Rod Paton, D.Phil has had a varied career as a musician and composer, writer and lecturer, researcher and academic, music therapist and community musician. He has been facilitating workshops in the UK and abroad for over thirty years and is the founder of the Lifemusic method which uses improvisation as a tool for personal development, transformation, well-being and community engagement. His clients include people from all walks of life including teachers, musicians, therapists, social and health care workers, academics and corporate clients. His book, Living Music is widely used by workshop leaders and his Ascension Jazzmass was described in Jazz Journal International as “a moving testament to the human spirit”. He is a director of Sound Sense, the UK professional agency for community musicians and is a senior lecturer at the University of Chichester. He is currently directing the South East Coastal Communities projects in Lifemusic as part of a consortium of twelve universities across the S.E. of England and is completing a book due to be published by Archive Publishing later this year. |
