.rslawards.com
Samuel French – D17
Samuel French license a wide range of plays and musicals for
performance, and our expert team can help you choose the
perfect show for your school or youth group. We also publish
and sell playtexts for both performance and study, as well as
acting and drama theory books for teachers.
www.samuelfrench.co.uk
School Music Hub / Kevin Mayhew – H29
Seamless school streaming at your fingertips. The School Music
Hub features instrumental and sing-along tracks, complete with
on-screen lyrics, for all the songs you could ever need! Simple
and easy-to-use (stop/start, replay, play specific lines, turn
vocals on/off at the touch of a button).
https://schoolmusichub.com/
Schools Printed Music Licence – I22
The Schools Printed Music Licence permits schools to legally
make copies of printed music – giving you peace of mind to
photocopy, scan or arrange music for students. Come and ask
us about the Shake It Up competition, giving music teachers the
chance to win music resources worth up to £700.
https://cla.co.uk/schools-printed-music-licence
Schott Music – J22
Since its foundation in 1770 Schott Music has been a leading
publisher of educational music which continues to this day.
Visit our stand to see our latest publications: ‘Piano Junior’,
‘Discovering Fingerstyle Ukulele’ and ‘Play Guitar with Miloš’,
Miloš Karadaglić’s new guitar method book. Come and meet
Miloš on the stand on 7th of March, when he will be signing
copies of his new book
www.en.schott-music.com
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See Education – E19
See Tickets have a friendly expert education team to help you
plan your school trip making the whole experience a rewarding
and an exciting addition to classroom learning. We have the
best allocations and rates for theatre and events and offer long
reservations in order for you to have time to collect payment.
The team will monitor your bookings and remind you of any
deadlines and will always offer extension where they can. We
can also provide full education resource to support learning in
the classroom. Make your class’s trip both fun and rewarding by
contacting the See Education Team.
www.seetickets.com
Service Sound – C15
Service Sound Ltd offers the supply, installation and service of
sound equipment for educational centres, community centres
and houses of worship. In addition we work closely within
school music departments to keep their instruments in good
working order and offer training where audio consultation
services.
www.servicesound.co.uk
Sing for Pleasure – M8
Leading charity supporting the UK’s vibrant choral scene by
encouraging the enjoyment of singing and conducting. We run
training courses and singing events, provide scholarships
and bursaries and produce a range of songbooks for adults
and children, to broaden their repertoire and enhance vocal
development.
www.singforpleasure.org.uk
Sing Up – F1
Sing Up offers you the complete singing package through our
digital music platform, with the best range of songs and time-
saving teaching resources, to help you place singing at the heart
of education. As everything you need for singing is in one place;
you can easily keep singing throughout the school year and reap
the benefits.
www.singup.org
Sound and Music – I3
Sound and Music is the national charity for the creation of new
music, through artist development, audience development and
education. We support children and young people to compose
and create through regional projects and a national Summer
School; for teachers/ music leaders we have a range of CPD
and resources.
www.soundandmusic.org
Soundsteps Music School – I12
Children and adult keyboard/piano Classes in London currently
teaching over 1000 students every week running after school
time. New for 2018 we have now launched our primary school
initiative to give every child from reception year upwards a
chance to learn keyboard alongside music theory reading and
writing as part of a primary school curriculum. Come and see us
at the Expo to find out more on running this in your school!
www.soundstepsmusic.co.uk
South England Performing Arts Ltd – M14
A Centre of Excellence for Performing Arts in the South of
England. Specialising in training, workshops and education
in all aspects of performing arts, including but not limited to;
Acting, Singing, Dancing, Special Effects Make-Up, Set Design,
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TV/ Film, Catwalk, Modelling, Theatrical Hair, Musical Theatre &
Sound Technology.
www.southperformingarts.co.uk
Speedware – G8
Speedadmin brings the administration of your Music Service to
the next level! A 100% web-based platform that’s accessible
to all stakeholders. Bespoke for Music Services Speedadmin
covers everything from online registration, student records,
timetabling/attendance, billing, email/text/notification
communication, to instrument hire, concert planning and much
more. An integrated system that covers all your administrative
needs plus additional teacher tools. Also - NEW APP!
www.speedware.dk
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH – D2
Come and find out the latest from Steinberg, the UK leader in
Music Technology for your Classroom. Update to Cubase 10
and get FREE student software! Check out Dorico 2 notation
software (60% off site licenses until 31st March’19), and
invest in our ‘school proof’ UR22mkII audio interfaces. Special
educational discounts are available on all our products. New
lower update pricing for all Cubase site licenses!
www.steinberg.net/en/home
Stirling Bridge International Arts Festival – I2
The Stirling Bridge International Arts Festival is a five day
festival based in Edinburgh where your musical ensemble will
have the opportunity to meet and perform with international
groups in iconic venues and locations, whilst experiencing the
majesty of Scotland and the warmth of its people. Pop over to
Stand I2 for a chat about bringing your group to Scotland!
www.stirlingbridgefestival.com
Studiospares Ltd – J12
Studiospares will have Free Copies of the New 2018 Catalogue
on the stand, plus a number of products for purchase and some
of the most popular items on display.
www.studiospares.com
Take It Away – I18
With interest-free loans for musical instruments, equipment,
software and tuition, we give music-makers the backing they
need. We look forward to meeting you at London’s Music &
Drama Education Expo 2019.
www.takeitaway.org.uk
Teaching Drama – G4
Written for teachers by teachers, practitioners and playwrights,
Teaching Drama is a unique twice-termly magazine resource for
anyone involved in performing arts education. With a dynamic
mixture of news, features and schemes of work, each issue
offers inspiring ideas and advice, whether you’re newly qualified
or a head of department.
www.teaching-drama.co.uk
The Musical Company – E13
We license the musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber to schools,
universities and youth groups, offering a range of resources
and music materials to make your show a success! Our
catalogue includes Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat, School of Rock, CATS, The Phantom of the Opera
and many more!
www.themusicalcompany.com
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Theatrical Rights Worldwide – E10
Theatrical Rights Worldwide is an international theatrical rights
distributer. This world’s leading licensing company holds the
production rights for numerous Broadway, Off-Broadway, West
End and Off-West End Musicals. It is their mission to cultivate
and introduce new work whilst extending the production life of
musicals to theatrical marketplaces.
www.theatricalrights.co.uk
The Piano Teachers’ Course UK – F4
Continuing to pioneer piano teaching for the 21st Century, The
PTC UK welcomes all piano teachers whether they are new
to the profession, or experienced and in need of a refresher.
Designed and delivered by leading experts, the course involves
a programme of lectures, workshops, seminars, concerts,
independent study and practical and written assignments.
www.pianoteacherscourse.co.uk
The Rhythm Studio – I7
The Rhythm Studio is a music academy where young musicians
form bands, produce their own music, and perform at live gigs
throughout the year. Our music school in West London is the
home of full-time music courses for sixth form students, after-
school and weekend classes, and school holiday camps.
www.therhythmstudio.co.uk
The Sound Post Ltd – I11
The UK’s leading distributor of bowed string instruments,
including the Award Winning Primavera range of student
instruments. We will be exhibiting a small sample of our
Primavera range alongside String Babies, the innovative
teaching technique that specialises in early years. Come and
find out why Primavera is String Babies’ instrument of choice.
www.thesoundpost.co.uk
The Voices Foundation – M7
The Voices Foundation is an award-winning national music
education charity which helps children aged 0-18 to develop
as musicians through singing. By training teachers, we help
schools in areas of disadvantage embed music as a regular
part of children’s education, building musicianship skills and
developing children’s musical passion through choral singing.
Our priority is to benefit disadvantaged children in nurseries and
schools in areas of high deprivation and low arts engagement
with an overarching vision to improve their chances of success.
www.voices.org.uk
Theatre Workout – M25
Theatre Workout is the centre for education in London’s West
End, creating exclusive west End workshops and bespoke
masterclasses which give young people the confidence to play,
create, and perform beyond their expectations! We champion
the creative journey in our workshops, with each session
designed around the group taking part, covering all styles of
theatre and performance, and to any West End production
they are going to see. School Travel Organiser magazine rated
Theatre Workout as ‘one of the top ten drama trips in the UK’.
Our award-winning services include bespoke theatre packages
including theatre tickets, backstage tours, attractions, travel
and accommodation to provide everything you need for your
theatre trip.
www.theatreworkout.com
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Trinity College London & Arts Award – D8
Trinity College London is an international exam board offering
a range of qualifications in music, the performing arts, arts
education and English language. Trinity’s exams, established
in 1877, are taken in over 60 countries throughout the world
and are officially recognised by conservatoires, universities and
employers as an international benchmark of quality.
www.trinitycollege.co.uk
Universal Edition – G14
Founded in Vienna in 1901, Universal Edition offers a wide
range of titles written by leading educationalists, such as
exam board favourites James Rae and Mike Cornick. In 1972
the company Wiener Urtext was founded, to produce scholarly
editions based on the research of the composer’s original
manuscript.
www.universaledition.com
University for the Creative Arts/OCA – H2
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