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Meet the passionate team behind music of life

Advisory Council

Making the music possible

Formed in early 2021, Music of Life’s Advisory Council guides and challenges our Board of Trustees. Their expert insights shape our strategy, policy, and programmes – helping us to stay on the cutting edge of research, best practice, and innovation in special needs education.

The Council advises on:

  • Strategic direction and development of our existing programmes
  • Emerging policy and work from similar organisations
  • Methods for measuring and demonstrating our impact
  • Scientific evidence and research to strengthen our work
  • Identifying new priority areas and possible collaborations
We are immensely grateful to our Advisory Council members whose commitment, knowledge and vision help propel Music of Life forward.

Advisory council

Sophie Gray

Head of Inclusion, Services for Education, Birmingham

Karen Irwin

Strategic Director (Children and Young People), Live Music Now

Kathryn Mason

Research Fellow, The Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre, UCL

Adam Ockelford

Professor of Music, Roehampton University and Founder, Amber Trust

Lorella Terzi

Professor of Philosophy of Education, University of Roehampton

Graham Welch

Professor & Chair of Music Education, UCL Institute of Education

Rachel Wolffsohn

General Manager, The OHMI Trust

Emma Brown

PhD student, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Ben Sellers

Founder and Director, Transformance Music

Jonathan Dickson

Head of Service, Resonate, Liverpool Music Hub

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