Patrick Gazard

Background

About Patrick Gazard

BA Hons: LLCM (Music Theatre Performance), DipABRSM (Classical Singing), PGCE Former secondary school music teacher and Head of Music (20 years). Now freelance musician (since September 2009): piano and singing teacher/ private A level tutor/ mentor/ ensemble director/ supply teacher/ education author/ composer, arranger. Music Education author: double-award winner at Music Teacher Awards for Excellence Music Education Product of the Year (2018) BEING A HEAD OF MUSIC: A SURVIVAL GUIDE, written with Jane Werry and David Ashworth: Previously for Rhinegold Education: Print Resource of the Year (2013) HOW TO CREATE A SUCCESSFUL MUSIC ENSEMBLE (2012): a guide to starting up, running and arranging for choral and instrumental ensembles (click on link below) and YOU CAN TEACH PRIMARY MUSIC (2010) for non-specialist primary teachers in the classroom. Former PGCE/ GTP Secondary Music Mentor for Reading and Oxford Brookes universities. Since leaving my full time teaching job I have worked in numerous different schools as supply/ long term cover: senior boys and senior girls, plus a boys' preparatory school and currently an upper school. I ran a very successful mentoring programme with a Head of Music in Berkshire who has since been nominated 4 times for a Music Expo Department of the Year award. I also tutor privately for AS and A2 Music (Edexcel) and Music Theory. Choral arranging for Faber, Music Sales and Banks Music publications, and now arranger for GleeClubUK. Jazz direction, composition/ arranging and performance, including recorded work for NYJO (National Youth Jazz Orchestra) Music theatre: director/ musical director and composer: teach music theatre singing to children and adults.