Mastering Chaos: 

I am a violinist, composer and music arranger, and write about music philosophy.  I also blog about leadership excellence and effective team collaboration employing how we humans create and play music together as an insightful model. This model throws light on how we humans can work better together but also what happens when things turn toxic.

 

I began my music career at the Royal Academy of Music subsequently running music departments in London schools. I then switched careers to find success in corporate sales for Xerox before going on to work as an independent international trainer delivering courses across the UK, Europe and China in the Art and Science of Negotiation.

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At the start of the new millennium, my partner Jan and I became the owners of a retreat centre in Normandy, offering yoga retreats and string quartet workshops. As hobbies I love astrophotography and drone photography which I use in my music videos.

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Based now in Gloucestershire (UK), my time is spent leading two string quartets, teaching the violin, and ​composing & arranging music for bowed stringed instruments. I am also the Founder & Editor of Sound Forum the world's leading music improvisation, sound healing & sound therapy website.