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Leadership

Jo and Sophie talk to programme leaders, tutors, students and the administrator of the two-year postgraduate Leadership programme, which ran from 2007–2019 at Guildhall School of Music and Drama for musicians wanting to develop their practice in socially engaged settings. This constitutes episode 5 of a special series for miaaw.net about social practice programmes and projects at Guildhall School of Music and Drama from the 1970s–2020s.   Echoes and the Unsaid  EPISODE 05 | MAY 22 | 2026   HOSTS Jo Gibson | Sophie Hope COMMENTARY In this episode, we hear from tutors Jan Hendrickse, Nell Catchpole and Sigrun Sævarsdóttir-Griffiths; administrator Lucy Hunt; and students Preetha Narayanan and Jo Gibson about the beginnings, changes and challenges of the programme. Topics include: the diverse, international cohort; how staff and students navigated the process of making music in different settings; how meanings of socially engaged practice evolved over time; and the tensions between the programme and the conservatoire context in which it was situated. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the podcast and to the Leadership programme over the years.   REFERENCES Links to websites of the podcast guests: Jan Hendrickse https://www.janhendrickse.com/ [https://www.janhendrickse.com/] Nell Catchpole https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/staff/nell-catchpole [https://www.janhendrickse.com/] Sigrun Sævarsdóttir-Griffiths https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/staff/sigrun-saevarsdottir-griffiths [https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/staff/sigrun-saevarsdottir-griffiths] Preetha Narayanan https://www.preethanarayanan.com/ [https://www.preethanarayanan.com/] Jo Gibson https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/profile/1884 [https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/profile/1884] Past website documenting the Leadership programme [https://mmusleadership.tumblr.com/] Guildhall Connect https://royalanniversarytrust.org.uk/winners/guildhall-connect-a-large-scale-programme-using-musical-creativity-to-engage-and-inspire-young-people/ Series of reports [https://research.piano.or.jp/series/london_eng/2009/07/guildhall04e.html] about Guildhall Connect by Chigusa Futako Barbican Guildhall Creative Learning [https://documentcloud.adobe.com/spodintegration/index.html?code=1.AUgAZL6a-h8h4kS0rpzR3C49_wNnpdEi2wRBom1T-35aACVdAMBIAA.BQABBAIAAAADAOz_BQD0_0V2b1N0c0FydGlmYWN0cwIAAAAAANKY6saKUi2vda11pazf7TYoKkei_ErPKTAq5YWyK3pp7Dkx9lzLo8HDmvrTyV_R0bPu7crXG_MfuVj68LUoa0LOR3J6yVGiHZRNfQlYSjvyDTqsd0hvmVURtu2cR-6CxXmCas75Nq30yUKzM1vEVh7YJywRjk4I2ZSxAWG5IFphWJTOWE7qfdCbN_KGj99G89BUOxAv_Lv477aeduGeRDakBcqH821nhJIZQYw-a_cp8x2XoFu-4-_390goOwkzhg0zjl8G-mAft84buky3Bgv3ShHHWtsBQSzZASstzilAxM7IjDoid646bUfol-01SR5A4Ts4ZRo1vqxwYj-4k6A4Yxz0UaNJrSzhy9nAgH9nDaxkDLIRPdKOvwdTrH-pi8UwSCfSZoJ8R1sgwjYWd3FPBofBd2P8p8QutcA8XpBgkx46m_qxOMcOvQQmdU6htgnxggwWlR6Fw6xpHqBAX6-W2ggZXra1wP2M_G02O0FFofwTL_FKuYPq42-qUQ60R9JrMr9GFU27QPO5JwewCK1hLiDWGqTRLCh_DCHULXwK8xNPTAUodwiSpDw27xdi77ifdOleKJN3rohC-yhd0-wpt_gZ2xpik7ZxV6zEsEhL_pPoGF_G6MM04LLoR6mnPxjoPeyVeCFimKC0AZ2Fj-J0VOb_OTywf_VJkZprW0bNZlJh4RpiUwObJE1XePS3xBZqvXjkzyc8swaMMn7Kk9Pd1YixrWNy0Ite_Mv3x2PQoF0Z2E3y3Du2a4wgsRN4N065p1IMEMsmrDwyzpP_CezktDm7Gv1zUGkQB8qj4tjzmdEAZMnqVNTaIlLpiQ9QVjKBhDZMsbt-xR8Et0jsDAgo1JmAPo6lKvO6CfGOWSahn-cMKUApl5z50rGa3tgeWCSzUlVicmA1QpD_7ECkfRytjT3j7GXADSf-qe2NJNQ_xNA63GVtjv-9hYEEB57UWUBmcNDAJB2hR0MmDGHdh1VRV-1DBhug5a87znQo71Svxar94tsSYd10fXXF7PWQjNQo6QGWFYK6E1yQj6MNrldP50yMP4u0yJmX8j5bk7i4aHUt_4mLAwwac8MR_-TclnpecSfcd7gjUPI2UN2vEcbMG1IC4ldwt1L7ubNqwUrzejcOf67UyGdbSujUVoU1fFvK-r83eESZcvPMSa2zNq76uPG3BTrCE_2u7TPc6aQiUIL175WcZiQ5thPxTvob2Uzonp-Ti0vlpsDGa8SeDYBreRnHfYzHrMR3u5eES9HxE0Li-cdWuvgBr5sJvh2PF3vdvvgWCUAaPY97OO7rtcYGSTOKAdyEZ-xbyVIiKcWJXPpQGEVkT8b4mc5Sxt2sjAlxOGS0E_1NpEJMdmDXYppnS1Dhp5H5mY2UpQMUP31-kbvnzPDMZq4Ns2MdSFANliYOXVacKuwmqxsQBeVujC_Gzj55hHVa&state=5415d3f3-68c1-41c5-99d6-200875573c15&session_state=0032899a-0e9e-c92e-8a5e-d6261e695e8e] Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Guildhall [https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/about-guildhall/diversity-equity-and-inclusion] De-centre for Socially Engaged Practice and Research [https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/research-engagement-services/guildhall-de-centre]

Live from ICAF: ethics & community arts

On Episode 64 of A Culture of Possibility, Arlene Goldbard and François Matarasso discuss the ethical issues that arise when working with communities.  The presentation was recorded live at a session at the International Community Arts Festival in Rotterdam earlier this Spring.   A CULTURE OF POSSIBILITY EPISODE 64 | MAY 15 | 2026   PARTICIPANTS Arlene Goldbard | François Matarasso   COMMENTARY In the second episode based on live recordings from ICAF in Rotterdam, we hear Arlene Goldbard and François Matarasso and their presentation on Community Arts and Ethics. The episode has three parts. We begin with a short introduction in which Arlene and François set the context for the workshop. We then hear the first part of the workshop - their initial presentation - exactly as it happened. We have deliberately left in the slight imperfections and occasional background noise to preserve as far as possible the atmosphere in the hall.  At the event this was followed by an interactive feedback session. However it was not possible to obtain permissions from all those present to use their voices. Instead Arlene and François have created a summary of the questions that people raised and the answers they provided. This freshly recorded summary forms the final part of the episode.   REFERENCES Ethics & Participatory Arts, a 2021 pamphlet by Arlene Goldbard and François Matarasso https://content.gulbenkian.pt/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/05120439/2021_AC_Ethics-and-Participatory-Art.pdf [https://content.gulbenkian.pt/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/05120439/2021_AC_Ethics-and-Participatory-Art.pdf] ICAF Rotterdam https://icafrotterdam.com/ [https://icafrotterdam.com/] François: A Restless Art https://arestlessart.com/ [https://arestlessart.com/] François: A Selfless Art https://aselflessart.com/ [https://aselflessart.com/] Arlene on Wikipedia  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlene_Goldbard [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlene_Goldbard] Arlene’s website  https://arlenegoldbard.com/about-2/ [https://arlenegoldbard.com/about-2/]

Three Motivations for Fascists

In this month’s episode of Parallel Streams we listen to an episode of THOUGHT SNACK, with Max Haiven and Sarah Stein Lubrano. THOUGHT SNACK is an occasional podcast from Sense & Solidarity where Sarah and Max explore the big ideas that make and break our world. PARALLEL STREAMS EPISODE 05 | MAY 8 | 2026   PARTICIPANTS Max Haiven | Owen Kelly | Sarah Stein Lubrano   COMMENTARY Max Haiven is an researcher and educator who uses writing, teaching, games, podcasts and other techniques for the radical imagination. He works as an associate professor and Canada Research Chair in the Radical Imagination at Lakehead University in Canada.  His latest book is Palm Oil: The Grease of Empire (2022). Sarah Stein Lubrano is a writer and researcher who specializes in the social psychology of politics. For many years she was the Head of Content at The School of Life in London, Currently she is Head of Research for the The Future Narratives Lab, whose work focuses on narratives about social and political change. She is the author of Don't Talk About Politics: How to Change 21st-Century Minds (2025). Together Max and Sarah founded and now organise Sense & Solidarity which offers a platform where people who want to radically change the world can learn together and build individual and collective capacity. This THOUGHT SNACK podcast was released under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence. The music in the podcast is by Dan Gouly. REFERENCES Three Motivations for Fascists on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/reimaginevalue/threefascistmotivations [https://soundcloud.com/reimaginevalue/threefascistmotivations]   THOUGHT SNACK on Soundcloud  https://soundcloud.com/reimaginevalue/sets/thoughtsnack [https://soundcloud.com/reimaginevalue/sets/thoughtsnack]   Sense and Solidarity https://senseandsolidarity.org/ [https://senseandsolidarity.org/]   Sarah Stein Lubrano https://www.sarahsteinlubrano.com [https://www.sarahsteinlubrano.com]   Max Haiven https://maxhaiven.com/ [https://maxhaiven.com/]

Structures of Feelings

During a discussion about the possible meanings of cultural democracy Sophie Hope raised the concept of structures of feeling that Raymond Williams had developed.  In this episode we examine this concept in more detail.   Meanwhile in an Abandoned Warehouse   EPISODE 86 | MAY 1 | 2026    PARTICIPANTS Sophie Hope and Owen Kelly   COMMENTARY Owen Kelly and Sophie Hope dig out their copies of Marxism & Literature and discuss the cultural theory that Raymond Williams develops there. They reflect on Williams’ insistence on keeping in mind that we live our lives as processes, and that cultural theory needs to avoid turning these into finished products that we can dissect at our leisure. We examine some of the things that this might mean in practice, and what all this might mean for anyone interested in exploring ideas like cultural democracy. This continues an argument that we have been developing over the last few episodes and the argument will conclude in the next episode, when all the threads (cultural democracy as process, the subtle perils of AI, and the structure of feelings) will come together into a total something that will appear (slightly) greater than the sum of its parts. Note The file uploaded on May 1 had some serious audio glitches. Apologies. We uploaded a repaired file on Saturday May 2. Please enjoy this one!   References Oxford Reference online https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100538488 [https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100538488] Sean Matthews on Structure & Feeling https://www.academia.edu/1196858/Change_and_theory_in_Raymond_Williamss_Structure_of_Feeling_2001_ [https://www.academia.edu/1196858/Change_and_theory_in_Raymond_Williamss_Structure_of_Feeling_2001_]

PACE - Performance and Creative Enterprise

In the fourth episode of Echoes and the Unsaid Jo and Sophie talk to a group of people involved in the BA Performance and Creative Enterprise (PACE) Programme that ran from 2015-2021 at Guildhall School of Music and Drama.  They discuss the background to the course, reflections on how it challenged the structures of the conservatoire and the generative community of practice that evolved between students and staff during the life of the programme.  Echoes and the Unsaid   EPISODE 04 | APRIL 24 | 2026   PARTICIPANTS Jo Gibson | Sophie Hope COMMENTARY   Jo Gibson and Sophie Hope talk to a group of people involved in the BA Performance and Creative Enterprise (PACE) Programme that ran from 2015-2021 at Guildhall School of Music and Drama.  We hear from student Georgia Dodsworth, the programme co-ordinator, Naomi Nathan, module leader for collaborative practice, Natasha Zielazinski, and lecturer Justin O'Shaughnessy.  They discuss the background to the course, reflections on how it challenged the structures of the conservatoire and the generative community of practice that evolved between students and staff during the life of the programme.   Thank you to the contributors of this podcast and all the staff and students who worked on the PACE programme.   REMINDER This is episode 4 in a special series for miaaw.net about social practice programmes and projects at Guildhall School of Music and Drama from the 1970s to the 2020s.  The series is hosted by Jo Gibson (Research Fellow, Institute for Social Justice, York St John University) and Sophie Hope (co-lead of the De-centre for socially engaged practice and research at Guildhall School of Music and Drama).   REFERENCES PACE alumni https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/study-with-guildhall/drama/performance-creative-enterprise-alumni [https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/study-with-guildhall/drama/performance-creative-enterprise-alumni] Natasha Zielazinski https://natashazielazinski.com/ [https://natashazielazinski.com/]   Georgia Dodsworth https://natashazielazinski.com/ [https://natashazielazinski.com/] Open school East https://openschooleast.org/ [https://openschooleast.org/] Shoreditch Festival https://www.ponystudio.co.uk/pictures/projects/shoreditch-festival/ [https://www.ponystudio.co.uk/pictures/projects/shoreditch-festival/] Cultural Olympiad https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09548963.2013.798999 [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09548963.2013.798999] Barbican Creative Learning https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/about-guildhall/news/barbican-guildhall-creative-learning-marks-decade-of-transforming-lives [https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/about-guildhall/news/barbican-guildhall-creative-learning-marks-decade-of-transforming-lives] Bedwyr Williams exhibition in the Curve Gallery (2016-17) https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2016/event/bedwyr-williams-the-gulch [https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2016/event/bedwyr-williams-the-gulch] Islington Mill https://www.islingtonmill.com/ [https://www.islingtonmill.com/] Ways of Seeing by John Berger https://www.ways-of-seeing.com/ [https://www.ways-of-seeing.com/] Memorial to Kenny Mukendi https://www.wired4music.co.uk/2019/10/in-memory-of-kenny-mukendi-a-k-a-vulcan-mc/ [https://www.wired4music.co.uk/2019/10/in-memory-of-kenny-mukendi-a-k-a-vulcan-mc/] Resistible Demise of Michael Jackson by Mark Fisher (2009) https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Resistible-Demise-of-Michael-Jackson-by-Mark-Fisher/9781846943485?srsltid=AfmBOoom0-_--ptJKx839YJkarW0EBO9wEnQihlwCV8tHp1COIEDYdpi [https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Resistible-Demise-of-Michael-Jackson-by-Mark-Fisher/9781846943485?srsltid=AfmBOoom0-_--ptJKx839YJkarW0EBO9wEnQihlwCV8tHp1COIEDYdpi] Books by bell hooks https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/collections/author-books-by-bell-hooks?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20190430526&gbraid=0AAAAADZzAIA7QFIPekGdxZuNRNF3ENifr&gclid=CjwKCAjwspPOBhB9EiwATFbi5GtShIa91SaSwVKAGIA_ws9h3ekoXhEXu7Rz7nVV6SWrfTrcIQO41BoCZccQAvD_BwE [https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/collections/author-books-by-bell-hooks?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20190430526&gbraid=0AAAAADZzAIA7QFIPekGdxZuNRNF3ENifr&gclid=CjwKCAjwspPOBhB9EiwATFbi5GtShIa91SaSwVKAGIA_ws9h3ekoXhEXu7Rz7nVV6SWrfTrcIQO41BoCZccQAvD_BwE]