Teacher
Chris's teaching experience embraces higher education, secondary education and private tuiton.
Between 1993 and 2000, he lectured at Cardiff University in the Department of Music, teaching a range of subjects that included history & analysis of music, historical performance practice, C18th harmony & counterpoint, aural perception, choral conducting and orchestral conducting. He also gave courses in the Department for Continuing Education. He lectured at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama from 1996-2000, teaching subjects such as history & analysis of music, C16th counterpoint, C18th harmony & counterpoint, fugue, aural perception, and keyboard harmony. In addition he supervised dissertations at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Chris also taught in the Junior Department of the RWCMD and taught A-level music as part of the College's mission to support local schools. Chris tutored on Open University Music Summer Schools between 1996 and their lamented demise in 2010.
Having gained a PGCE in Secondary Music at the Institute of Education of the University of London (2000-2001), Chris taught at federation of 11-18 comprehensive schools in the East End of London from 2001-2015 where he variously served as Head of Music, Gifted & Talented Students Coordinator, Head of Performing Arts, Vice Principal and Executive Principal. During this time he appeared on Teachers' TV. From 2015-2017 he was Headteacher of a large grammar school near London.
Chris has taught organ, piano, clarinet, saxophone and theory of music to a number of private pupils, ranging from beginners to advanced students (including fellow music teachers) who achieved diplomas under his tutelage.
Chris holds two Certificates in the Advanced Professional Practice of Education (with Distinction) from Oxford Brookes University, and the NPQH (National Professional Qualification for Headship). He was among the first people to be awarded Chartered London Teacher Status and he is a Fellow of the College of Teachers. His submissions for CLTS and FCOT were published on the web by the London Centre for Leadership in Learning (IoE).
Chris's teaching experience embraces higher education, secondary education and private tuiton.
Between 1993 and 2000, he lectured at Cardiff University in the Department of Music, teaching a range of subjects that included history & analysis of music, historical performance practice, C18th harmony & counterpoint, aural perception, choral conducting and orchestral conducting. He also gave courses in the Department for Continuing Education. He lectured at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama from 1996-2000, teaching subjects such as history & analysis of music, C16th counterpoint, C18th harmony & counterpoint, fugue, aural perception, and keyboard harmony. In addition he supervised dissertations at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Chris also taught in the Junior Department of the RWCMD and taught A-level music as part of the College's mission to support local schools. Chris tutored on Open University Music Summer Schools between 1996 and their lamented demise in 2010.
Having gained a PGCE in Secondary Music at the Institute of Education of the University of London (2000-2001), Chris taught at federation of 11-18 comprehensive schools in the East End of London from 2001-2015 where he variously served as Head of Music, Gifted & Talented Students Coordinator, Head of Performing Arts, Vice Principal and Executive Principal. During this time he appeared on Teachers' TV. From 2015-2017 he was Headteacher of a large grammar school near London.
Chris has taught organ, piano, clarinet, saxophone and theory of music to a number of private pupils, ranging from beginners to advanced students (including fellow music teachers) who achieved diplomas under his tutelage.
Chris holds two Certificates in the Advanced Professional Practice of Education (with Distinction) from Oxford Brookes University, and the NPQH (National Professional Qualification for Headship). He was among the first people to be awarded Chartered London Teacher Status and he is a Fellow of the College of Teachers. His submissions for CLTS and FCOT were published on the web by the London Centre for Leadership in Learning (IoE).
