Every year, our Heads of Content curate a line-up of fantastic speakers for the CPD conference programme. For 2026, the programme was created by Amy Driscoll (Music) and Wendy Frost (Drama). REGISTER FOR 2026
Loading All 0 - 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Miguel Hernando Torres Umba Devising Performer and Gecko Practitioner Justine Abri-Hodder Founder and Director, South East Ukulele Project Sandra Allan Subject Lead: Creative Arts , AQA Ebenezer Kwame Asime Middle and High School Theatre Teacher Serena B. Slack-Robins PhD candidate and freelance drama practitioner Helen Baggett Associate Director, Gecko Theatre Kwame Bakoji-Hume Creative Director African Activities Patrice Baldwin ‘Drama for Learning’ Trainer & Author Atri Banerjee Director/Translator, The Gate Theatre David Barnard Education Official, The Musicians’ Union Paul Bateson Senior Practitioner Drama , Secondary PGCE, University of Huddersfield Dr Charles Béquignon-MacDougall Creative Director, Gabrieli Roar Nicky Bouckley DIRECTOR OF MUSIC, Loughborough Schools Foundation Tyrelle Boyce Professional Actor, Mentor, and Co-Writer , Rap Club Productions C.I.C (aka The Spit Game UK) Dr Gill Brigg Freelance SEND Teacher and Theatre Practitioner Annie Brooks Co-founder, PuppetBox Tian Brown-Sampson Director/Translator Josette Bushell-Mingo OBE Principal and CEO, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama Conrad Cohen Shakespeare Curriculum Teaching Manager, The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) linkedin Caro Cooke Treasurer-Trustee, Music Education Council Antony Copus Managing Director, Out of the Ark Music Mervyn Cousins Chair of Chief Examiner Group, ABRSM Dr Sharon Coyne Artistic Director, Vita Nova Mark Crawford Head of Key Accounts and Customer Support Emily Crowhurst Head of 4-18 Music & Performing Arts, School 21 RuthAnne Cunningham Singer/ Song Writer Emily Dickens Creative Director, Gabrieli Roar Daisy Douglas Head of Children & Young People Programmes, Tender Rosanna Downing Performing Arts and English Teacher Pete Dowse Director of Performances to Children, Chickenshed Dr Will Dutta Chief Executive, Sound and Music Clare Edwards Co-Chair, Music Education Council Barry Farrimond-Chuong Co-Chair, Music Education Council Professor Martin Fautley Emeritus Professor of Music Education, Birmingham City University Jen Flatman National Business Development Manager , Music UK&I Trinity College London Dan Francis Consultant and Head of Performing Arts Dr Jim Frankel President, MusicFirst Trine Garrett Artistic Director and PIP Education Lead, Foreign Affairs Kat Gill Drama Practitioner David Gray Music Teacher creator of YouTube Channel, MusicwithMrGray, Lift Barton Hill Mak Grgic CEO & Co-Founder, Notey linkedin Alison Hale Drama Practitioner, Speech Bubbles Paul Harris Author and Educator, Faber Music Rachel Hawker Chief of Education, Rocksteady Music School Thomas Hewitt-Jones Composer Dr Andy Hickson Theatre Director Gillian Hipp Dance Movement Psychotherapist and Course Leader BA(Hons) Performing Arts Jeffery Hole Subject Advisor, Music & Music Technology, Pearson Dan Horton English Teacher, Harris Academy South Norwood Vamos Theatre (delivered by) Honor Hoskins Creative Producer, Vamos Theatre 1 2 3
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