Creative Music Training: Working with Young People
minimum age: 18
This weekend training course will explore the wide range of skills and approaches needed to lead creative musical activities with children and young people, within or outside of mainstream education. The course will cover various topics including processes for composition, how to cater for different ability levels, improvisation and more. Taught by expert Guildhall teachers and industry-leading guest tutors, Creative Music Training is particularly suitable for musicians, music leaders and students in higher education.
This course will equip you with the skills to aide and support effective workshop leading and collaborative music. It is taught by Guildhall School and Barbican’s joint Creative Learning department which has over 25 years of experience, excellence and leadership in this field. The course is led by Creative Learning tutors Sigrun Saevarsdottir-Griffiths and Paul Griffiths.
Course information
Dates: Saturday 20 - Sunday 21 July 2019
Daily schedule: 9.30am - 5pm
Eligibility
This course is for over 18s and participants should have demonstrable musicianship skills, whether acquired through formal training or self-taught.
Applicants should also ensure they have sufficient English language skills to be able to cope with the demands of this course.
About the Course Tutor
The course will be led by Creative Learning tutors Paul Griffiths and Sigrun Griffiths.
Paul Griffiths is an internationally renowned music educationalist. His musical roots lie in Jazz, Rock and Funk but he has developed a unique artistic voice and workshop style that transcends musical, social and cultural barriers. He has over a quarter of a century’s experience of working in conservatoires, music schools, primary and secondary schools, special needs schools, arts centres and a host of community settings.
Icelandic born Sigrun Saevarsdottir-Griffiths is a Programme Leader for the Leadership Course at the Guildhall School, where she also lectures and tutors on other courses within the Music Department as well as within the Acting and Technical Theatre Courses.
Sigrun has led a successful freelance career as a leader of creative and collaborative music projects in a vast range of community contexts for various arts and higher education organisations across England, Europe and Asia, such as: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, English National Ballet, Bath International Music Festival, BBC, ITV, Tokyo College of Music, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (Singapore), Casa da Musica (Portugal), European Music Council and Reykjavik Arts Festival.
Sigrun is passionate about enabling music making and access to the arts as an essential, unifying element of life in every community.
Have a question? Read our Short Courses FAQs.
Contact us at shortcourses@gsmd.ac.uk or call 0207 382 2310.
