Dr Colin Durrant lead the graduate programme in Music Education at the Institute of Education University of London until September 2011. He has been Director of Choral Activities at the New England Conservatory in Boston, visiting Associate Professor in the School of Music at the University of Maryland and Principal Lecturer in Music and Music Education at the Roehampton University (formely titled University of Surrey Roehampton). He has a wide range of choral conducting and teaching experience and, following his doctoral research into the area of effective choral conducting, designed and developed a graduate programme in Choral Education at the University of Surrey Roehampton, the first and only one of its kind in the UK. His book Choral Conducting: Philosophy and Practice published by Routledge appeared in 2003. He is also on the editorial board of the International Journal of Research in Choral Singing. Colin Durrant has led choral conducting workshops in Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan and the USA as well as in Europe. He has written a number of articles on the area of music education and choral education with further interests in the philosophy of music and music education, the professional development of teachers and conductors and communication and leadership skills in music. Colin Durrant has also been Music Curriculum Consultant and Deputy Chief Examiner for Music for the International Baccalaureate Organisation. He currently conducts the University of London Chamber Choir and Imperial College Choir and has been invited to work with the BBC Singers in their outreach educational programme.

special interests...

Music Education, Choral Education, Philosophy of Music and Music Education, the professional development of teachers and conductors and communication and leadership skills in music.

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