Sean Gregory is Vice Principal and Director of Innovation, Engagement & Lifelong Learning, responsible for the development and delivery of a range of collaborative, socially engaged and wider lifelong learning programmes across Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
Alongside working as a composer, performer, and creative producer, he has led participatory arts projects for all ages and abilities in association with many British and international orchestras, opera companies, theatres, galleries, and arts education organisations.
Sean has previously held a range of roles at the Barbican and Guildhall School of Music & Drama, including Director of Creative Learning, Head of the Centre for Creative and Professional Practice and Head of Professional Development.
He also set up and ran the Guildhall Connect programme which won the Queen’s Anniversary Prize in 2005 for its pioneering music leadership and creative ensemble activity with young people in East London.
Creative practices in music and social engagement: Reflections on a Brazilian experience
Gregory, S., & Feichas, H. (2024). Creative practices in music and social engagement: Reflections on a Brazilian experience: 25th CEPROM Commission Pre-Conference Seminar Proceedings 2024.
2024
View OutputJourneys of Lifelong Learning in Music: Musicians engaging with new audiences (interview). In: Perspectives on Musicians’ Identity and Professional Performance
Smilde, R., & Gregory, S. (2021). Journeys of Lifelong Learning in Music: Musicians engaging with new audiences (interview). In: Perspectives on Musicians’ Identity and Professional Performance. Eburon Academic Publishers.
2021
View Output'The 'Golden Thread': A Lifelong Learning Continuum for Creative Practitioners Working “Without Boundaries'. In Kann Kultur Politik? Kann Politik Kultur? Why we need to talk more again about culture and politics
Gregory, S. (2020). 'The 'Golden Thread': A Lifelong Learning Continuum for Creative Practitioners Working “Without Boundaries'. In Kann Kultur Politik? Kann Politik Kultur? Why we need to talk more again about culture and politics. (De Geuyter.
2020
View OutputUnleashed: Collaboration, Connectivity and Creativity
Gregory, S., & Wiegold, P. (Ed.) (2015). Unleashed: Collaboration, Connectivity and Creativity: In Beyond Britten: The Composer and the Community. (Aldeburgh Studies in Music). Boydell & Brewer Limited. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv136c1vj.24
2015
View OutputWe lack a strong enough workforce of professional 'portfolio' musicians
Gregory, S. (2015). We lack a strong enough workforce of professional 'portfolio' musicians. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/culture-professionals-network/2015/oct/19/lack-strong-workforce-professional-portfolio-musicians-bach
2015
View OutputCreative Learning across the Barbican-Guildhall Campus: A new paradigm for engaging with the arts?
Gregory, S., & Renshaw, P. (2013). Creative Learning across the Barbican-Guildhall Campus: A new paradigm for engaging with the arts? Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
2013
View OutputCollaborative approaches: putting colour in a grey area
Gregory, S. (2010). Collaborative approaches: putting colour in a grey area. International Journal of Community Music, 3(3), 387 - 397. https://doi.org/10.1386/ijcm.3.3.387_1
2010
View OutputEngaged Passions, Searches for Quality in Community Contexts
Gregory, S. (2010). Engaged Passions, Searches for Quality in Community Contexts.
2010
View OutputCreativity and Conservatoires: the agenda and the issues and The Creative Music Workshop: a contextual study of its origin and practice. In: The reflective conservatoire : studies in music education
Gregory, S. (2005). Creativity and Conservatoires: the agenda and the issues and The Creative Music Workshop: a contextual study of its origin and practice. In: The reflective conservatoire : studies in music education. Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
2005
View OutputReflecting on conservatoires. Prelude, The developing conservatoire Creativity and conservatoires : the agenda and the issues
Gregory, S., & Odam, G. (Ed.) (2005). Reflecting on conservatoires. Prelude, The developing conservatoire Creativity and conservatoires : the agenda and the issues. Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
2005
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