Music & Drama Education Expo

Meet the Expo 2023 speaker: Jim Pinchen

On Day 2 of the Music & Drama Education Expo 2023, Jim Pinchen, composer, facilitator, international trainer and Inclusion Manager for Surrey Music Hub, will lead a session on how music education can support displaced children and young people and their host communities. We meet him to find out more.
Jim Pinchen
Jim Pinchen - Courtesy Jim Pinchen

JP: Work in progress.

JP: I'll be sharing learning from the extensive programmes we've been delivering with displaced children and young people. In the Expo session I'll talk about why this work is important to the sector, as well as to participants. I will share some of the music approaches and methodologies that we have developed during our journey at Surrey Music Hub.

JP: I started playing guitar when I was about four years old, when my dad began teaching me songs by The Beatles. I then played in local bands from about the age of 14. After studying a BTEC in Performing Arts, I worked in theatre production, starting as a volunteer sound and lighting technician with the Royal Shakespeare Company and eventually touring the world with well-known theatre and dance companies. During this time, I was also songwriting, collaborating with a number of bands (rock, funk, Latin-jazz), performing in London and composing for dance, radio and film.

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