Andy has over 30 years experience as
a professional musician playing sessions and live engagements with
leading Orchestras and
Recording Artists covering all genres of music.
He
has worked for over 20 years as a teacher for LEA Music Services,
Universities and Music Colleges both in the UK and abroad.
He
delivers specialist training to Drum and Percussion instrumental
teachers both as INSET training and as bespoke professional development
and is the author of Drum Kit and Percussion teaching publications
for Private, School and Higher Educational use.
Andy also provides
training to NQTs, Primary School Music Co-ordinators, and Secondary
Music Teachers as well as training for Wider Opportunities project
providers and lectures on the specialist Music PGCE at Bath Spa University,
UK.
As an Ethnomusicologist Andy has travelled widely around the World
learning about the music of other cultures, especially in Africa,
Latin America, India and South East Asia |
and has
written publications on African Drumming, Brazilian Samba, Indian
Music and Indonesian Gamelan
As a Composer
Andy writes music for Film, Television and Theatre productions, music
for Piano, Percussion and World Music
Ensembles as well as writing and arranging for Jazz, Rock
and Pop bands.
He also writes study pieces and aural tests for
the major examination boards, has worked as an Examiner for
the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Trinity College
London and recently co wrote the new Trinity/Guildhall Drum Kit Syllabus.
He
regularly lectures on diverse aspects of World Music and has recently
delivered lectures and workshops to conferences of The Music Masters
and Mistresses Association, The Federation of Music Services and
The National Association of Music Educators.
Andy
also works as a consultant to the Associated Board of the Royal
Schools of Music. |