Andy Gleadhill is internationally acknowledged as a leading authority on teaching World Music
'Andy has over 35 years experience as a professional musician playing with some of the leading Musicians, Artists and Orchestras in the world for live performances and film, television, and recording sessions covering all genres of music as well as playing in the orchestra for many of London’s West End Shows. He has a vast experience as a music educator and as a deliverer of music teacher development working at every level from early years to post graduate and beyond. He balances his work as a professional musician with delivering in-school world music workshops, training and professional development to both music teachers and generalist teachers around the world through his unique intensive training and bespoke mentoring schemes.
LATEST NEWS NEW DATES 2017-18 Andy has new dates for his 2017-18 world tours where he will be delivering his unique In School World Music Workshops and Professional Development Training to Teachers. Andy will be the key presenter at the Federation of British International Schools in Asia (FOBISIA), Music Teachers Conference at Harrow International School, Bangkok in October 2017. His new unique and revolutionary approach to teaching music is already creating great excitement in the music education community across the world. Contact Andy for more information about this ground breaking approach. His latest book "Percussion Buddies" has had a fantastic response from musicians and teachers and is available from Amazon or Drums for Schools. Andy is also working with world renown organisation "Sing Up" delivering teacher development and showing how to make any singing session a whole-class vocal and instrumental lesson. Andy will be presenting at the Music Mark North West Teachers Conference in Preston, UK on the 5th of September 2017. Recently Andy presented his vision of Music Education at the British Schools in the Middle East (BSME) conference in Doha and was a key presenter and trainer at the Fobisia Conference in Kuala Lumpur. His 2016 tours included Dubai, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore and the UK. Email Andy via the contact page to see how you can be part of this exciting work. Andy is the Head of Education and Learning for Drums for Schools Ltd www.drumsforschools.com and has written a brand new music teacher training course for becomeamusicteacher.com This is the first course of it's kind that helps working musicians develop their teaching skills. Visit www.becomeamusicteacher.com for more details. Music Education As a music educationalist he has worked at every level of music education from early year’s settings to postgraduate teaching at Universities and Conservatoires. He was for many years the head of the Bristol Arts and Music Service, which he built into a leading music support service and where he pioneered the introduction of world music styles for class instrumental teaching, setting new standards in accessibility and inclusiveness. He was also the first head of the music education hub "Bristol Plays Music" as well as being the Director of the Bristol Centre for Music and the Arts. He has also worked as an examiner for the Guildhall school of Music and Drama and Trinity College London and worked as a consultant and mentor for the ABRSM, He has also written study pieces and examination syllabuses for the major music examination boards. Musician Drummer and Percussionist As a Professional Musician Andy has played for some of the worlds leading artists for recordings, broadcasts as well as live shows. He has been the Drum Kit or Percussion chair for some of London's top West End Shows and has toured extensively both in the UK and overseas. MORE Teacher Development and CPD Andy is in great demand as a teacher trainer and delivers a wide range of workforce development and CPD to specialist and non-specialist teachers and musicians in all educational environments. He is an associate lecturer at Bath Spa University Institute for Education where he teaches on the specialist secondary music PGCE course. Andy is also a visiting Professor of Music at the Malaysian Music Teachers Training College. Andy now specialises in delivering training and professional development to both music teachers and generalist teachers around the world through his unique intensive training and bespoke mentoring schemes. MORE Please go to the contact page to email Andy. Andy is the author of the highly acclaimed, best-selling “World-Class” music teaching guides and his books have been published on African Drumming Indonesian Gamelan Brazilian Samba The Music of India Steel Pans Class Percussion Composing with World Music African Drumming Book Two Percussion Buddies To buy Andy's books follow the links below the picture of his books: |
Books by Andy Gleadhill
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