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Choir leader, Singer. Teacher Painter
Born in Gateshaed, NE England
Qualifications
- 1979-1981 MA Arts, Oxford University
- 1985-1986 PGCE Arts Goldsmiths College London
Prizes
- 1966 Silver Blue Peter badge
- 1970's Singing prizes, Methodist Church Eisteddfods
- 1982 Elizabeth Greenshield Painting scholarship
- 1991 Royal Academy landscape scholarship
- 1992 Swan foundation scholarship from Pitt Rivers museum Oxford for study trip to the Baka Forest People, SE Cameroon
Experience
- 1980's Busking in Paris, Europe, Colombia
- 1984-1985 Travels and song collection adventures Bhutan, SE Asia, Scotland, Ireland, China
- 1982 to present Painting exhibitions, Dwarves gallery Oxford, Mill Art Centre Banbury, Thimphu hotel Bhutan, Walcot Village Hall Bath, Crooksmoor Gallery Bath and more
- 1990-95 Music and Art teacher Oxford Prison
- 1992 to present Visits to Baka hunter-gatherers SE Cameroon
- 1993-4 Paint rain forest murals in Radcliffe hospital Oxford
- 1993 With Martin Cradick Formed live touring band Baka Beyond
- 1992 to present:
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Recorded 8 studio albums, 2 live with Baka Beyond, a solo album,
an album of traditional Baka women's rain forest singing, and a teaching CD.
- International touring in Europe, Scandinavia, USA Canada, Brazil
- Musical journeys to Scotland, Ireland, and China
- Teaching in schools and festivals in UK, Europe, USA, Canada, India
- Teaching many choirs at home and abroad with special emphasis on rain forest singing
- 1994 With Martin Cradick created and administered "Global music Exchange" (GME), a charity which returns royalties to indigenous people
- 2000 to present Founded and directed Walcot State Choir, a community choir with 3 performances yearly
- 2002 to present Singing and music advisor for Jenny Mosley's Circle Time Consultancy
- 2005 and 2006 Set up festival of traditional music and dance in S. Ethiopia
- 2010 Set up GME festival of traditional music and dance in Limbe, Cameroon 2010
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