Podcast appearances and mentions of trinity laban conservatoire

The anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) and the Achilles tendon captures much of our ankle attention. As JOSPT Insights listeners know, there's plenty more to the ankle than the ATFL. Today, Liz Bayley shares her approach to diagnosing, managing and ideally, preventing ankle pain in active people. Liz covers diagnosing the problem, where imaging fits, and how to support return to function, including high-level sport. Liz is a former professional dancer, who now works as a dance-specialist physiotherapist. Her clinic is in London's West End, in close proximity to the freelance professional and student dancers she works with, at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, and on 'Matilda The Musical' in Covent Garden. ------------------------------ RESOURCES Lateral ankle ligament sprains clinical practice guideline: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2021.0302 Updated model of chronic ankle instability: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31162943/ Predictors of chronic ankle instability: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26912285/ Intrinsic foot muscle training systematic review: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35724360/ Neuromuscular electrical stimulation for foot intrinsic muscles: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35142810/

We were delighted to welcome the distinguished composer, musician and educator Martin Speake onto‘That's Debatable!' this week. Back in February 2024, Martin questioned new ‘anti-racist' policies at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance (TL), his employer for 22 years. As reported in The Times earlier this month, the woke mob then came for him with full force. While TL publicly distanced itself from him, Martin faced widespread professional ostracisation. Students boycotted his classes, concerts were cancelled, collaborations were dissolved, bands refused to play his compositions and the release of his new album was shelved. Eventually, this Orwellian un-personing took its toll, costing him his job. Martin has now filed legal claims against TL for discrimination and harassment under the Equality Act 2010, as well as for constructive dismissal. During our discussion, Martin walks us through what happened and explains the personal impact his cancellation has had and continues to have on him. Viewers and listeners can donate here to stand with Martin in his fight for justice; you can also hear Martin's music on his YouTube channel. ‘That's Debatable!'  is edited by Jason Clift.

Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey and special guest, Román Baca In this episode of Dance Talk, host Joanne Carey chats with Román Baca, artistic director of Exit 12 Dance Company, who shares his unique journey from being a ballet dancer to serving in the United States Marine Corps and then returning to the world of dance. The conversation explores the intersection of dance and military experiences, the healing power of art for veterans, and the mission of Exit 12 to tell stories that challenge perceptions of military life. Román discusses the importance of community engagement and the transformative impact of dance on both performers and audiences and his continued commitment to helping veterans heal.  Thank you for you service. Semper Fidelis. He has choreographed dance works that explore the military veteran experience and the impact of war on civilians and families. He leads workshops and lectures to aid veterans' recovery and inspire critical conversations about military service through the power of dance.  Mr. Baca graduated from St. Mary's College of California with a BA, cum laude, in the Performing Arts and was awarded a Fulbright to the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London, UK where he completed his MFA with Merit in Choreography.  Mr. Baca's practice-based research produced his thesis titled Choreographing Soldier's Stories to Provoke Empathy in Audiences winning major awards.  He has also served as a Junior Research Scientist and data manager for several military research studies. Mr. Baca has worked with the Soldiers' Arts Academy C.I.C and also served on the leadership team that delivered the first UK Veterans Art Festival alongside the 2019 UK Invictus Trials in Sheffield, UK.  He has also served as a panelist reviewing awards for Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network, US-UK Fulbright candidates, and has served as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts Dance Panel 2020. Mr. Baca is a 2024 Fellow with the George W. Bush Institute's Stand-To Veteran Leadership Program and has served as a fellow with Veterans in Global Leadership, The Mission Continues, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. Román Baca is the Artistic Director of Exit12 Dance Company and a PhD Candidate investigating the military human through the arts at York St. John University in the UK.  Román Baca is also the Deputy Project Manager for Bravo 22, a Royal British Legion Funded Recovery Through the Arts Programme and the Project Manager for an arts and recovery pilot project with the Ministry of Defense.  Working through the arts with the military Mr. Baca has developed major partnerships and projects with world-class institutions including the Intrepid Museum, The British Museum, the Ministry of Defense, CreatiVets, The Metropolitan Museum of Art among others. Mr. Baca is a classically trained ballet dancer and choreographer. He has danced in the US for the New Mexico Ballet Company, Connecticut Ballet, the Nutmeg Ballet, Ballet Theatre Company. He has served as movement director for several off-Broadway plays and has taught ballet in London and NYC at Pineapple, Alvin Ailey, Peridance, City Academy, and the United Nations.  In 2001 he took a hiatus from dance and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, serving as a machine-gunner and fire-team leader in Fallujah, Iraq during the US-led Iraq War. After the war, Mr. Baca returned to dance and co-founded Exit12 Dance Company, which tells war stories, choreographically, to increase cross-cultural understanding and heal divisions. Exit 12 Dance Company⁠https://exit12danceco.org/⁠ Follow “Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey wherever you listen to your podcasts.  ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://dancetalkwithjoannecarey.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tune in. Follow. Like us. And Share.  Please leave us review about our podcast!  “Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey  "Where the Dance World Connects, the Conversations Inspire, and Where We Are Keeping Them Real."

Brenna Mosser (she/her) is a dance artist based in Minneapolis, MN. She seeks to illuminate the awe in her surroundings by sculpting falls, stumbles, and asymmetries gracefully. She spent two years in the Conservation Corps of Minnesota and Iowa, where she faced the reality of climate change and has since dedicated her work to dissect and digest this crisis with her community.She earned her bachelor's in dance performance at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London, UK. She supplemented her degree at le Centre national de la danse Contemporaine in Angers, France where she spent two years learning intensively from world-renowned dance companies and their artists. There, she earned an L3 licence in dance performance and in arts management. Brenna founded founded Analog Dance Works in 2019, a dance company whose mission is to explore the intersection between dance and science through choreographic works and roundtable discussions. Alongside Analog, she currently dances for Threads Dance Project, Ruby Josephine Dance Theater, 43x94 Movement Research, and Zoë Koenig.

Seeking Barrier-Free Dance EducationDanceCast is a podcast that spotlights non-traditional dance artists. It is produced by Silva Laukkanen, an advocate for inclusive dance based in Austin, TX. In this episode of DanceCast, Silva Laukkanen is actually the interviewee. She is interviewed by co-worker April Sullivan and Art Spark Texas' executive director Celia Hughes. This episode is part of a series interviewing institutions with inclusive dance programs and individuals who identify as disabled and have experienced formal dance education as either students or teachers. This series is part of Silva's ongoing work as the director of Art Spark Texas' dance program and their multi-year community-engaged research project, funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, that explores disability-centered accessibility in dance education and how we can create barrier-free dance education for students with disabilities in the US. Silva shares her dance history and how she was introduced to inclusive dance spaces as a young person, how the disability dance field is behind in terms of education, and how Art Spark Texas' research project is assessing what existing opportunities are out there and what more needs to be done. Silva Laukkanen is a passionate advocate for inclusive dance, aiming to broaden perceptions of who can dance and where dance happens. These questions led her to create DanceCast in 2016, a podcast spotlighting non-traditional dance artists, and to co-author Breadth of Bodies, Discussing Disability in Dance in 2022, a book featuring interviews with dance artists with disabilities globally. As Director of Integrated Dance at Art Spark Texas, Silva Laukkanen leads bi-annual intensives, performance projects, and monthly classes. In 2020, she co-founded Tractus Art with a colleague from South Africa. Together, they produce videos highlighting artists with disabilities and are working on a children's book about a dance company founder who is Deaf, set for publication later this year. Silva also collaborates with other inclusive dance companies, providing support in arts administration. Silva holds a BFA from North Karelia College and a postgraduate degree from Trinity Laban Conservatoire. A certified DanceAbility teacher since 2003, she has trained with choreographers and companies like Adam Benjamin, AXIS Dance Company, and Dancing Wheels. Currently, she is pursuing an MA in Dance: Participation, Community, Activism at the London Contemporary Dance School and serves as the board president of Kaaos Company, Finland's leading inclusive dance company.To learn more, www.artsparkdance.org.

Episode Notes Maja Luther is a creative working in performative arts creating interdisciplinary work with ice, and working in figure skating, focusing on movement skills and efficiency. Maja has an MA in Creative Practice and a diploma in dance studies from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of music and dance inLondon, UK. She performed over a decade in professional shows as soloist, and in that time managed and led ice shows and choreographed professional performances. Maja was previously a guest on episode 26, as part of the Contemporary Skating Alliance, and I wanted to have her back on the podcast to discuss the article she recently published in the journal of Dance and Somatic Practice, called “Body Melts: A Somatic Approach to Figure Skating”. Episode transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cP6djxpGE4XY-Xc_2OyA7WJHXUynvSrVvGeadKiC5g0/edit?usp=sharing You can follow Maja's work on YouTube and Instagram at Studio Maja Luther. Her article, called “Body Melts: A Somatic Approach to Figure Skating” is in the most recent issue of the Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices. https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jdsp_00108_1 You can watch a video of the Body Melts installation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ5yTEO7XOw We also referenced Sonja Hilmer's Matrix program (filmed here by On Ice Perspectives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLNJLyJqAPU) and Deniss Vasiljevs' In the Air Tonight program, which is partially improvised in each performance. You can reach me with comments or suggestions for topics and people I should talk to, by email at fsfuturepodcast@gmail.com or on Instagram and Twitter @futurefspodcast If you appreciate the podcast, you can also support my work with the Tip Jar at https://futureoffigureskating.pinecast.co Remember to subscribe to The Future of Figure Skating on YouTube and wherever you listen to podcasts, and share it with your friends! Support The Future of Figure Skating by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/futureoffigureskating Find out more at https://futureoffigureskating.pinecast.co

In this special bonus episode, we talk with Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, founder and director of The Ella Roberta Foundation based in South London, UK. We first met Rosamund in episode 4, The Road to Change. She and her legal team made history when a coroner found a direct link between her nine-year-old daughter Ella Roberta's death from a fatal asthma attack due to the air quality near her home along one of London's busiest roads. Ella then became the first person in the world to have air pollution appear on a death certificate as a cause of death.  Eleven years after this tragic life-changing event, Rosamund reflects on her journey to becoming a global clean air advocate in honor of her daughter's legacy. From her calls for greater government accountability to raising awareness of air pollution as a critical health issue, we discuss where she has seen progress and where there is still work to be done.  This episode also features the song "Air" from the Hope 4 Justice EP. The EP was created and produced by the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in collaboration with leading artists and local young people. Learn more about this project here. Learn more about the podcast at clearingtheair.org.  Sign up for the Institute for Science & Policy's mailing list.  Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube.  If you like our work, consider making a tax-deductible donation.   The Institute for Science & Policy is a catalyst for thoughtful dialogue, working toward solutions to society's greatest challenges with scientific thinking, empathy, and inclusivity. The Institute is a project of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.   Episode Credits:  Reporting, writing, hosting: Kristan Uhlenbrock  Producing, marketing: Tricia Waddell  Additional reporting and fact-checking: Nicole Delaney and Kate Long  Sound design: Seth Samuel with tracks from Epidemic Sounds 

What exactly is Dance Science? What are the main foundations that constitute its rich and detailed history? Given dance's unique position at the intersection of arts and sports, it was inevitable that this field would eventually enter the mainstream. One pioneering institution that played a crucial role in this transformation was the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, with one individual standing out as a driving force behind this revolution – Professor Emma Redding.Professor Emma Redding is a distinguished practitioner, educator, and researcher in contemporary dance and performance science. Prior to her role as Director of the VCA, she served as Professor in Performance Science and Head of Dance Science at Trinity Laban. Her contributions include co-authoring the first-ever Master's degree in Dance Science and being a key figure in establishing dance science as a recognized field of study in Higher Education. She has also assumed leadership roles as a founding partner of the UK's National Institute for Dance Medicine and Science and as a Past President of IADMS. Kickstarting a brand new season and month of Dance Science, this episode delves into its foundations, significance in the performing arts, and how it could become an integral part of every dancer's education. Ready to discover the scientist within you? Join us as we foreground dance in the background!Emma ReddingVCA DanceTrinity Laban IADMSHealthy ConservatoiresSoundtracks:Birds - Tyler Twombly Poison Ivy Yard Work - Uncle MilkHappy (Dub) - Igor PumphoniaStingray - Lisofv Support the Show.Like our offers? Try Nord VPN Audition for the VCA Subscribe to IAMDS Like what we do? Help us grow by Visiting The Background Dancer YouTube Channel Rate and review here Email me at backgrounddancer.jy@gmail.com Answer a survey Sign up here to receive future updates Leave a thought on Facebook and Instagram Join the Facebook group and introduce yourself as a member of our community

Welcome to The Limitless Coach Success Podcast hosted by Sabine Matharu, part of Diva's That Care! I have added a range of incredible free resources, designed to equip you with the tools you need to thrive in your entrepreneurial journey. You will also find all my other podcasts here: https://www.divasthatcare.com/sabine-matharu/ Unlock Your Voice: Empowering Women to Command Presence and Influence Today I have invited Jimmy Cannon to talk about how to overcome speaking anxiety. This turned out to be a deep conversation and we came to the conclusion that we need to get out of our own way and don't let our ‘mind monkeys' talk us out of the game! Jimmy's Background: With over a decade of experience developing genuine communicators around the world, I am passionate about encouraging others to express themselves authentically. As a public speaking coach with expertise in voice and performance anxiety, I help clients develop projection, articulation, pace, and tone while overcoming anxiety barriers. My significant experience as a seasoned vocalist and saxophonist, including performances with idols like Sir Tom Jones and luminaries like Richard Branson, demonstrates my expertise of audience interaction. Understanding the importance of technique in maintaining voice health, I trained under Colin Baldy (New College Oxford) and Kevin Burke in New York. My credentials include a PGDip in Performance from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and a Masters in Voice Pedagogy from the University of Wales Trinity St. David, as well as training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Connect with Jimmy: jimmycannon.com

Kendall Baab is a personal trainer for dancers and dance science educator based in Los Angeles. I met Kendall online actually and I totally aligned with her philosophies. Her business, BodyKinect, has made dance science education accessible for dancers and dance educators - which is so incredibly important. We chat about:Our shared experiences of being on Texas drill teamsThe biggest challenges dancers face when training - both physically and mentallyHow social media can lead to injury and perfectionismThe importance of body autonomy and self advocacyWebsite: https://bodykinect.orgInstagram @trainwithkendall Kendall Baab is a personal trainer for dancers and dance science educator located in Los Angeles, CA. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance Science from California State University Long Beach where she trained in ballet and modern dance, and a Master of Science degree in Dance Science from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London, UK where she completed dance science research involving perfectionism and self-efficacy in online dance classes and trained in contemporary dance. Kendall is a certified personal trainer, BASI certified Pilates instructor with a dance specialization, and a certified health coach. Kendall works with dancers all over the United States on strength, conditioning, and flexibility to enhance performance and prevent injury. Kendall created her business, BodyKinect, to allow for accessible dance science education for dancers and dance educators.Hey y'all! I'm Justine, the voice behind the DC:U pod and MNTR MGMT. After 15+ years in the industry as a choreographer, dancer, producer, educator and more, I'm now working closely with dance artists on professional development, business skills and digital enhancement. Curious? Book a free 1:1 Career Call. You can also help support the podcast! Subscribe and receive exclusive member benefits --> Pod Producer/SupporterConnect with me on Insta @mntr.mgmt

Episode Notes My Guest this week on the podcast is Chris Acquavella. Chris Acquavella is a classical mandolinist & educator from San Diego, California, who currently lives in Mainz, Germany. He graduated First Class Honors from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance in London, England. Chris studied under the instruction of Alison Stephens, as well as composition with Andrew Poppy. He's got a new recording out called “Recording of the Dawn : The Kensington Etudes Vol. 1) You can buy it, as well as the rest of his recordings at his bandcamp page. You can also purchase the complete “The Kensington Etudes” at his publishers page here! You can keep up with Chris at his website, Youtube, Facebook and Instagram Follow this link to download the exercises Chris talks about during the episode. Songs Featured on this episode: The Millstone At Old Mill Pond by Chris Acquvella (Recording of the Dawn) Recording of the Dawn by Chris Acquavella (Recording of the Dawn) 9lb Hammer  by the Kentucky Colonels (Long Journey Home) Beckett's Reel by Clarsah Praeludium by Chris Acquavella (Praeludium) Images in Broken Glass by Chris Acquavella (Recording of the Dawn) Yutuma by Duo LaRe (In Other Words) Gazing into the Aurora by Chris Acuavella (Recording of the Dawn) As Always a HUGE thank you to all of my sponsor's that make this podcast possible each week! Mandolin Cafe Acoustic Disc Peghead Nation Northfiled Mandolins Ear Trumpet Labs Ellis Mandolins Pava Mandolins Tone Slabs Siminoff Books and Strings Elderly Instruments

Host Anna Harsh interviews musician & composer Chris Aquavella in his home in Germany. Chris Acquavella is a classical mandolinist & educator from San Diego, California, who currently lives in Mainz, Germany. He graduated First Class Honors from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance in London, England. Chris studied under the instruction of Alison Stephens, as well as composition with Andrew Poppy. His inspiring composition is haunting and inspiring. Listen in as Chris offers advice to new artists and insight into what inspires his music. Visit www.ChrisAquavella.com for more information Visit www.AnnaHarsh.com for Anna's classes and books. Like, share and subscribe to THE DANCE FLOOR PODCAST. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anna-harsh/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anna-harsh/support

In this conversation, I am speaking with Román Baca. Román is a U.S. Marine Iraq war veteran as well as the co-founder and artistic director of Exit12 Dance Company in New York City. Román was invited to do a TEDx talk in San Antonio in 2013 (⁠https://youtu.be/EjwFMgsQmBI⁠). When I learned of his work, I took the opportunity to visit New York to see his company rehearse and talk with him about his vision. Since then, Román has been a recipient of a Fulbright Award, completed an MFA at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London and is now a PhD Candidate at York St. John University in York, UK. His most recent work was called Truths Colliding, an eight week series of workshops at the Intrepid Air and Space Museum in New York brought military veterans, victims of war and civilians together to move and create a final dance performance on the aircraft carrier. I am delighted to share the exciting work Román is doing bringing dance to the stories of soldiers and those impacted by war.

Scottish multi-award-winning percussionist Calum Huggan is our guest on this week's episode! Having studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and in Mannheim with Jasmin Kohlberg, Calum is now an international soloist, workshop leader and teacher at Trinity Laban Conservatoire. In our chat with him, we discuss all this and more - including important topics such as gender identity in music, the recording process and interdisciplinary art projects, and some fun topics like concert dress and gardening!Calum's Website: https://www.calumhuggan.comCalum's Album on Delphian Records: https://www.delphianrecords.com/products/calum-huggan-american-music-for-marimba 

Kate Molleson speaks to Irish soprano Ailish Tynan at home with her dog. She reminisces about growing up in Ireland, learning her craft as a young artist at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and working with students at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance in Greenwich where she has been recently announced as International Artist in Voice. Kate travels to rehearsals to meet members of the Glasgow Senior Citizens Orchestra where she finds them preparing for their next concert; and she talks to music therapist, Grace Meadows from the Utley Foundation and David Cutler Director of the Baring Foundation about the benefits music brings to older people. Author Frederick W. Skinner introduces his new book 'Beethoven in Russia: Music and Politics' which explores how the composer's music interfaced with politics in Russia and the revolutionary struggle that culminated in the Revolution of 1917. Marina Frolova-Walker, Professor of Music History and a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge sets the context and describes the current musical climate in Russia. Plus, Kate speaks to Ammo Talwar from UK Music about their newly published Diversity Report. And Charisse Beaumont joins us from Black Lives in Music to explain some of the findings of the report. Produced by Marie-Claire Doris.

Helen Daniels is a former InterAct Stroke Support Office Administrator and has recently rejoined the InterAct family as their Development Co-ordinator. Helen is a British mezzo-soprano based in Bern, Switzerland. She is a member of the Swiss Opera Studio where she is studying with Christian Hilz, and has worked with renowned directors and conductors including Olivier Tambosi and Christoph Campestrini. Helen is generously supported by the Alec Turner Music Scholarship (awarded by the General Charity of the City of Coventry).Helen has performed in masterclasses with Barbara Hannigan and Anna Stéphany; and played roles including Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia; Trinity Laban Conservatoire), Nancy (Albert Herring; Trinity Laban Conservatoire), Didone/Volupia/Hora Terza (L'Egisto; Hamsptead Garden Opera) and Lapak (Cunning Little Vixen; Cambridge University Opera Society). For more: https://www.helendanielsmezzo.com/Support the show

In Ep.122 of the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, we are joined by special guest Liz Bayley, who will be presenting 'The Dancer's Foot' in the STA Theatre Therapy Expo 2022 November 23rd & 24th  on the Thursday at 10am, and in the Keynote Theatre at 1.50pm.  When it comes to understanding & managing dance performance related injury, Liz Bayley has a wealth of experience. A professional dancer for 15 years including a year in Paris at ‘The Moulin Rouge', Liz has worked as a sports therapist in the West End on shows such as ‘Wicked', ‘The Wizard of Oz', ‘Singing in the Rain', ‘Shrek', ‘Matilda', and ‘Jersey Boys'. Liz is currently the senior physio on Disney's ‘The Lion King' at the Lyceum Theatre, with the company West End Osteopathy. She is also a specialist performing arts physio with the world renowned ‘Trinity Laban' in London and currently running here extremely popular ‘Foot and Ankle Fundamentals' course. Topics discussed include: 8:24 Liz Bayley link to blogs, podcasts, etc: https://linktr.ee/lizbayleyphysio  10:00 Crossover between working with Dancers and other performance athletes. 10:50 Being Head Physio at Disneys 'The Lion King' at The Lyceum 11:50 Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance 14:30 Moving from Sports Therapy to Physiotherapy 19:35 Foot & Ankle Fundamental's Course with Liz Bayley & Lizzie Marlow  32:00 "Physio Level" - Sports Therapists: Know Your Worth!  36:00 Foot & Ankle Fundamental Course: working with calves 40:00 Soleus controversy on Twitter 47:00 Ankle Sprain Variations & Alternative Special Tests 59:00 Invitation from Liz to Sports Therapists: What would you like to see on the Foot & Ankle course? Email: lizbayleyphysio@gmail.com  60:00 Next week's guest:  Bill Taylor - Male Pelvic Health Red Flags Useful Links   Liz Bayley Website Email Liz Bayley Trinity Laban Health Therapy Expo Website STA Website Our sincere thanks to Liz Bayley for giving up her time to be a guest on the show. Remember, Liz will be presenting 'The Dancer's Foot' in the STA Theatre at Therapy Expo on the Thursday at 10am, and in the Keynote Theatre at 1.50pm. See you there! Want to join the live recordings? Episodes of the Sports Therapy Association podcast are recorded live every TUESDAY at 8pm on the Sports Therapy Association YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Everyone is welcome - you do not have to be an STA member! If you cannot join us live, be sure to subscribe to the 'Sports Therapy Association Podcast' on all popular podcast apps to be notified when new episodes are available. Please Support Our Podcast! If you appreciate what we do, please take a couple of minutes to leave us a rating & review on Apple Podcasts. It really does make all the difference in helping us reach out to a larger audience. iPhone users you can do this from your phone, Android users you will need to do it from iTunes. Questions? Email: matt@thesta.co.uk

Celebrating our education-themed September 2022 magazine, online editor Davina Shum chats to pedagogue and cellist Richard Markson about how to teach the concept of sound and tone. Richard is a former student of cello greats Paul Tortelier and Pierre Fournier, and holds a senior fellowship at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London. He speaks about the importance of singing, organic movement, and listening to a range of music – not just string players! – in an effort to communicate tricky concepts across to students.  Find our September 2022 magazine here Check out thestrad.com for the latest news, articles and reviews on all things to do with string playing. Register and subscribe to access exclusive archival content from 2010 onwards. Student discount! Get 50% off an online subscription! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/3eQ75AB  Find us on social media: Facebook.com/thestrad Twitter: @TheStradMag Instagram: @the_strad_

Jazz pianist, composer and educator, Simon Purcell came to prominence during the UK jazz boom of the 1980s. After working in East London schools, as a passionate music educator and thinker, Simon has been active in the conservatoire sector since 1985, first as a senior lecturer at GSMD between 1987-2005, Head of Jazz at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Dance and Music between 2005-2017 and returning to GSMD as International Chair in Improvisation in 2018. He has contributed to the development of jazz education in the UK for many years and in 2006 was awarded Jazz Educator of the Year by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group. Simon was a member of the Working Group for the Pop and Jazz Platform within the Association of European Conservatoires (2009-2018) and his research into teacher-development in jazz education was published by Ashgate in 2005. His work in jazz education has taken him to Brazil, China, New Zealand and many parts of Europe and current research interests are: teacher-education in jazz, jazz within wider music education and neurologically informed pedagogy. For more information see https://simonpurcell.com/about Luke spoke with Simon in March 2022. Taking face to face in an actual room, they discussed improvisation and how to teach it, comparing perspectives in music therapy and jazz education. How is music experienced? What are the best ways to understand it? And how would you go about teaching improvisation badly?   References Green, B., & Gallwey, W. T. (1987). The inner game of music. Pan Macmillan. Helding, L. (2020). The musician's mind: Teaching, learning, and performance in the age of brain science. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. McCrary, J. M., Altenmüller, E., Kretschmer, C., & Scholz, D. S. (2022). Association of Music Interventions With Health-Related Quality of Life. JAMA, (3) Paton, R. (2011) Lifemusic: Connecting People to Time. Archive Publishing. Werner, K., & Aebersold, J. (1996). Effortless mastery. New Albany, IN: Jamey Aebersold Jazz.

Cleveland Watkiss MBE was born in Clapton, 1959 to Jamaican parents. He is an award-winning vocalist, composer, actor, and voice professor at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, who co-founded the Jazz Warriors, and hosted the seminal Metalheadz Sunday Sessions, at Blue Note, Hoxton Square. https://www.clevelandwatkiss.co.uk/   Windrush Stories: Hackney Edition was produced by DJ Flight for Prison Radio Association. It's part of the Hackney Windrush Public Programme, curated by Create London in partnership with Hackney Council and supported by Freelands Foundation. Visit our website windrushstories.com for more episodes and resources for schools at key-stage 1-3.

Hello! I'm excited to share my conversation with the amazing Lizzie Croucher. While we chatted we made pinch pots because not only is she an incredible dancer but she is a fantastic potter! Lizzie started dancing as a child and went on to train in contemporary & ballet in London, UK at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Ater completing her time in university she performer traveling the world before moving to project management in community dance & visual art. Currently she is a full time ceramic artist. She produces hand thrown pottery, specifically one-off and small batch items, with their own little personalities. Follow Lizzie on instagram @croucher.li and don't forget to check out her website so you can grab some of her amazing pottery www.croucherli.co.uk ________________________________ The Patreon is officially live! Check it out here https://www.patreon.com/essentiallyhaley Don't forget to create your profile on Arts Wrk using my special link (and then I might get a prize!) and definitly add me as a connection once you have your profile set up! https://artswrk.com/join/HaleyGrove

Double bassist Leon Bosch speaks with online editor Davina Shum about the life and works of Giovanni Bottesini, in the year celebrating the bicentenary of his birth. Revered in bass circles as a revolutionary, Bottesini was also a renowned performer, composer and conductor in his day. Leon will be performing works by Bottesini on 7 December at Wigmore Hall, as well as at ‘Bottesini Day' at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance on 17 December. Check out thestrad.com for the latest news and articles on all things to do with string playing. Register and subscribe to access exclusive archival content from 2010 onwards. Student discount! Get 50% off an online subscription! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/3eQ75AB  Find us on social media: Facebook.com/thestrad Twitter: @TheStradMag Instagram: @the_strad_ Fantasie Sonnambula  The Virtuoso Double Bass: Giovanni Bottesini, volume 1 Leon Bosch, double bass / Sung Suk Kang, piano Meridian CDE 84544 Photo credit: Juno Snowdon. Art direction: Adam Hypki

Román Baca is a classically trained ballet dancer and choreographer. In 2001, recognizing his desire to defend the defenseless, he took a hiatus from dance and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, serving as a machine-gunner and fire-team leader in Fallujah, Iraq during the Iraq War. After the war, Román returned to dance and co-founded Exit12 Dance Company, which tells veterans' stories choreographically, to increase cross-cultural understanding and heal divisions. Exit12 has delivered its programming in multiple conventional and unconventional performance spaces across the world. Alongside Román's work with Exit12 he is also an Early Career Researcher at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire, a Junior Research Scientist with the USAF/USN Research Unit, and a Ph.D. Candidate at York St. John University in the UK studying the intersection of dance and war. Earlier this year Román worked as an Arts Envoy with the US State Department to Nigeria where he conducted creative workshops with paramilitary, police, and charitable organizations on arts and health. Román completed his MFA at Trinity Laban and was the 2019 awardee of the Selma Jeanne Cohen Dance Lecture Award for his research into the dance and the military. To learn more about Exit12 Dance Company, visit: https://exit12danceco.org Resources: To learn more about Stephen Wolfert and the DE-CRUIT initiative, where veterans find a path to healing through Shakespeare, visit: https://www.decruit.org Román also mentions the National Intrepid Center of Excellence(NICoE) at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and the research of Allison Winters Fisher: https://walterreed.tricare.mil/NICoE --- Episode information: What's Work Got to Do With Supporting Veteran Through Art and Dance? Guest: Román Baca Host: Nichole Guilfoy Produced and edited by: Helen Schuckers Written by: Helen Schuckers and Anjali Rameshbabu Connect with us Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences and Oregon Healthy Workforce Center on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/OHSUOccHealth Facebook: www.facebook.com/occhealthsci.ohsu LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/occhealthsci Blog: blogs.ohsu.edu/occupational-health-sciences/ Community feedback is important to us. If you love our podcast and want to further support our podcast, please consider leaving us a review. Thank you!

In May 2020, Laura Colomban and Florence Peake have started first of all talking about assumptions in a white-based somatic world, and through the topic of vibrating materials, we talked about the idea of penetration and infection of bodies as a place of desire.We continued exploring assumptions around audience participation, intentions as felt vibratory matter in the room, telepathy as technology, sexuality and flesh, channelling concerns as a way to process with the audience in a performative platform.I met her during the MFA Creative Practice at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, and she touched me deeply as a person and artist, I hope you will enjoy our talk.BIO:Florence Peake is a London-based artist who has been making solo and group performance works intertwined with an extensive visual art practice since 1995.Presenting work internationally and across the UK in galleries, theatres and the public realm, Peake is known for an approach that is at once sensual and witty, expressive and rigorous, political and intimate. Peake produces movement, interactive sculpture, paintings that use the whole body's physicality, text, film and drawings which respond and intercept each other to articulate, extend and push ideas. Peake's work explores notions of materiality and physicality: the body as site and vehicle of protest; the erotic and sensual as tools for queering materiality; the subjective and imagined body as a force equal to those that move in our objective flesh-bound world.Have a look at her work:http://www.florencepeake.comDonna Haraway:Haraway, D. J. (2016). Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene. Duke University Press Books. https://www.dawsonera.com:443/abstract/9780822373780Bell Hooks:Hooks B. ( 2000). All about love: new visions. New York.

Hattie speaks with trombonist and fellow podcaster, Melissa Brown about her OCD diagnosis and the impact it has had on Melissa both personally and professionally. We speak about suffering during music college, the reality of living every minute of the day with intense anxiety and how to find the right therapy for OCD. Melissa speaks so mindfully and with so much professionalism, whilst still having a real desire to connect and be vulnerable. I really felt at home and supported through this conversation, knowing that we never suffer alone, however lonely OCD feels.More about Melissa:Melissa Brown (she/her) is a trombonist, brass teacher, and podcaster now based in the Midlands of the UK (Leicestershire to be precise). She is a graduate of Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and is now a freelance professional trombonist with a lot of her work focussed on educating future musicians either as a classroom music teacher or low brass specialist instrumental teacher.  Melissa is also the host, producer, and editor over at Bold as Brass Podcast where she interviews fellow brass professionals from around the world about their jobs. They just surpassed 10K downloads and had a conversational panel to celebrate (feel free to check it out on their Facebook page). Her website, to find out more, is: melissabrownbrass.co.ukOur website is: https://thingsmusiciansdonttalkabout.comAnd instagram: @tmdtapodcast

Leon Bosch reflects on the power of classical music to transform lives, beginning with his own. He overcame the obstacles of racism in apartheid era South Africa to study the classical double bass. Despite encountering prejuduce in the UK, too, after moving here to study, he went on to build a distinguished international career as a virtuoso performer, conductor and teacher. He is currently Professor of double bass at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and director of the chamber ensemble he founded, I Musicanti. "Classical music had been my ticket out of the ghetto. It dissolved the psychological prison of poverty and oppression, and it catapulted me into a full and meaningful participation in human society. Now it was my responsibility to utilise the power of classical music to transform other people's lives and, perhaps, society itself." Presenter: Olly Mann Producer: Sheila Cook

SPECIAL EDITION EPISODE!This week Helen is taking over the podcast to present the research project she's been working on over the last year:"As I hope many of our regular listeners know, one of the main aims of Where's My Freaking Dressing Room?! is to provide an open and honest account of what it can be like to be a classical musician in the UK. Since September 2020 I have been conducting a research project as part of my master's degree at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. This research project has seen me conduct interviews with a cross-section of UK-based singers and opera companies to discuss the combined effects of the Coronavirus pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement, two events which undoubtedly took hold of our country throughout 2020.This episode takes the form of a round-table discussion with four very special guests: Monique Foulger (Opera Holland Park Associate Producer), Johnny Langridge (Garsington Opera Director of Development and Communications), Annie Lydford (Nevill Holt Opera Managing Director) Internationally acclaimed soprano Gweneth Ann Rand.In this episode I ask my guests for their thoughts and comments on three themes that were highly prevalent throughout my research and I explore some of the work being done by these opera companies both in terms of supporting their artistic and administrative community during the pandemic, as well as their commitment to improving diversity.The three overwhelming themes which dominated my research were:1. A new sense of community which formed in the immediate months following the pandemic.2. A lack of financial clarity as to how freelance creatives earned their living, brutally highlighted by the government's insufficient Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.3. A fear that the industry would not have learnt any lessons following the pandemic, in particular the conflicting motives of needing to sell tickets and generate sales vs needing to promote creatives from underrepresented backgrounds in all areas of the industry.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephan hat Corona überstanden, Johannes hat zu seiner nächsten Single "Perfect" ein Musikvideo gemacht, und die Regisseurin desselben ist zu Gast im Podcast: Nicole Wiese. Die Band Kraftklub gewann mit den beiden von ihr choreographierten Live-Shows 2017 die 1Live Krone als ‚Bester Live Act‘ und war 2018 als ‚Beeindruckendste Live Performance‘ beim Preis für Popkultur nominiert. 2004 machte sie ihren Studienabschluss in Choreographie und Bewegungsanalyse am Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance (London) und ist damit eine der wenigen Choreographen, die ihr Handwerk studiert haben. Seither arbeitet sie freiberuflich als Choreograph, Performance Coach, Movement Director und Showdesigner. Dank des Choreographie-Studiums und jahrelanger Arbeit als Choreographin sowie als Produktions- und künstlerische Leitung im Musik-, Public Event- und Theaterbereich, vereint Nicole Wiese kreativen Künstlergeist mit gelerntem Handwerk und strukturiertem Denken.

This week on Movement Guidance we have Kendall Baab! She received her BA in Dance Science from California State University Long Beach and she received her Master’s in Dance Science from the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London. She is a certified personal trainer, Pilates instructor, and health coach.  She created her company, BodyKinect, to share accessible dance science education for dancers and dance educators.    Thank you to our sponsor Hollywood Dance Experience!  Use code “movementguidance” at checkout to receive $250 off of your tuition! For more information head over to www.hdedance.com.   Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram: @movementguidance

A dance teacher wear’s many hats. Some days we act as a therapist while others we are an advisor. Sometimes a mentor and often a role model. We have all entered into this vocation to change lives, support healthy child development and maybe even inspire the pursuit of a career or education in dance. At the post-secondary and professional level this role does not change much, as professors, artistic directors and ballet masters have indicated that their roles involve aspects of mentorship, guidance and teacher. Today we will take a deeper look into the role of the mentor specifically for early career dance artists. GUEST: After completing her undergraduate training in Dance Theatre at Trinity Laban where she later also completed her master’s degree, Nina Atkinson founded the Loop Dance Company in 1993. In 2004 Nina returned from a two-year sabbatical in New York studying at the Limón Dance Foundation and in 2008 returned to New York to study on the first Limón Teachers Program. Nina’s research interests lie in creating artwork for unusual spaces, from large-scale site-specific work to intimate installation experiences. Nina is, a Lecturer at Canterbury Christchurch University and University of Roehampton and is currently a Visiting Lecturer for Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in their post graduate diploma in Community Dance program. She is currently studying for her PhD at Coventry University.

Gabi is a Chilean dance artist. She moved to London in 2011 for a BA (Hons) degree at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and then went on to gain a MA (Hons) degree from London Contemporary Dance School as part of an apprenticeship scheme with Ballet Lorent.She trained in Flying Low and Passing Trough with Leila McMillan and then with David Zambrano in Madrid, Brussels, Athens, Ecuador and Thailand. She moved back to Chile in 2017, working in companies such as Jose Vidal y Cia and teaching in dance, theatre and circus venues across the country.Her classes are a chance to explore some of the principles of Flying Low and Passing Through, within the conditions of a confined space. Warming up with a Chi Gong practice, focusing on a different element each day (Earth, Metal, Water, Wood, Fire), we then use our voice to guide our energy, looking for pathways with and within our bodies. We try, play and rave with the possibilities of virtually interconnecting with one another, on a physical, emotional and energetic level.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/crecis)

Tomislav is a former professional dancer and performer, who since 2014 has been part of the development of Ferus Animi // Terra Nova, a movement research collective based in Europe. Ferus Animi's mission statement is to share and disseminate the most up-to-date research from a host of scientific and artistic disciplines, including neuroscience, evolutionary physiology, biomechanics, psychology and philosophy, in a relevant and accessible way, to enrich the practices of their students and collaborators. Tomislav is a current Master of Science student at Trinity LABAN Conservatoire (department of Dance Science) in London, and a graduate of the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, London Contemporary Dance School and the Oxford School of Drama, holding a 1st-class Bachelor of Arts degree. Tomislav's personal practice is influenced by the research, teachings and practices of GrandMaster Tae Yong Lee, Ko Murobushi, Wim Hof, Linda Kapetanea & Jozef Frucek, Professor Gui Arashiro, Mestre Itamar, David Zambrano, Moshé Feldenkrais, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Kristin Linklater, Cameron Shayne, Bruno Caverna, Ido Portal, and the respective writings of Yoshi Oida, Shunryu Suzuku and 'Neuroplastician' Norman Doidge, in addition to academic research through The University of Oxford (Department of Psychiatry/Oxford Mindfulness Centre), The Buddhist Society, Royal Holloway University of London, England Rugby (RFU), Barça Universitas (Department of Sports Neuroscience) and FC Barcelona. In this rich conversation, Tomislav weaves through a number of thoughts, ideas, and philosophies ranging from an acceptance of not knowing, adaptation to the changes of the modern world, and individual's unique perception of reality. He talk about developing a range of sensory options and the difference between complicated and complex systems. He also shares his thoughts on imitation, and the role is plays on the road to individual style. And, he discusses embracing a variety of approaches, discourse, curiosity, and sharing in a non-heirarchical community.

Conversations between research and practice in dance science with Professor Emma Redding, Head of Dance Science at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. In the first half of this episode, Emma reflects on the early developments of dance science as a subject to study and research. In the second half, Emma talks about leading large scale dance science research projects. Resources - The Development of Young Dance Talent funded by The Leverhulme Trust and the Department for Children, Families and Schools (2008-11). The identification and development of talented young dancers with disabilities funded by Dance 4 (2011-13). https://iadms.org/ https://healthyconservatoires.org/ https://www.nidms.co.uk/ Find Emma here - Twitter: @emmaredding3 @TL_DanceScience @TrinityLaban Contact: jasminefmcook@icloud.com Instagram: @scidancepodcast Cover art by Jill North. Original image by Young Images Photography. Intro sound by William Cook.

Born in Brazil, Jean Abreu moved to London in 1996 after receiving a scholarship to study at Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Music and Dance. In 2003 he was awarded the Jerwood Choreography Award and became an Associate Artist at The Place in London.Since then his work has toured throughout the U.K, Europe and Brazil including performances for Royal Opera House, Dance Umbrella Festival, Southbank Centre, Julidans Festival & the Auditório Ibirapuera São Paulo.He founded Jean Abreu Dance in 2009. Across his career Jean has been a movement director for fashion magazines and global advertising campaigns including TikTok, Nike, OutThere Magazine. Jean has taught extensively his movement practice in the UK and abroad in renowned dance organisations and Universities across the globe.Rachel Elderkin is a freelance dancer and dance writer based in London. Her dance writing can be also be read in the Stage, londondance.com, Exeunt and British Theatre Guide. She is a member of the UK's Critics' Circle, and has written for The Skinny (Scotland) and LeftLion (Nottingham) where she was Arts Editor.Credits:Host: Rachel ElderkinGuest: Jean AbreuProduction: George BushawayProduced for Fjord Review

Today I am talking to Alexander Simpson and Helen Daniels who are both classical singers and presenters on the podcast “Where's My Freaking Dressing Room?!” In our chat we talk about a variety of topics regarding the impact that the pandemic has had on young singers and how a shift in time management has revolutionised the way in which Alexander and Helen approach their work.British countertenor Alexander Simpson is a versatile young singer who enjoys performing a wide range of repertoire and styles.Recent operatic roles include Nireno Giulio Cesare (English Touring Opera), Cowslip Fairy Queen (Waterperry Opera Festival), Athamas Semele (Royal Academy of Music), Arsace Partenope (Iford Arts Festival), Arcane Teseo (London Handel Festival) and Refugee Flight (Royal Academy Opera).Alexander studied at the Royal Academy of Music where he was awarded a full scholarship and graduated with a DipRAM for an outstanding final recital. He later graduated from Royal Academy Opera where he studied with Michael Chance, Caitlin Hulcup and Anna Tilbrook.In addition to his singing commitments, Alexander has trained to become a Life Coach. He firmly believes that the industry should be made more accessible for all musicians and has set up a new ‘holistic approach' towards singing as a career. His aim is to encourage singers to understand themselves properly as individuals and then apply these discoveries to their career so that they are able to navigate a career that is successful and fulfilling rather than being tossed randomly from one job to another.Together with his friend and colleague Helen Daniels, Alexander has co-created a podcast entitled ‘Where's My Freaking Dressing Room?!' which encourages classical musicians to chat honestly about previous experiences in order to create a community which is more supportive and connected.Helen Daniels is a mezzo-soprano from Coventry, currently studying at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance with Sarah Pring where she is an Eva Malpass scholar. Under Trinity Laban's tuition she has performed in the nationally renowned Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and taken part in online masterclasses with Barbara Hannigan, Gidon Saks, Christopher Underwood and Robert Alderson. She is looking forward to playing Rosina, Il barbiere di Siviglia; Nancy, Albert Herring and Ursule, Béatrice et Bénédict in the college's opera scenes showcase later this year.Alongside her studies Helen is a professional ensemble singer and has performed with many celebrated groups including Classical Opera, Philharmonia Voices, The Hanover Band, City Bach Collective and Sansara. In January 2020 Helen founded a chamber female vocal ensemble with harp, Levedy, who won the inaugural Trinity Laban Carne Trust Chamber Music Competition in October 2020.Helen read academic music at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where she sang with Trinity College Choir under the direction of Stephen Layton. Solo performances include Haydn's Nelson Mass, Bach's St John Passion, Handel's Messiah and Vivaldi's Gloria.In summer 2020 Helen partnered with a close friend and colleague, Alexander Simpson, to record and produce a classical music podcast entitled ‘Where's My Freaking Dressing Room?!' The podcast encourages classical musicians to talk openly about their experiences of the industry in order to create a more supportive and interconnected musical community.Instagram: @helendanielsmezzohttps://www.wheresmyfreakingdressingroom.com/https://www.alexandersimpsonlifecoach.com/

089 Leon Bosch: Musical Ambassador In this episode, I'm so happy to bring you an exceptional person and artist, and one of my favorite musicians, internationally renowned classical double bass virtuoso Leon Bosch. We covered a wide variety of topics, including: How his artistic journey has unfolded until now Some of the fundamental principles he applied along the way How he is mission driven to be an advocate for the double bass and how he has pursued this mission throughout the years The importance to recognize opportunities and be prepared to deliver when they appear The two ingredients he thinks are among the most important when it comes to success The system he developed and teaches for learning repertoire efficiently and fully His enormous impact on the repertoire of the double bass His views on the importance of curiosity, perfection of execution, artistry … … and so much more!   Leon is a force of nature and a brilliant soul!  As you'll hear in our conversation, his wisdom runs deep and he sets an outstanding example of humanity and artistry for all of us.  It was a great honor to speak with him and I know you'll love our discussion!   ABOUT LEON BOSCH:   leonbosch.com imusicanti.co.uk imusicantipublishing.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leonboschdb Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leonenriquebosch/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/leonbosch Leon Bosch on Contrabass Conversations Episode #213: Leon Bosch – the Sherlock Holmes of the double bass Episode #520: Leon Bosch on getting things done   Leon Bosch is an internationally renowned classical double bass virtuoso. With over a dozen solo CDs to his name, he regularly commissions repertoire for the instrument, making recital and concerto appearances around the world. He is professor of double bass at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London. But he also gives masterclasses in the US, Europe, South Africa and the Far East, and coaches young eastern European musicians at the I, Culture Orchestra in Poland and the young South Africans who make up the Miagi Orchestra. He also acts as a mentor for South African musicians worldwide. Leon Bosch grew up in 1960s and 70s South Africa, the son of the political activist Jonas Fred Bosch – he himself spent time in a police cell for organising protests while at school. He left the apartheid regime there to come to study at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester after achieving one of the highest ever marks awarded for the B Mus performance examination by the University of Cape Town Remaining in the UK – he is now a British citizen – he was soon appointed principal double bass with the acclaimed Academy of St Martin in the Fields. He left the post in 2014 to devote himself to his solo career, to teaching and to establishing his now thriving chamber ensemble, I Musicanti. He also conducts and has a passion for researching lost or forgotten music for double bass such as by the Catalan Josep Cervera and the Danish court musician, Franz Keyper. Away from music, Leon Bosch is a regular runner of marathons and ultra-marathons (winning silver medal for his age group in the 2017 86-mile Ridgeway Challenge) and holds a master's degree in intelligence and international relations from Salford University. ‘I've always had a very wide range of interests,' he says. ‘For example, the thing I'm highest qualified for in my life is international relations, not music. But this is a part of who I am: I'm not just a musician, I'm a human being.'     THE MUSIC MASTERY EXPERIENCE will be back in June 2021!  This is my LIFE CHANGING, highly personalized group coaching program where I show you how to implement mindful & effective practice techniques, how to make them habits, and how to get RESULTS. Save your spot at http://www.mindoverfinger.com/mme and get access to some really cool bonuses!   Join the Mind Over Finger Tribe for access to my weekly live videos and to exchange with a community of like-minded musicians   Visit www.mindoverfinger.com and sign up for my newsletter to get your free guide to an exceptionally productive practice using the metronome.  This guide is the perfect entry point to help you bring more mindfulness and efficiency into your practice and it's filled with tips and tricks on how to use that wonderful tool to take your practicing and your playing to new heights.   If you enjoy the show, leave a review on Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast provider!  I genuinely appreciate your support!     THANK YOU: A HUGE thank you to my fantastic producer, Bella Kelly, who works hard to make this podcast as pleasant to listen to as possible for you! Most sincere thank you to composer Jim Stephenson who graciously provided the show's musical theme!  Concerto #1 for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra – Movement 2: Allegro con Brio, performed by Jeffrey Work, trumpet, and the Lake Forest Symphony, conducted by Jim Stephenson. Thank you to Susan Blackwell for the introduction!  You can find out more about Susan, her fantastic podcast The Spark File, and her work helping creatives of all backgrounds expand their impact by visiting https://www.susanblackwell.com/home.   MIND OVER FINGER: www.mindoverfinger.com https://www.facebook.com/mindoverfinger/ https://www.instagram.com/mindoverfinger/

In this episode, host Lara Bianca Pilcher interviews Erena Birch about The Natashas Project and their work towards Ending Modern Day Slavery. Upon graduating from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Erena followed God's leading to create a professional dance company combating modern slavery. In 2013 ‘The Natashas Project' was founded. Today they perform to audiences across the country raising awareness, deliver workshops in schools as well as delivering restorative workshops to survivors themselves. Alongside this Erena has performed for other companies and choreographers around the UK. To find out more visit: https://www.thenatashasproject.co.uk/ - About AHI - Lara Bianca Pilcher, the host of the Artist's House International Podcast (AHI), is a seasoned host and international speaker in the Faith and Art sphere. Her career in the arts industry spans over 20 years. Artist's House International is a not for profit that uses the tool of creativity to help transform lives, form global community and capture the global voice of believer artists. AHI founders, Andrew and Lara Pilcher have been married for 14 years and have two awesome kids, Raphael and Chaya. -We invite you to subscribe to our Podcast and share it with others! -We invite you to support this Podcast financially by visiting us on Patreon -To find out more about AHI visit: www.artistshouseinternational.com -Instagram: @artistshouseinternational -Twitter: @artistshouseint -Facebook: @artistshouseinternational

Today I am talking to Marrianne Town Smith, a dramatic soprano who found her voice much later than what is the usual trajectory for classical singers. Having had a highly successful career, Marrianne's life in marketing was halted due to changes in her personal circumstances. And then she found singing. In our conversation Marrianne tells about her experiences of stepping into the daunting realm of a music conservatoire in her early forties, she explains of what makes communication a primary skill both in business and in music, and highlights the importance of living life to the full.Marrianne Town Smith started to sing in 2007 as a hobby and distraction from a fast-paced Marketing Management role. Since then she has been on an adventure into opera and classical music, doing as much to learn and grow with a full time job as was possible.  In 2015, she successfully auditioned for a Postgraduate Vocal Studies programme at Trinity Laban and graduated with distinction in 2017.  She has performed many roles in operas and staged scenes at Blackheath Halls Community Opera, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music, AIMS international Singing School and City Lit Opera, as well as regularly performing recitals in venues around London and the south east.  She has sung in masterclasses with Susan Bullock, David Gowland and Christa Ludwig.  In 2018 she sang her first opera role with Opera in the Meantime, singing the Witch in Hänsel und Gretel.  In 2019 she covered the roles of Maddalena in Andrea Chenier, and Madeleine Lidoine in Les Dialogues des Carmélites with Midsummer Opera.  She performed her first role with orchestra singing Donna Anna in Don Giovanni in Sicily at the Mediterannean Opera Studio and Festival in July 2019.  In December last year she sang both the Witch and debuted the role of Getrude with Opera in the Meantime's revival production of Hänsel und Gretel.  2020 started with two Requiems and the opportunity to add oratorio roles to her resume, with Verdi's Requiem and the Brahms's Requiem, both conducted by Peter Fender.  And then sadly Covid-19 took over and all other plans for this year have been postponed.  However, she remains optimistic—she has been working away in her garden “She Shack” learning new roles and repertoire.  She is also having online coaching with amazing International singers and stage directors as well as continuing to work with her wonderful teacher Raymond Connell.  Website: www.marrianne.co.ukFacebook: www.facebook.com/marriannetownsmithsoprano

In this final episode I interview Maria! Maria Nikitidou is a Greek pianist and music educator who believes that music is for everyone and can change an individual's life as well as society as a whole. Maria is a classically trained soloist, accompanist and chamber musician; interested in classical as well as contemporary music. With a strong background in education, Maria holds a Master's of Arts focused on Piano Performance and Music Education from Trinity Laban Conservatoire as well as a Bachelor's Degree in Education (Aristotle University) and QTS for Employment in primary schools in the UK. Maria is currently working as a curriculum music teacher and as a piano tutor. She enjoys travelling to study music education approaches in different countries and is also a Kodaly enthusiast. Gaining a long working experience with students with SEND, has motivated Maria to initiate projects such as “Piano and Dyslexia”.

Lucie is a Chartered Psychologist and has published in peer reviewed articles, spoken at international conferences and worked with leading dance schools and companies across the world. After tears to both of Lucie’s hips ended her dreams of a professional dance career, she redirected her curiosity and creativity towards a BSc Psychology from the University of Surrey. While there, Lucie quickly developed a new goal; to use her understanding of the science of behaviour to help dancers to navigate some of the challenges she herself had faced. After a year working in the neuroscience of dance, Lucie completed her Master’s and PhD in Dance Science at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. During this time, she lectured in psychology and research methods at a number of Higher Education institutions throughout the UK. Now a Chartered Psychologist (British Psychological Society) and Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Chichester,  Lucie continues to research the psychology of dance and leads the Wellbeing and Creativity in Performance Lab within the Institute of Education, Health and Social Sciences. Lucie researches the psychosocial underpinnings of optimal performance, including the training environment and significant individuals (such as the teachers/parents) in nurturing healthy dance engagement. Some of her recent research focusses on creativity in the life of a dancer, understanding what it means to achieve not only technical excellence in dance but also to flourish creatively.  Since 2016 Lucie has been listed by One Dance UK, the UK’s body for dance, as a recommended Healthier Dancer Speaker, and has since worked freelance within world-leading dance institutions. Lucie uses her expertise gained as an academic researcher to develop evidence-based psychoeducational workshops and consultancy for performing artists.

My guest this week is the awesome Scott Harrison.  He is currently a lecturer of Singing and Musical Theatre at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Trinity Laban Conservatoire.  He is Senior Musical Theatre Consultant at Associated Studios London and Head of Singing and Music at West End Musical Theatre in North London. Join us as Scott shares his journey into voice training, his professional career highlights and how he stepped into the world of voice education.  We chat about some important issues for students who are training to become professionals in Musical Theatre particularly.  We both want to help the voices of tomorrow and hope you enjoy listening to this passionate advocate for social justice and equality within the arts.   You can learn more about Scott by visiting his website here Scott's song choices to introduce you to his favourite singers (or enjoy again if you are already appreciative) are linked below: Leontyne Price - La Forza del destino (Verdi) Norm Lewis - No one is alone from Into the Woods (Stephen Sondheim) David Phelps - Best Vocals (features highlights of many of his performances) Watching these masters at work is totally worth a few minutes of your day. If you would like to comment on anything raised here or have something else you want to share about voice, click here to learn more about how you can get involved!  Your voice matters!

Stephan is a Welsh Italian Tenor who trained at The Royal Academy of Music London, graduating with a Masters Degree in Opera, under the tutelage of Ryland Davies. Prior to this, he gained his initial degree in Music from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & DanceHis operatic works to date include The Barber of Seville (Glyndebourne), The Magic Flute (Glyndebourne), La Damnation de Faust (Glyndebourne), Cendrillon (Glyndebourne), La Traviata (Glyndebourne), Der Rosenkavalier (Glyndebourne), Madama Butterfly (Glyndebourne), Saul (Glyndebourne), Vanessa (Glyndebourne), Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Glyndebourne), The Cunning Little Vixen (Glyndebourne), The Rake's Progress (Royal Academy Opera), La Traviata (GO Opera), La Cenerentola and Eugene Onegin (Bury Court Opera).Stephan has performed with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Glyndebourne and has undertaken master classes with Susan Bullock, Matthew Rose, Sarah Connolly, Dennis O'Neill and Gerald Finley. He has also performed in various venues across the UK and Europe, including the Wigmore Hall, Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, the Monasterio de SanLorenzo del Escorial, Madrid and The Royal Palace of La Almudaina, Mallorca.Stephan made his BBC Proms debut in 2016 performing Rossini's Semiramide at the Royal Albert Hall with Opera Rara, conducted by Sir Mark Elder. He also performed in Glyndebourne's The Magic Flute at the BBC Proms 2019. Stephan is also a member of the extra chorus at English National Opera.Stephan's most recent engagements have included Handel's Saul at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, and also traveling the world as a lead production vocalist on board the luxury cruise line Silversea.

Episode 5 - When we move is a series of conversations based on movement, the body, art, dance, the heart, mind and life. Every Friday. Episode 5 is with Amna Mawaz Khan, who began her training in at the age of 11 years under the dance legend Indu Mitha. With an emphasis on Bharatanatyam, she has also learnt and explored Kathak, Uday Shankar and Pakistani folk dances. From 2016 to 2018, Amna was appointed head choreographer and dance instructor of the permanent dance ensemble, the National Performing Arts Group, at the Pakistan National Council of Arts. During this time, she choreographed 3 dance pieces, Barzakh, Situation 101 and Mehergarh with the group ranging from 13 to 22 dancers. In 2016, Amna attended a short course in choreology and choreography from Trinity Laban Conservatoire in Greenwich, England. She has performed and given workshops across Pakistan as well as in Switzerland, China, America, India and the United Kingdom. Amna is a part of the Awami Workers Party, Women Democratic Front, and has been active in and organized movements for housing rights, the women's movement, as well as indigenous people's struggles, environmental issues, students, peasants, transgenders, and persecuted religious and ethnic groups. A strong believer in art being a powerful tool of social change, Amna is also part of the progressive art collective Laal Hartaal, and often works with the Pakistan National Council of the Arts, Kuch Khaas and Theatrewallay in their creative productions. She is currently mentoring with Bharatanatyam guru Subashini Ganesan, the current Creative Laureate of the city of Portland (Oregon, USA). Links to her pages: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Anarchistani FB:https://www.facebook.com/amnamawazkhan/?ref=br_tf&epa=SEARCH_BOX INSTAGRAM: @amnadabbadoo Photocredit: Snober Abbasi To watch the vodcast (YouTube) and hear the podcast (various platforms), you will find the links to it on: https://suhaee.com/podcast/ Artwork by Abro Khuda Bux #podcast #movement #conversations #dance #life #art #bharatanatyam #amnamawazkhan #pakistan #politicalactivism #feminism #women'smovement #humanity #leftwing #socialist #democratic #liberalism #artandpolitics #contemporarydance #southasian

I had a a chat with Marianne Wright in the height of lockdown, we talked about her music, cancer diagnosis, recovery and advice.Marianne Wright is a writer and creative living in London and a cancer survivor. Initially trained as a classical singer at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music. She is an ambassador for awareness of cancer in young people and a grant writer for the National Maritime Museum.Check out some of Marianne's amazing music below:soundcloud.com/belle-bohemesoundcloud.com/mariannewrightsopranosoundcloud.com/sinopia-voicesGet in touch and please subscribe - for FREE.email : offradarpod@gmail.comwebsite : offradar.buzzsprout.comtwitter @jtopia : twitter.com/jtopiaChat at you soon,James

Jazz pianist, composer and educator, Simon Purcell originally came to prominence during the UK jazz boom of the 1980s through his band ‘Jazz Train'. A passionate music educator and thinker, Simon has been active in the conservatoire sector since 1987, first as a senior lecturer within the jazz course at GSMD between 1987-2005, Head of Jazz at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Dance and Music between 2005-2017 and now returning to GSMD as International Professor of Improvisation. Music is the track, Make Someone Happy with Liane Carroll from the album Red Circle. Support the show (http://www.prestomusic.com/jazz)

I like clever women, I like talking to clever women. They're women who are curious, thinking, women who know and love themselves and because they love themselves you can hear it and see it in the work they make, continually exploring the reaches of their creativity. Singer, songwriter, cellist and composer Ayanna Witter-Johnson is one of those women. Clever women also seem to have done a lot, they have a lot of qualifications, here's a quick summary - Ayanna graduated with a first from both Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and the Manhattan School of Music. She's been a featured artist with saxophonist Courtney Pine's Afropeans: Jazz Warriors, a member of sitarist Anoushka Shankar's Traces of You album tour and is the only non-American to have won amateur night live at the Apollo theatre in Harlem New York.She's released 3 EPs, through her own label Hill And Gully records and her full length album Road Runner, came out last year. We talk about Ayanna's journey from a place at Cambridge to study French and Spanish to a scholarship at the Manhattan school of music. From classical music composition and orchestration to jazz, songwriting and life as a performer. We talk about incorporating the cello, which she's named Reuben, into her performance. Valuing her creative independence and our mutual love of 90's hip hop and RnB.Guest: Ayanna Witter-JohnsonSong excerpts: Crossroads, Wooden Woman & Playground from the album Road Runner and Ain't I A Woman all by Ayanna Witter-Johnson Website: http://www.ayannamusic.com/IG: @ayannawjYoutube: AyannaWJArtist on playlist: Leroy Burgess See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Valentina lives in London and she is teacher assistant in Leon's Bosch class at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and young artist of Talent Unlimited. She won a scholarship from associazione Animando in Lucca for a research project investigating the music of Giacomo Puccini's ancestors and her work has been published for the Japanese Press Da Vinci. She will debut her first solo album, Music from the Sphinx, in November 2019 with a brand new repertoire, most of it developed in the Trinity Laban Junior Fellowship research year. Valentina's work is focused to expand the double bass solo repertoire composing new virtuoso pieces, transcribing mostly Frank Zappa's Repertoire and playing new composition written for her from many contemporary composers. 

Valentina lives in London and she is teacher assistant in Leon's Bosch class at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and young artist of Talent Unlimited. She won a scholarship from associazione Animando in Lucca for a research project investigating the music of Giacomo Puccini's ancestors and her work has been published for the Japanese Press Da Vinci. She will debut her first solo album, Music from the Sphinx, in November 2019 with a brand new repertoire, most of it developed in the Trinity Laban Junior Fellowship research year. Valentina's work is focused to expand the double bass solo repertoire composing new virtuoso pieces, transcribing mostly Frank Zappa's Repertoire and playing new composition written for her from many contemporary composers. 

Valentina lives in London and she is teacher assistant in Leon's Bosch class at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and young artist of Talent Unlimited. She won a scholarship from associazione Animando in Lucca for a research project investigating the music of Giacomo Puccini's ancestors and her work has been published for the Japanese Press Da Vinci. She will debut her first solo album, Music from the Sphinx, in November 2019 with a brand new repertoire, most of it developed in the Trinity Laban Junior Fellowship research year. Valentina's work is focused to expand the double bass solo repertoire composing new virtuoso pieces, transcribing mostly Frank Zappa's Repertoire and playing new composition written for her from many contemporary composers. 

Louise Balkwill: Quicke Cheddar, Caws Cenarth, St Giles, and Non-Alcoholic WineTHIS EPISODE: We talked about Louise's influences, her love of New Orleans and the "Sit-in" culture that stands there. We talk about our new healthy lifestyle, Mental health and the importance of great musical relationships, among other things!Louise Balkwill:Louise Balkwill is a jazz singer living and performing in London. She was born in Tooting and raised in Leicester by her hard working single mum of three, Vanessa, who encouraged and inspired her to pursue her interest in music from a very early age. Born into a family of musicians, Louise has never been short of inspiration and was raised as a multi instrumentalist before turning her interests to singing at the age of 16.Louise formed her first jazz ensemble at the age of 17 and later obtained a scholarship at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance."Totally bowled over by Louise Balkwill's incredible vocals and engaging stage presence"- Sarah Chaplin, Jazzwise Magazine, 2015Since moving to London in September 2012, Louise has had the pleasure of learning from and working with musicians such as Leroy Jones, Barry Harris, Pete Churchill, Trudy Kerr, Brigette Beraha, Malcolm Earle-Smith, Ofer Landsberg, Simon Purcell, Liane Carroll, Sophie Bancroft, Sara Colman, Barry Green, Tina May, Nia Lynn, Anita Wardell, Nick Weldon, Martin Speake and Phil Peskett.Louise has performed in top venues all over London, such as Pizza Express Jazz Club, Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, 606 Club, The Archduke, Charlie Wright's and Oliver's Jazz Bar to name a few. In addition to her UK ventures, Louise has performed overseas and has won the hearts of audiences in New York, New Orleans, Japan and all over Europe alongside household names such as Kermit Ruffins, Leroy Jones and Michael Kanan. Louise collaborates with trumpet prodigy Tim Quicke, with whom she can be found singing and playing in venues in London and beyond. Currently, Louise directs and sings with The Old Jelly Rollers, a New Orleans style second line band that she founded in 2016 whilst in her final year of studies at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. The group maintain an exciting blog and education resource that illustrates their pilgrimage to New Orleans and features interviews with some of the most celebrated jazz musicians in the western world.https://www.louisebalkwill.com/https://theoldjellyrollers.com/ Giles Thornton:Giles is a composer/arranger based in London who has recently worked with as an arranger and musical supervisor for “Adventures In The American Songbook”, performed by postgraduate vocal studies students from the Guildhall School Of Music And Drama . He has also worked as in the music team for the Heritage Orchestra BBC Prom “New York: Sound Of A City”. Recently graduating from Guildhall School Of Music And Drama, studying Jazz Composition and Arranging, Giles released his debut big band album, "Be In Today" in July 2018. Giles' original compositions are influenced by Vince Mendoza, Maria Schneider, Gill Evans and Mike Walker, among others.He has performed in prestigious venues , such as The Royal Albert Hall, Sadler's Wells, LSO St Lukes, Milton Court Concert Hall and The Barbican Hall.Giles has worked with many artists, such as Jules Buckley, James McMillan, Liane Carroll and Evan Jolly, among others. https://www.gilesthorntonmusic.com/bio https://open.spotify.com/album/2EqLKK40CAJc1eZ8uwxrtZ?si=-4TSuIPKQlCc14zj3bAn6Q  

Andy Doe joins us again to discuss the perils of having software-controlled audio equipment. After the Affaire Sonos, when the company announced that a lot of its older products would become "obsolete," perhaps it's time to think more carefully about how long hardware we buy will last, when it depends on software. Guest: Andy Doe (https://properdiscord.com) Show notes: Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance (https://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk) LSO Live (https://lsolive.lso.co.uk) Starting in May 2020, some of our oldest products will no longer receive software updates or new features. We want to explain why and your options. (https://blog.sonos.com/en-gb/end-of-software-updates-for-legacy-products/) Sonos Recycling Program Just Creates Waste (https://kirkville.com/sonos-recycling-program-just-creates-waste/) Playing Multi-Room Audio After Sonos (https://kirkville.com/playing-multi-room-audio-after-sonos/) Sonos, Squeezed by the Tech Giants, Sues Google – The New York Times (https://kirkville.com/sonos-squeezed-by-the-tech-giants-sues-google-the-new-york-times/) HomePod vs. Sonos One Stereo Pair Comparison (https://kirkville.com/homepod-vs-sonos-one-stereo-pair-comparison/) AirPlay (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirPlay) Sonos, Squeezed by the Tech Giants, Sues Google – The New York Times (https://kirkville.com/sonos-squeezed-by-the-tech-giants-sues-google-the-new-york-times/) Episode #147 - Kirk's New Sonos Amp (https://www.thenexttrack.com/150) Ring Doorbell App Packed with Third-Party Trackers (https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/01/ring-doorbell-app-packed-third-party-trackers) The Cost of Avast's Free Antivirus: Companies Can Spy on Your Clicks (https://www.pcmag.com/news/the-cost-of-avasts-free-antivirus-companies-can-spy-on-your-clicks) Internet of Shit (https://internetofshit.net/home) Our next tracks: Yesterday (https://amzn.to/37CbelR) The Rezillos: Can't Stand The Rezillos (https://amzn.to/38P7j5C) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast. Special Guest: Andy Doe.

Fine Music Radio — Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is the distinguished South African violinist Pieter Schoeman who is currently the concert master of the London Philharmonic. He has performed as a soloist and recitalist in Amsterdam, Moscow, Berlin, Los Angeles and St Petersburg and his many recordings with the LPO include leading the orchestra in the recordings of the soundtrack to the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy. Pieter is also Professor of Violin at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and dance in London.

Having no work sometimes can be therapeutic! Enjoy it while you can! My guest this episode is Uchenna Ngwe: oboist, cor anglais player and PhD candidate at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.  She's the founder of PlainSightSound and the Decus Ensemble which aims to uncover music by black British, African and Caribbean composers throughout history.  She shares her wisdom about applying for Arts Council Funding, which many people know is not a straight-forward affair.  We also chat about cello and oboe idiosyncrasies, clef dyslexia, Beethoven symphonies, and the best concerts we've ever been to.TRIGGER WARNING: there is a short discussion regarding the word MOIST *shudders* As always, don't miss the "music college didn't prepare me" segment.  Got an anecdote to share with me?  Tell me in preferably more than one word at asitcomespodcast@gmail.com Like and follow the pod of F'book and I'gram @asitcomespod Mentioned in this ep:plainsightsound.comdecusensemble.com @decus_ensembleAugust 27th concert: https://www.facebook.com/events/2375132209411154/September 19th concert: https://www.facebook.com/events/1451906854934223/Winifred Atwell: https://www.plainsightsound.com/the-lady-from-trinidad/https://blogs.bl.uk/sound-and-vision/2019/07/the-other-piano-the-classical-side-of-winifred-atwell-.html

On Friday, 29th March 2019, as part of the Mountshannon Arts Festival, Professional Russian pianist Alexander Ardakov will play at St. Caimin's Church, Mountshannon. Roxann Leonord, organiser and personal friend of Alexander chats to Geraldine Colleran ahead of the concertAlexander trained in the Moscow Conservatoire and from 1981-91 performed with the Moscow State Philharmonia. He then moved to London where he is Professor of Piano at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Alexander is recognized internationally, having played in major recital venues such as London’s Wigmore Hall, St. John’s Smith Square, St. Martin in-the-Fields; Carnegie Recital Hall, N.Y.; Bosendorfer Hall, Vienna, to name a few. Last autumn’s concert in London’s Southbank was sold out two weeks ahead of time. So why Mountshannon? He once confided to a friend who lives here that he wanted to add Ireland to his international venues. This promises to be an exceptional evening of music, not to be missed. More info and tickets  https://www.mountshannonarts.net/news.html  

This podcast features Dr. Sophie Fuller who is the Programme Leader at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in Greenwich, South East London, author of The Pandora Guide to Women Composers in Britain and the United States, and along with the Head of Orchestral Studies at Trinity Laban Jonathan Tilbrook is behind the year-long celebration of women composers [Venus Blazing](https://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/creative-innovation/venus-blazing).  Excerpts from works by women composers featured in this podcast include the first movement from Elizabeth Maconchy's first string quartet, the first movement of Louise Farrenc's third symphony, and Meena Keel's Symphony performance by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted at the BBC Proms in 1989.

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!  1. Joanna Haigood, "Picture Bayview Hunters Point," at the Bayview Opera House "The Ruth", 4705 Third Street (Oakdale and Newcomb), Thurs.-Sun., Oct. 11-14 and 18-21, 2018, 8 PM. Visit zaccho.org for tickets (150 spots per show). Call in your dream for the Bayview Community: 628-333-5063 Since 1979 Joanna has been creating work that uses natural, architectural and cultural environments as points of departure for movement exploration and narrative. Her stages have included grain terminals, a clock tower, the pope’s palace, military forts, and a mile of urban neighborhood streets in the South Bronx. Her work has been commissioned by many arts institutions. Joanna has had the privilege to mentor many extraordinary young artists internationally at the National École des Arts du Cirque in France, the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in England, Spelman College, the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University, the San Francisco Circus Center and at Zaccho Studio.   2. 40th Anniversary of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC). Founder, Ellen Barry and Executive Director, Dorsey Nunn, share its history. LSPC Gala is Oct. 3, 2018, 6-9 PM in Oakland at the Scottish Rite Center. Visit prisonerswithchildren.org          

An interview with Gerard McChrystal, Irish saxophonist, composer and saxophone professor at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, London, England.

For the second year in a row the Eliette and Herbert von Karajan Institute hosted a one-day conference dedicated to classical music and technology in collaboration with the Salzburg Easter Festival and the Mozarteum University. We met with David Bahanovich, the Assistant Director of Music at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London and talked to him about the future of music education. We also met violinist Aleksey Igudesman who recently founded "Music Traveler". He gave us exclusive insights into his project and chatted with our host Sandra Voss about his past collaborations with Hans Zimmer and Christopher Nolan. A production by the Volkswagen Group.

"tic-tac-toe" was written for Gilbert Ratcliffe, who in 2017 was a final-year dance student at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire. For this performance, called "You Watching Me?", choreographed for a small group of dancers, Gil wrote: "My research was centred on the physical and mental manifestation of my journey with Tourettes Syndrome. I explored it through the collaborative process between choreographer and dancers to see if we could create a non-narrative, abstract dance work that was able to elicit an emotional, performative response." Gil knew what the broad structure needed to be, and the dancers had ideas about sounds that would resonate well with the subject but there was lots of freedom between those staging posts. I loved how the dancers only needed occassional markers, between which they related to the sounds but werent bound by them. No need for anything as prosaic as counting out beats. Gil's research involved talking to lots of people with TS, and reading through it I got keen on the simple idea of the electrical impulses that run through the body as it moves whether voluntarily or involuntarily. In the end, its all a synaptic dance. I recorded the feet of the dancers as they rehearsed, so that the piece could conjour up unseen dancers around the stage. Elsewhere metal spins against metal, balls bounce to a stop, there is a visit to the sea shore and a recording I made of the old editor of the Guardian being "banged out", in the tradition of old Fleet Street. The painting is courtesy of Gil's mum Melanie an artist and painter who has often worked with dancers.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch visits Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, where the composer Errollyn Wallen chooses to do much of her writing. Errollyn tells Sara how she loves working in the non-descript teaching rooms and imagines the ghosts of the building's naval history.