treble time music
Hi, I'm Carol, a musician, performer and educator based in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Since childhood I have been involved in the performing arts throughout school,
training in dance from the age of 5 years and performing in school music and
drama productions. Since then I have continued performing and studying, gaining
a BA (Hons) Degree in Dance, teaching dance at Acting Up Theatre School and in
after-school clubs, writing and performing my own poetry, performing in Theatre
in Education and singing and playing percussion in various bands across the
North East and Europe. I have worked extensively at Sage Gateshead across their
Learning and Participation Programme, as a Project Musician and Programme Leader
for their CoMusica, Early Years, Loud & Clear Foster and Adoptive Families and
Young People's Programmes, delivering music-making projects and devising
training in Early Years & Family Learning, Inclusive Practice and Working With
Young People With Autism. I have worked collaboratively in partnerships with The
Great North Children's Hospital, North East Autism Society, Children North East,
North Tyneside Family Intervention, Durham, Gateshead and Newcastle Fostering
and Adoption Services, Family Intervention Services and Music Services (HUBS)
within Primary Education, SEND and PRU across the North East. I was a vocalist
and percussion player with Bridie Jackson and The Arbour, a four-piece
contemporary folk/acoustic band based in Newcastle. Gaining widespread acclaim,
we received radio play on BBC 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 Music, played live sessions for
Dermot O’Leary and Radio 4′s Loose Ends, and won a Journal Culture Award for
their Arts Council-funded project, Music in Museums, and performed on multiple
stages at the legendary Glastonbury Festival, having beaten over 8,000
contenders to win the 2013 Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition. I am a
Festival Compere, having worked with Cambridge Folk Festival since 2015 and
smaller festivals, including Maddy Prior's Stepping Stones Festival in Cumbria.
I am now a Director of Sound Sense and work as a Freelance Musician working with
babies, the elderly and all ages in between. You can find out more information
about what I do by exploring this page.
