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Professor Andy Gleadhill

Professor of Music

Self Employed

Andy Gleadhill is an award-winning Author, Musician, Educator and Teacher Trainer. He has over forty years’ experience as a professional Musician and Educationalist. Andy has played with some of the leading Recording Artists and Orchestras in the world for Film, Television, and Recording Sessions as well as many of London's West End Shows. Andy is internationally acknowledged as a leading authority on teaching the World’s Music. He has twelve books published on Global Music Themes. Andy wrote the chapter on Music for the academic book “Popular Culture, Pedagogy and Teacher Education” (Routledge 2014). His new book “SLAP DJEMBE” won the award for “Outstanding Music Education Print Resource” at the 2024 Music and Drama Education Awards. He teaches on the specialist music PGCE courses at Bath Spa University UK and is a Visiting Professor at the Malaysian Music Teachers Training College. He is a member of the Royal Society of Musicians and has been engaged as a consultant to the ministries of Education of Malaysia and Singapore and has worked as an examiner and written syllabus material for the Guildhall school of Music and Drama and Trinity College London as well as being retained as a consultant to the ABRSM and RSL Awards (Rockschool). He now spends his time delivering school music workshops and teacher development training to International Schools across the globe. www.andygleadhill.co.uk

SPEAKER SESSIONS

12 November, 2024 | 14:40 to 15:25
The importance of performing arts education in schools today
13 November, 2024 | 14:40 to 15:00
Creative Classroom Percussion

This practical session will show all educators how to teach music in an inclusive, mindful and totally accessible way without the need to read classical music notation. Employing a unique "Colour and Play" system, delegates will see how young people can learn to play music a wide range of different genres. From Western Classical to Jazz and Music for Animation, using readily available classroom musical instruments Andy will show how pupils can create, build confidence and celebrate achievements by learning to play creative music in the classroom.