Sam Leak

Background

About Sam Leak

Senior Lecturer in Music ( & Pathway Leader)/ Professional Jazz Musician 1. Qualifications, with awarding body and dates • 2004-2007: BMus (Music). First Class Honours. Kings College London. • 2007-2009: MMus (Jazz Studies). Distinction (also DipRAM for ‘Outstanding Final Recital,’ and Benjamin Doniger Jazz Scholarship). Royal Academy of Music. • 2013-present: PhD (‘Can Adults Learn Absolute Pitch?’). Recently examined (viva-voce) and, subject to some presentational modifications, will be awarded soon. University of Cambridge. • Other professional qualifications - 2018: PG Cert HE 2. Membership of and Roles in Professional Bodies and Learned Societies - 2018: Higher Education Academy. Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (fellowship reference number: PR141953))- 2019: ‘Associate of the Royal Academy of Music’. Royal Academy of Music. Current Employment • Middlesex University (Since 2015)- Senior Lecturer in Music & Pathway Leader for Popular Music (0.5 FTE), Department of Performing Arts • Visiting/honorary/secondment positions - 2023-24: University of Surrey: module tutor for ‘Harmony 2: Jazz and Popular Music Forms (MUS2058)’ - 2023: University of Cambridge: Examiner for jazz recitals - 2021-22: Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Jazz ensemble tutor. Guest lecturer in Jazz harmony/history/transcription - 2017: Trinity Laban. Jazz ensemble tutor - 2017: Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Examiner for student recital - 2015: Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Jazz ensemble tutor 4. Curriculum development - Led on the design of MUS2012 as a part of the 2020 BA Music Programme validation 5. Grants, awards and contracts - “Investigating the monetisation of live streams of musical performances in the wake of COVID-19.” Economic and Social Research Council: £50,437.87 awarded. Applicants: Julia Haferkorn (PI), Sam Leak, and Brian Kavanagh. Official reports - Haferkorn, J, Kavanagh, B, & Leak, S.(2021). Livestreaming Music in the UK – A Report for Musicians. Commissioned: UKRI/Economic and Social Research Council. pp.1-53 - Haferkorn, J, Kavanagh, B, & Leak, S.(2021). Livestreaming music in the UK: quantitative analysis. Commissioned: UKRI/Economic and Social Research Council. pp.1-20 - Piano Piece for Trinity College London Exams 2024 Grade 2 ("the EXAM ANTHOLOGIES")