Music - a Beacon Department

Dr David Golby – Director of Music

David Golby studied and taught music at Oxford University, completing his doctorate in 1999. Research Associate of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004) and author of Instrumental Teaching in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Ashgate, 2004). Freelance violinist, leader and soloist (www.divertimento-music.co.uk). MD for College productions, including Hair at the Edinburgh Fringe, and an Examiner for the OCR Board.

Sharing Success: Opportunities to share good practice among members of the teaching profession.

Beacon Music activities include:

Visit from Colin Steadman, Head of Music Technology at Cirencester College.

Visit from Dr Dai Griffiths, Head of Music at Oxford Brookes University

MUSIC FOR THE MOVING IMAGE - Guy Dagul, Dr Jonathan Williams & Nick Hooper
October 2005

A fascinating day of guest speakers with particular expertise on this theme. Pupils from our four Partner Schools were invited to share the day with our own students.

Guy arranges music for Divertimento. He studied at the Royal Northern College of Music, embarking on a career arranging and composing in the film and entertainment industry. After spending some time working in Hollywood on major feature films, he now has his own studio near Oxford where he produces music for many TV programmes. He is also a pianist in a number of bands which play Jazz, Dixieland, Latin Dance and Rock Covers.

Jonathan became involved in writing for computer games via conducting and teaching orchestration at Oxford University, from where he received his PhD with a thesis on French Baroque music.

Nick is an award-winning composer for numerous BBC dramas (State of Play,
Messiah 3) and wildlife documentaries.