Who Are We Doing This For?

As many of you know, for the past few months, I've spent a lot of time writing and speaking about many different issues around music education in the UK, decolonisation and EDI. It's been a tremendous learning curve and I feel honoured to have virtually met and spoken with many people who I've come to admire, and some who I can now call friends.

Last week I had the pleasure of Zooming with two Year 5 classes from a school in Essex. The purpose of the session was for them to learn a bit about my work and experience as a full-time musician (pre-COVID), but also to share