SOLENT MUSIC HUB CONFERENCE
Thursday 12 February 2015
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth
Keynote
Better Music in Schools
Robin Hammerton
Robin Hammerton HMI became one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors in 2005 and is Ofsted’s National
Lead for Music. As such he was the author of the 2013 survey report, ‘Music in Schools: what
hubs must do’. He has also led many other surveys. Before becoming an HMI, he was a
headteacher and local authority officer.
Workshop Leaders’ Biographies
Artsmark (Lorraine Cheshire)
Lorraine Cheshire currently School Liaison Manager for Artswork SE Bridge for the Arts Council
for Hampshire; Isle of Wight; Portsmouth and Southampton.
Lorraine has over 30 years’ experience in Education and the Arts and has led successful Arts
faculties and Drama Departments in a number of schools across Hampshire. She has also
recently worked with Arts Council England’s Learning and Participation team on the review of the
KS4 Arts Curriculum. In addition to this she has worked as a freelance arts and education
consultant; as a Performance Director for Hampshire Music Service and as an External Coach for
BP. She is also a Trainer and Validator for the Arts Council’s Artsmark Programme. She has a
particular interest in Drama, Theatre and Dance and has a passionate commitment to connecting
children and young people with high quality arts and cultural opportunities.
Miranda Boakes-Clark
Miranda has a wide experience of teaching in Infant schools and Early Years settings as a music
specialist. She leads music training courses for Early Years practitioners and co-wrote 'The Guide
to Music For 0 - 3 Years'.
She has been involved in several Youth Music funded projects and in 2002 founded 'Mini
Maestros' in Southampton, a group for babies and young children which promotes creative music
making.
Miranda has a wealth of experience and is known for her energetic and creative approach to
music education.
Catherine Brentnall
Catherine is a Senior Leader at Portsmouth Music Service.
Catherine has many years' experience teaching music across the primary and secondary age
range, including curriculum lessons, whole class ensemble tuition programmes and instrumental
tuition. She has run a variety of music workshops with nursery and reception children in
Portsmouth schools and also runs a music group for pre-school children.
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (Frank Zielhorst)
Frank Zielhorst studied orchestral conducting with Jac van Steen and Kenneth Montgomery at
both The Hague and in Amsterdam, after studying viola with Ferdinand Erblich. In June 2013 he
received his Master’s degree “cum laude” following a concert with the Brabants Orchestra
(Eindhoven). The programme of this concert reflected his strengths combining modern repertoire
for orchestra (Heppener) with the classical and romantic symphonic tradition (Mozart & Brahms).
From September 2014, Frank has taken on the position of Leverhulme Young Conductor in
Association at the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
From the moment he started conducting, Frank got opportunities to conduct professional
orchestras. He conducted the première of Hochzeiten by Stockhausen at the Radio
Kamerfilharmonie and was one of the conductors who were needed for the performance of The
Universe Symphony by Ives with the Noord-Nederlands Orkest (Groningen). During his studies, he
was invited to Dartington International Summer School and to the Bartok Festival in Hungary.
Being educated in The Hague, he has been a guest with almost all orchestras in the Netherlands,
either to conduct them in concert or to receive master classes. Frank has conducted at the BBC
National Orchestra of Wales (Cardiff) and the Ulster Orchestra (Belfast) in the UK, at the
Dortmunder Philharmoniker, Dormund and at the EPABI Orchestra in Covilhã, Portugal.
Apart from symphonic conducting, Frank has a special love for stage works. He conducted
amongst others performances of Madama Butterfly, Eugene Onegin and L’elisir d’amore at
different companies. He also assisted for productions of Turandot, Orfeo ed Euridice and L’enfant
et les sortilèges.
In November 2013, Frank received the prestigious Kersjes Foundation conducting scholarship,
enabling him to continue developing his conducting skills.
Duncan Mackrill
Duncan Mackrill is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Teaching and Learning in the School of
Education and Social Work at the University of Sussex. He is the Secondary Initial Teacher
Education Music Curriculum Tutor and from 2008 to 2012 was the PGCE Leader. Prior to entering
higher education Duncan had 18 years secondary school teaching experience including as Head
of Music.
His published work includes the use of technology in education, music education, and transition.
His recent research includes an evaluation of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s ‘Musical Bridges’
transition project (longitudinal study concluded in 2013), and the Music Mark London Schools
Excellence Fund CPD programme (Peer to Peer), designed to help teachers improve the quality of
music teaching at Key Stage 3. Duncan is a member of the Department for Education National
Curriculum Expert Panel for Music (Key Stage 3) and also the ‘Tablets for Schools’ pedagogy
advisory group
Charanga (Madeleine Casson)
Madeleine is the Education Director for Charanga Music responsible for all areas of teaching &
learning & their extensive CPD & Training programme.
She works nationally & internationally as a freelance presenter, workshop leader, music advisor,
teacher & writer, most recently creating ‘Infinity begins with I’ - a composition project
commissioned by Music for Youth. Her previous and ongoing roles have included teaching in
schools, leading Somerset Music service, Course Leader & Academic Lead for Trinity College
and presenter for ABRSM.
Madeleine strongly believes in the positive benefits that music has on our lives and is an advocate
for access to exciting and creative music making for everyone.
Nia Collins
Nia studied music at Cardiff University where her principal study was voice. After a successful
career in Events Management running Cheltenham Music Festival and singing semi-professionally
with many chamber choirs nationally, Nia retrained as a classroom music teacher. Since becoming
fully qualified Nia has coached students of all ages and abilities from supporting students to get an
A in music A-Level and teaching 8 year olds to read music to getting adults to sing for the very first
time. Nia is currently running several community choirs in Southampton, coordinating and
implementing vocal strategy in the city and delivering music workshops and one to one teaching to
all age ranges. Nia believes that involvement in music at any level enriches your life and hopes to
pass that on to as many people as possible.
FolkActive is a new organisation based in southern Hampshire which aims to encourage and
enable individuals and groups of all ages to become active in traditional music, dance and folk
arts. FolkActive is a partner in Southampton and Portsmouth Music Hubs.
Jo Harmer Jo Harmer has over thirty years’ experience as a primary school teacher and
peripatetic music teacher in southern Hampshire. She is also an established and respected dancer
and teacher of folk dance, her main interest being in traditional percussive dance, and most
recently in local step dancing. She is passionate about the value of using traditional folk music and
dance with children, and devises materials and activities which celebrate our folk heritage while
encouraging creativity and contemporary relevance.
Cath Watkins Cath plays and teaches violin, specialising in folk fiddle. She is particularly involved
with English traditional music, which she aims to encourage people of all ages to learn and play
together. She leads Southampton Folk Orchestra, which uses folk tunes that are connected with
the local area, runs an informal traditional music session, folk dancing sessions for over 50s,
music and dance workshops with asylum seekers and refugees, and with Jo she co-hosts a
monthly step dance session.
Sarah Lloyd
Sarah has wide experience as a music leader in primary schools teaching from Reception to Year
Six. She has worked for both Southampton and Portsmouth Music Services before returning to
lead music in a primary school where, alongside teaching, she coaches and mentors nonspecialist teachers in music. Sarah has led Inset training in schools focusing on embedding music
teaching in other subjects to ensure a truly creative curriculum.
As the Music Lead Expert for Portswood Teaching School Alliance, she is supporting schools to
successfully implement the new National Curriculum in a creative way and delivering CPD
sessions for non-specialist staff across Southampton. As well as supporting music development
within schools, Sarah also lectures at the University of Winchester to BEd students and in
Southampton to postgrad Schools Direct trainees.
Dan Mar Molinero
After completing an undergraduate music degree in Contemporary Classical Composition at
Sussex University, Dan went on to study the postgraduate Jazz course at the Guildhall School of
Music and Drama. Since then he has established himself as an extremely versatile musician,
regularly in demand for playing, composing and teaching.
Dan worked in the FE sector until last year, leaving his post as Curriculum Manager of Performing
Arts at Alton College, Hampshire in the summer. He also lectures part-time in Jazz and Pop at the
University of Southampton. He is the founder and director of the hugely successful and pioneering
youth ensemble, the Southampton Youth Jazz Orchestra, and also sits on the Jazz Services
Education Panel, a national forum to celebrate and promote jazz teaching in the UK.
As a saxophonist, he has performed alongside leading jazz and pop performers including Julian
Joseph, Billy Cobham and Corrine Bailey-Rae. His work as a record producer and songwriter has
featured on top twenty singles and albums both in the UK and abroad (including a top three hit
single), and he has written and produced for major artists including Melanie C, Gareth Gates and
Lemar. He has developed a strong reputation for his jazz writing, working with artists such as
Soweto Kinch, Denys Baptiste and Courtney Pine. For more information please visit
www.danmm.co.uk
Music Express (Helen MacGregor)
Helen is a freelance consultant in primary music education and has written many of A&C Black's
most popular and successful music titles, including Bingo Lingo, Singing French, Singing English
and Singing Phonics. She was previously Teacher Adviser for Music in Kent. Helen has also
collaborated with other music education experts on the award-winning Music Express series.
Patrick Nicholls
Patrick is a Senior Leader at Portsmouth Music Service.
Prior to this he has been a professional musician/workshop leader and a primary and early
secondary music practitioner. He has worked extensively in music projects in London, including
the Baylis Programme of the English National Opera creating new work for theatre, film and
concert. More recently he has worked with the Band of the Royal Marine School of Music on
interactive concerts for children at the Kings’ Theatre in Portsmouth.
Sue Nicholls
Sue Nicholls worked as a music subject leader and AST in many EYFS and Primary settings. She
has published several music resource books for non-specialists for A & C Black and more recently
OUP, and also contributed material to many other publications. She now works as an independent
music education consultant delivering music courses, seminars, workshops and she also lectures
at two universities on BA QTS and PGCE teacher training modules.
Kelly Jo Peters
After teaching music in secondary mainstream schools for several years, Kelly has just started her
5th year teaching music at Great Oaks, a secondary SEN school for 166 children with a range of
complex learning difficulties. Kelly has embedded iPads into the music curriculum over the last
four years and continues to pioneer the use of iPads in music education. In the last year Kelly's
iPad project has inspired her to write an education article for Music Mark Magazine, been
spotlighted by Drake Music and on 30 July 2014 featured in a debate at the House of Commons.
Kelly is the SEN representative on the new Music Hubs Advisory Board.
Trinity (Elizabeth Stafford)
Elizabeth Stafford, Music Hubs Consultant for Trinity College London and Programme Leader for
the Trinity CME at CPD Centre West Midlands. A former leader of the KS2 Music CPD
Programme (the government's national training programme for teachers involved in the Wider
Opportunities scheme), Elizabeth has two decades experience as a vocal and primary music
curriculum teacher working for local authority music services and music education hubs. As
Director of Music Education Solutions Ltd, Elizabeth currently runs a UK-wide programme of
training and development for school-based and instrumental teachers, all of which is linked to the
Trinity CME.