The NORDPLUS for Higher Education’s Creative Arts Pedagogy and the Environment / The CAPE Network ZOOM Webinar #5 Simon Bradley, Anna Wendy Stevenson and Peter Noble, University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland’s MA in Music and the Environment, September 21, 2021
Simon Bradley, Musician/Composer and Programme Leader of the MA Music and the Environment, University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland.
https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/courses/ma-music-and-the-environment/
Simon is a member of traditional Asturian Folk Music Group ‘Llan de Cubel’ and is Artistic Director of the Albastur Cultural Exchange project. This project integrates staff, students and musicians from Scotland and Asturias (Northern Spain) in collaborations, field trips, festival performances and teaching opportunities.
Professional experience and qualifications in earth science, transportation design, rural sustainability, and community development provide a lens through which to consider the idea of sustainability in the arts and creative economy. This reflects his outlook on the value of interdisciplinary approaches, collaboration, and development of research informed curriculum.
Anna-Wendy Stevenson is the third generation in the Stevenson family line of composers/performers. She has directed events for a wide range of organisations, communities, media groups, and festivals in the UK, Canada, USA, Australia, and Europe. Her own compositions include, ‘My Edinburgh’ – a homage to her home city and for which she was nominated for the BBC MG ALBA Composer of the Year; and ‘Suite Uist’ which was recorded with the Far Flung Collective, and has been performed in Canada, England and Scotland. Anna-Wendy is Programme Leader of BA Applied Music and lectures on the MA Music and the Environment. She is actively involved with pedagogical research with the University of the Highlands and Islands cultural resilience team on the Global Challenge Collaborative project with Universities in Senegal
Peter Noble is based at North Highland College UHI where he is part of the UHI Applied Music and Music and the Environment teaching team. Peter is also working as part of UHI’s resilience team on a long-term Global Challenge Collaborative project with Universities in Senegal and is the programme leader for the new Creative Therapies Masters which is in development. Peter also performs and records as a singer/songwriter and works as a commercial producer.
https://idruhi.wordpress.com/2021/03/05/over-the-edge-songs-from-dark-places/
Please also refer to this UHI Applied Music – past & present students Spotify playlist:
The NORDPLUS Creative Arts and Pedagogy in the Environment / The CAPE Network is supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Baltic Countries through the Nordplus Higher Education Programme. The Arts Academy, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland acts as the coordinator of the CAPE Network.
https://www.tuas.fi/en/about-us/faculties-and-campuses/arts-academy-linnankatu/
Contact David Yoken david.yoken@turkuamk.fi