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AH: Hello, it’s Anita here, and welcome to this month’s podcast. In this episode, I’m talking with Adam Joolia, CEO of AudioActive, a Sussex based charity that uses music as a tool for social change, education and personal development. When I last interviewed Adam around 15 years ago, the organisation was tiny, but punching above…

AH: Today, I’m talking with Ally Daubney, educator, researcher, evaluator and author in the field of music education, who’s well known to people working in the sector in the UK, and with John Bergin, who is CEO of Newham Music, one of the partners in the new East London Music Alliance and Music Education Hub.…

AH: Hello and welcome. In this episode, I’m talking with Erin Johnson-Williams and Caz Creagh from the AHRC hub for public engagement with music research, which is part of the Centre for Music Education and Social Justice at Southampton University. I should point out that AHRC stands for the Arts and Humanities Research Centre. So…

AH: Welcome to this episode of the podcast, and in this episode, I’m talking with Professor Marcus Smith, who’s co-founder of the Clem Burke Drumming Project, and also a professor at Chichester University. The project is researching the physical, mental and health benefits of drumming. Marcus co-founded the project with Dr Clem Burke, who’s known…

AH: Hello, and welcome. In this episode, I’m talking with Nikki-Kate Heyes, MBE, who was the founder and until recently, CEO of soundLINCS, a community music organisation that’s been working with people from all walks of life, through music, for 26 years. I’ve spotted it was actually set up the year after the last Labour…

AH: Hello, and welcome to the podcast. In this episode, I’m joined by James Dickinson, head of Hull Music Service, which is part of the local authority and also lead for the new music education hub covering Hull, East Riding, north and northeast Lincolnshire. I contacted James because he recently published two reports that I…

AH: In this episode, I’m talking with Beatriz Ilari, who’s a Professor of Music Teaching and Learning at the Center for Music, Brain and Society at the University of Southern California,  in Los Angeles. Beatriz teaches music psychology, the sociology of music and cultural diversity in music teaching. All really fascinating subjects that I know…

AH: Hello, and welcome back to the podcast. We’ve paused the podcast since last year, but we’re back up and running and looking forward to more great conversations with people doing interesting work in music for education and wellbeing. In this episode, I’m talking with James McPherson, who is leading a brilliant initiative to help…

AH: Hello, it’s Anita here and welcome to this podcast. In this episode, I’m talking with Ami Gaston who works internationally to promote healing and wellbeing through music and activism. She works with organisations such as the US government, United Nations, the American Psychological Association, and her work has taken her around the world to…