Extended research proposal for the purpose of PhD study route at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London (part-­‐time)

Today community engagement through music is becoming more and more widespread in many countries and this creates important new professional opportunities and challenges for musicians. Often this type of work is part of a portfolio career, combined with for instance a part time job in an orchestra or …

People’s stories lie at the heart of this paper – stories about how people with vision and creative energy use the arts to address some of the challenges arising from feelings of isolation and dislocation in society. People have to be given the opportunity to speak, to be listened to, so that their observations …

The European music profession is rapidly changing and suggests more flexible career patterns and a need for transferable skills and lifelong learning strategies. Musicians collaborate increasingly with practitioners in other arts and societal cross-sector settings. This reality holds challenges and implications …

Individualising the audience. The 3rd International Reflective Conservatoire Conference ‘Performing at the Heart of Knowledge’, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, UK, 20/3/2012.

"For my final project in Communications I produced this 20 minute music video documentary about five 'old men', that is five colonial buildings (built before Ghana's independence in 1957) in Accra, Ghana, West Africa. In this video, Osu Salem Junior High School, Jamestown lighthouse, Ghana post office, …