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 Emma King-Farlow Artistic Director, Shadow Road Productions Chris Koelma Director, Electronic Music Pedagogy Margherita Laera Academic and PIP Founder, University of Kent Jack Laidlaw Education Development Manager UK/IE, Ableton Katy Lavinia Cooper Head of Marketing , Sing for Pleasure Ria Leah Producer and Head of Operations, Rap Club Productions Kate Lexen Director of Services , Tender James Manwaring Director of Music & President, Music Teacher's Association Stephen Marquiss Founder, Piano Portals Sarah Marsh Head of Curriculum, Brent Music Service Kit Massey Professor, Trinity Laban Tara Maysey Founder and Director, London Ukulele Project Adam Milford Founder / CEO Theatre Workout Marc Mollica UAL Awarding Body Chief Examiners, UAL Alison Moncrieff-Kelly Cellist/ Cello Teacher Helen Naylor Director of Music , Cambrian Harps and Harp School Chris North CEO & Founder, Learning for Good Dom O'Hanlon Publisher, Methuen Drama Jonathan Perkins Assistant Principal, The Bourne Academy Guillaume Pige Director and Producer, Theatre Re Sooree Pillay Trustee, Music Education Council Performing International Plays Sophie Powell Co-founder, PuppetBox Stefano Pozzi Assistant Director, Department for Education Zeena Rasheed Drama Teacher Shivani Rattan Conductor, Singer, Educator Christopher Ricketts Music Lead, Bohunt Education Trust Hywel Roberts Teacher, Writer, Speaker, Pedagogical Philosopher Maddie Short Programmes and Creative Lead, Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation Geoff Smith Drama Consultant Dr Elizabeth Stafford Director, Music Education Solutions Tamsin Stanley Events and Comms, Federation of Drama Schools Dr Lisa Stephenson Reader in Creative Pedagogies, School of Education, Leeds Beckett University Lydia Stevens Workshops Manager, Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation Helena Summerfield Programme Manager, Jazz North Nicolas Sykes UAL Awarding Body Chief Examiners, UAL Dr Christopher Tarrant Senior Lecturer in Music Analysis, Newcastle University Katie Teage Music Education Consultant Dan Terry Company Director, Creative Spark James Tuck Head of Music, Mayflower High School Benjamin Turner Managing Creative Director, Rap Club Productions C.I.C (aka The Spit Game UK) Martin Wakley Head of Performing Arts, Putteridge High School Ula Weber Head of Programme, Sing for Pleasure Paul Webster Subject Advisor, Performing Arts & Drama , Pearson Natalie Wild Director of Research and Professional Development, Music in Secondary Schools Trust Alys Wilding Senior Lecturer in Music Education and Subject Lead for Music PGCE, Birmingham City University Francis Winston Author & Lead Educational Consultant, Rappin-the-Classroom 1 2
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