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TL Alum Selected for Sound and Music’s Adopt a Music Creator

Composer Caitlin Harrison embarks on a creative journey alongside two UK orchestras

2018 composition graduate Caitlin Harrison has been commissioned to work with Aldworth Philharmonic Orchestra and Reading Youth Orchestra as part of Sound and Music’s Adopt a Music Creator 2022 scheme.

Run in partnership with Making Music and supported by the PRS Foundation, the project pairs promising composers and creators with vocal and instrumental ensembles from around the UK.

The collaborations will culminate in a premiere performance and recording, broadcast on BBC Radio 3. The new commissions will also be added to Making Music’s library of repertoire and made available to leisure-time ensembles across the country.

On her participation in Adopt a Music Creator, Harrison comments –

“It has been very exciting to be paired with not only one but two orchestras as part of Marking Music’s Adopt a Music Creator scheme. I am grateful for the opportunity to write for the vibrant musicians of Reading Youth Orchestra and the Aldworth Philharmonic Orchestra and the early stages of collaboration have set the stage for a fantastic project.”

Since graduating from Trinity Laban, the Oxford-based composer has been shortlisted for the NCEM Young Composers Competition 2020, Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra’s Emerging Composers Competition 2020, and the Henfrey Composition Prize 2021. She has previously had works performed by the Kreutzer Quartet, Oxford Philharmonic, and the BBC Singers.

To find out more about composition at Trinity Laban, visit our study pages.

Hollie Harding - MSLW

‘A Change of Season’ UK Tour

In response to the climate emergency, Trinity Laban String Ensemble reimagines Vivaldi’s iconic masterpiece The Four Seasons and revives Hollie Harding’s immersive and eco-political Melting, Shifting, Liquid World, exploring the seasons as they should be and contemplating what they may become.

Read the full programme here

From the bird song of Spring to the cracking ice of Winter, Vivaldi captures the extraordinary sounds of the changing seasons. In this new interpretation, our String Ensemble combines music, sound and movement to bring Vivaldi’s score to life as never before.

Blending innovative audio technology, promenading musicians and field recordings of Arctic sea ice, Hollie Harding’s Melting, Shifting Liquid World forefronts the consequence of rising temperatures and ocean pollution. The work is the first composition to incorporate the use of Shokz open-ear, bone-conduction headsets alongside live instruments, creating a multi-layered sonic environment for the audience to explore.

On her inspiration to create the work, TL alum and lecturer Hollie comments –

“Sometimes, art is a more arresting way of dealing with issues like climate change as it presents information in a way that can really move people.”

Devised by violist, conductor and Trinity Laban Head of Strings Nic Pendlebury, the thought-provoking programme reframes the climate crisis through an artistic lens to examine the fragility of our modern world. The staging of the Vivaldi Four Seasons is directed by theatre director Anna Morrissey and designed by Carla Goodman, and features original soundscapes by Jamie Elless.

As the UK’s only music and dance conservatoire, we support a wide range of innovative and collaborative activity that pushes the boundaries of art forms and promote the development of new artistic media.

Opening at London’s National Maritime Museum (19 & 20 March), the ensemble will tour to Stoller Hall, Manchester and Shipley Arts Festival, before heading to Latitude Festival this summer with their environmental agenda.

Man and woman running across green open space with large orange a blue 'We Are Lewisham' flags

We Are Lewisham Day One

Pop-up performances across the Borough began the joyous year of celebrations

Day One of Lewisham’s year as the Mayor’s London Borough of Culture 2022 officially kicked off on Friday 28 January with a joyous opening celebration of community spirit.

Packed with outdoor music and dance events which spanned the whole borough, the day started with Commotions, a project that saw pop-up performances at transport hubs in Bellingham, Blackheath, Catford, Deptford, Hither Green and Lewisham.

Bringing culture to the doorstep of Lewisham residents and commuters, the activities included premieres of four new works by Trinity Laban Composers Alex Cho, Barbara Dudek, Emily de Gruchy and Seungjo Park. Commissioned by Lewisham, the pieces were specially created for local community-based music-makers Blackheath Ensemble, Lewisham Brass Band, Lewisham Choral Society and Lewisham Staff Choir.

Meanwhile, our Inspired Not Tired groups Boundless and Voices in Motion delighted passers-by with voice and movement installations.

Blackheath Halls continued the celebrations with a series of events including performances from Blackheath Halls Youth Choir, a beginner’s yoga to music class and a family treasure hunt.

Look out for more exciting activities across the year, including Hope For Justice (13-18 June) an ambitious project co-created by composer Eska Mtungwazi, Young Person’s poet laureate Cecilia Knapp, choreographer Sarah Golding and hundreds of Young People from across Lewisham.

Gold Medal Finalists 2022

Olivia Bell wins Gold Medal 2022

The soprano wowed judges and audience with bold contemporary work

Each year, Trinity Laban’s prestigious Gold Medal competition showcases the diverse talent from across the conservatoire’s Faculty of Music.

Competing for the 2022 prize were Emma Arizza (Violin), Olivia Bell (Voice), Giordano Buondonno (Piano), Lucy Brindle (Musical Theatre), Nneka Cummins (Composition), Lindsey Eastham (Percussion) and Tom Morley (Jazz Piano).

The seven outstanding young artists performed live at King’s Place on Wednesday 26 January, delighting the audiences with a mix of jazz, classical and contemporary music.

In an evening filled with creativity and musicianship, 2021 graduate Oliva Bell won over the panel and the public with a commanding interpretation of Judith Weir’s unaccompanied monodrama King Harald’s Saga to claim both the Gold Medal and the Audience Prize.

Olivia Bell performing in full length black dress gesturing with an animated face and both hands out to her sides

To judge the competition, the conservatoire’s Assistant Director of Music and Head of Programmes David Bahanovich was joined by Director of Dance Sara Matthews, Head of Music Education Tim Palmer and Programme Leader: BMus and Foundation Aleksander Szram.

David Bahanovich commented –

“What an evening and what extraordinary and diverse talent. The panel was so impressed by everyone on this stage who demonstrated a clear sense of love for their artforms.”

Explaining what made soprano Olivia a worthy winner, Aleksander Szram commented –

“Olivia took us through a wonderful emotional landscape and involved herself in the whole work.”

Olivia completed her master’s in vocal studies last summer, supported by a Trinity Laban award. While studying, she was a member of the conservatoire’s chamber choir and co-founded Levedy, a harp and vocal ensemble with which she won the inaugural Carne Competition. She is also a founding member of the operatic trio Sorelle, reimagining the role of women in opera and exploring power and gender in some of the genre’s most iconic and exciting works.

As a member of Emma Kirkby’s Dowland Works, she performs with lutenists across the country, and is a soloist with the Facade Ensemble, specialising in contemporary music. She is also a member of St Martin’s Voices at St Martin in the Fields. ​Upcoming work includes covering Papagena in Oxford Opera’s production of The Magic Flute and Belinda in Dido an Aneas by All Aboard! Opera.

​ On singing in the competition, Olivia comments –

“King Harald’s Saga is a real celebration of the solo voice. It has everything – wit, pathos, coloratura, trance, fighting, reflection – and after the past 18 months, where we were all isolated and alone so much, I wanted to really embrace what it means to be an individual artist, standing alone on stage.

“The sheer joy I felt in being able to share this story with a live audience was completely incomparable, as was the support I’ve had from my teacher, department, and fellow students and performers.”

The annual Gold Medal Showcase celebrates outstanding young Trinity Laban musicians. Competitors are nominated by the Heads of each of Departments within Trinity Laban’s Faculty of Music for their exceptional musical flair and professionalism, and all receive a Trinity Laban Director’s Prize for Achievement in recognition of this.

Congratulations to all our finalists.

To find out more about studying music at Trinity Laban, visit our study pages

Image L-R: Giordano Buondonno, Emma Arizza, Lindsey Eastham, Oliva Bell, Nneka Cummins, Tom Morley, Lucy Brindle (credit Tas Kyprianou)

Blowing the trumpet for John Blanke

Trinity Laban and Nubian Jak Community Trust unveil Blue Plaque honouring the 16th century court musician.

Royal-court trumpeter John Blanke served two kings and contributed to some of the greatest spectacles of the Tudor age. Playing in the courts of Henry VII and Henry VIII, he was amongst the highest-paid musicians working at Greenwich Palace.

Blanke is believed to be the earliest known Black Briton for whom we have both an image and a record, featuring twice in the Great Tournament Roll of Westminster, a 60ft manuscript depicting the royal procession and tournament to celebrate the birth of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon heir on New Year’s Day 1511.

On Friday 14 January 2022, over 500 years since the sounds of John Blanke’s trumpet filled the air in Greenwich, Trinity Laban and Nubian Jak Community Trust unveiled a commemorative blue plaque to honour the musician.

Speaking at the event to share insight into Blanke’s life and work were historian and National Director of the John Blanke Project, Michael Ohajura, Inspector of Ancient Monuments at Historic England, Jane Sidell, The Reverend Simon Winn of St Alfege Church, Greenwich, and Dr Jak Beula, CEO of Nubian Jak Community Trust.

In a contemporary nod to Blanke’s musicality, Trinity Laban trumpeters played African-American composer Gary Powell Nash’s Enigmatic Fanfare, while writer Mark Thompson shared his poem John Blanke in which he responds to how the musician has and will be remembered.

Four trumpeters with music stands stood holding instruments to lips playing

The blue plaque has been installed at Trinity Laban’s Faculty of Music at the Old Royal Naval College, the site of the former royal residence.

In attendance were local dignitaries, representatives from the College of Arms, The National Archive and Historic England, and Trinity Laban staff.

Havilland Willshire, Trinity Laban’s Director of Music, comments –

“As the current guardians of King Charles Court, Trinity Laban treasures and celebrates the building’s unique history. It is a privilege for us to host the John Blanke plaque at our Faculty of Music as part of our Black Culture 365 series, our year-round commitment to celebrating Black history and art.”

Dr Jak Beula, CEO of Nubian Jak Community Trust, comments –

“The Trust is delighted to receive the support of Historic England, Trinity Laban, The John Blanke Project and other stakeholders, to celebrate and blow the trumpet of a pioneering 16th-century musician, who just by his very presence has forced us to rethink what it was like to be a Black Briton over 500 years ago and beyond.”

Michael Ohajura, National Director of the John Blanke Project, comments –

“This plaque dedicated to John Blanke marks him out in our history not just as the first Black Briton for whom we have both an image and a record but a sign of how diverse this island was and is, and how we celebrate our diversity today.”

Dr. Miranda Kaufmann, Author of Black Tudors. The Untold Story comments –

“It’s fantastic that the life of John Blanke, about whom scholars including Professor Imtiaz Habib, Dr. Onyeka Nubia, and myself, have discovered so much more over the last fifteen years, is being celebrated in this way, 510 years after John Blanke married in Greenwich in January 1512. I hope he will inspire the students who pass by the plaque every day.”

Image credit Stephen Berkley-White; L-R: Mark Thompson (poet and educator), Michael Ohajura (National Director of the John Blanke Project), Jane Sidell (Inspector of Ancient Monuments at Historic England), David Bahanovich (TL Assistant Director of Music), Jak Beula (CEO of Nubian Jak Community Trust)

Male student playing electric guitar

BandLab supports future hitmakers, songwriters and producers with Instrumental Gift

The social music platform has gifted five Harmony and Heritage guitars to our Music Performance and Industry Students

The first of its kind for a London conservatoire, our BA (Hons) Music Performance and Industry launched this academic year and provides diverse musical artists with a world-class place to be a Changemaker.

And now, students on the programme have access to further enhanced resources, thanks to BandLab’s gift of five Harmony and Heritage guitars.

The gift equips singer-songwriters and instrumentalists with the high-quality tools to match their ambitions, supporting them to be curious, experimental and collaborative in developing their own artistic identity.

Joe Townsend, Head of BA Music Performance and Industry, comments –

“Trinity Laban is a future-focussed and socially engaged destination for young artists in the heart of southeast London’s creative music scene. While studying with us, our talented students deserve the very best equipment so they can succeed in and shape the musical landscape.

“We’re thrilled that this donation creates the opportunity for our students to play on instruments of this quality, giving students from all backgrounds a voice through the expression of music. We are deeply grateful for this support and expression of confidence from BandLab Technlologies.”

With a mission to break down the technical, geographic and creative barriers between creators, collaborators and community, BandLab is a free and unlimited social music platform enabling creators to make music and share the process with musicians and fans.

Meng Ru Kuok, Group CEO of BandLab Technologies, comments –

“Like Trinity Laban, BandLab is committed to supporting the next generation of music makers and empowering music creation through technology. We are very excited about the BA Music Performance and Industry programme launch and hope our gift of Harmony and Heritage guitars offers extra inspiration for the programme in its inaugural year. Best of luck to these students — our future hitmakers, songwriters, producers and performers — as they take this next step in their creative journey.”

BA Music Performance and Industry student Maddie Goode explains how the instruments have provided a new chapter in her song writing –

“This is the first time properly playing electric guitar. I’ve always played acoustic and I like playing electric now because it’s a warmer tone, which really adds to some of my songs.”

Fellow student Taliesin is using this opportunity to better understand the mechanics of guitar improvisation better in order to improve his song writing and stage performance.

Find out more about popular music at Trinty Laban.

Sir George Benjamin and Philip Fowke in graduation robes holding honorary fellowship scrolls

Trinity Laban awards Honorary Fellowships to musical leaders

Composer Sir George Benjamin and pianist Philip Fowke receive the conservatoire’s highest honour

Foremost English composer and conductor Sir George Benjamin CBE, and pianist and Emeritus Fellow of Piano at Trinity Laban Philip Fowke, have both received Honorary Fellowships from Trinity Laban in recognition of their contributions to music.

From his first orchestral piece Ringed by the Flat Horizon, which featured in the BBC Proms when he was only twenty years old to his most recent works, Sir George Benjamin has consistently produced music of outstanding creativity and invention. Notable for his innovative use of percussion and attention to detail, in each of his scores sensuous, alchemical sounds are underpinned with rigorous architecture, never more so than in his series of operas including the ground-breaking Written on Skin.Premiered at the Royal Opera House in 2012, the opera has since been staged by over 20 international houses, winning multiple awards and enjoying in excess of 100 performances.

Recent awards include the 2015 Prince Pierre of Monaco composition prize (for Written on Skin) and the 2019 Golden Lion Award for lifetime achievement from the Venice Biennale.  As a conductor Benjamin regularly works with some of the world’s leading orchestras, and over the years has developed particularly close relationships with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Sinfonietta and Ensemble Modern as well as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He was awarded a C.B.E. in 2010, made a Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2015, and was knighted in the 2017 Queen’s Birthday Honours.

On receiving the award, Sir George Benjamin commented –

“To receive this award – within the spectacular setting of Trinity Laban – was both a huge pleasure and a great privilege.”

Alan Davey, Sir George Benjamin, Wozzy Brewster and Havilland Willshire, standing on steps outside King Charles Court in graduation robes

L-R: Havilland Willshire, Sir George Benjamin, Wozzy Brewster OBE, Alan Davey

Known for his many BBC Proms appearances, numerous recordings and broad range of repertoire, Philip Fowke is amongst Britain’s most outstanding pianists and distinguished musicians. His appearances with leading orchestras together with his many broadcasts and recordings have earned him international respect, admiration and the affection of audiences. Philip is a champion of less-known repertoire including British music by Scott, Bax, Delius, Bliss, Ireland, Hoddinott, Finzi and McCabe.

He has also enjoyed a distinguished teaching career beginning at the Royal Academy of Music where he was a professor from 1984 to 1989 and was awarded the F.R.A.M. After teaching at the Welsh College of Music and Drama he became Head of Keyboard at Trinity College of Music in 1994, and is currently Professor Emeritus at Trinity Laban. He is widely acclaimed for his imaginative teaching in which he explores students’ potential, encouraging them to develop their own individuality and to find ways of practising effectively and economically.

On receiving the award, Philip Fowke commented –

“I was delighted to be awarded a Trinity Laban Honorary Fellowship. As Havilland read out an outline of my career, I did wonder who he was referring to. It all seemed rather unreal, and I felt it was talking about someone else. The evidence of the photographs seems to prove otherwise, and the whole occasion was beautifully organised and presented.”

Philip Fowke standing in front of wrought iron gates and stonework in graduation hat and robe holding honorary fellowship scroll in both hands

Philip Fowke holds Honorary Fellowship scroll

This year’s Honorary Fellowships were presented by Trinity Laban Chair Alan Davey at our recent graduation ceremonies for 2020 and 2021 music students.

Also in attendance at the Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich were Dr Anthony Bowne (Trinity Laban Principal), Havilland Willshire (Trinity Laban Director of Music) and Sara Matthews (Trinity Laban Director of Dance), alongside guest speakers Rebecca Allen (President of EMI Records) and Wozzy Brewster OBE (Founder & Executive Director of The Midi Music Company).

Image credits: JK Photography

Lightshow with drones creating roaring head of lion surrounded by fireworks and up lit domes of ORNC

Celebrating the New Year in Greenwich

Our Faculty of Music was at the heart of London’s celebrations to welcome 2022

Watched by millions on BBC One, London’s New Year celebrations were a riot of colour that featured 500 drones, an incredible lightshow and stunning fireworks. And the backdrop? Our very own King’s Charles Court.

Home to our Faculty of Music, the river-side building is part of the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, which is a UNESCO world heritage site. King Charles Court provides students with excellent facilities and a safe environment for studying and performing.

The 13-minute-long celebration was the UK’s largest drone lightshow and a spectacular start to 2022.

Enjoy our buildings in person at one of our live events this spring season and learn more about our world-leading facilities.

Launching TL’s Spring Season 2022

Encounter intriguing and inventive moments of music and dance in our live and digital events programme.

Running from January to March, our spring season celebrates new works and contemporary voices.

Highlights include two world premieres, the return of Melting Shifting Liquid World and new work from final year dance students.

Responding to the climate emergency, Trinity Laban’s String Ensemble presents A Change of Season at the National Maritime Museum (19 & 20 March). Witness a reimagined, choreographed performance of Vivaldi’s iconic masterpiece The Four Seasons performed alongside Hollie Harding’s immersive Melting, Shifting, Liquid World, for electric viola and string ensemble. Looking at the fragility of our modern world, the programme explores the seasons as they should be and contemplates what they may become.

Opening the season, Edward Jessen’s newly commissioned Syllable premieres at the Laban Theatre (14 & 15 Jan). The ambitious and experimental sonic work is no ordinary opera. Inspired by a range of works including Primo Levi’s 1975 collection of short stories The Periodic Table, audiences can expect a drama driven by sounds rather than conventional plot. The project, which is supported by the PRS Foundation’s Open Fund for Music Creators, is a collaboration with musicians, dance artists and composer-performer collective Bastard Assignments.

Also in January, Octandre Ensemble, Trinity Laban and Blackheath Halls present the world premiere of Each one cancels the last (Hector) by the composer-conductor Jack Sheen, featuring movement by dance-artist Eve Stainton (Tue 18 Jan 19.30). Operating along the blurred boundaries between long-form music and sculptural installation, it sees performers dispersed throughout Blackheath Halls, with visitors free to move throughout and settle within the piece as it unfolds.

Our final-year dancers present an exciting programme of new dance works at Laban Theatre in New Choreography Now: BA3 Choreography Mixed Bill (25 Jan) and create new Commissioned Works in with Fubunation, Lizzi Kew-Ross, Amanda Gough & Sonia Rafferty, Matthew Harding and Joel Brown (10 & 11 Feb).

Trinity Laban’s most prestigious prize returns to Kings Place (26 Jan). Witness seven outstanding young artists at the brink of promising careers demonstrate creativity, musicianship and diverse talent as they perform live for the Gold Medal. And enjoy more of this excellence in Trinity Laban Soloists’ Competition Final 2022 (7 Feb), where students perform concertos for the chance to play as a soloist with one of Trinity Laban’s full orchestras.

Enjoy a range of musical styles across this spring: Trinity Laban Strings students perform a programme of Janáček and Felix Mendelssohn Side by Side with the London Mozart Players, conducted by Simon Blendis (3 Feb); conductor Jonathan Tilbrook leads the Trinity Laban Symphony Orchestra in a programme of Mayer, Matthis, Eleanor Alberga and Shostakovich (10 March, 19:30); and Trinity Laban Contemporary Music Group perform new works by emerging TL composers at the Asylum Peckham, conducted by Gregory Rose (25 Mar 18.00).

If jazz is more your thing, join us for a double bill of performances from the Trinity Laban Big Band, led by Winston Rollins, and The Trinity Laban Charlie Parker Project (19 Jan 19.30). The Trinity Laban Charlie Parker Project is a 13-piece ensemble that explores Parker’s music from a contemporary perspective. Hear new arrangements of his music tailor made for this line-up by Hans Koller, Head of Jazz – written during the lockdowns of 2020, the centenary year of Parker’s birth.

Founded in 2007, the Linos Piano Trio are known for their multifaceted and personal performances.
They have been the Carne Ensemble-in-Residence at Trinity Laban Conservatoire since 2017. They will lead a Lecture Workshop on Rebecca Clarke’s Piano Trio before presenting an evening concert programme of Boulanger, Ravel and Clarke (2 March).

At the end of March, our Chamber Music Festival returns (28-30 March) including the semi-final of the Carne Competition and Illuminate Women’s Music, a project curated with TL students.

Choirs from across Junior Trinity’s programmes return for the annual performance at the ORNC Chapel (12 Feb 17.30) and Four Part Choir, Big Band, Wind Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra return to Blackheath Halls for Junior Trinity’s Spring Concert (27 Mar 19.00).

Trinity Laban presents Stage & Screen: U.Dance 2022 London Regional Platform (13 Mar 19.00), an exciting showcase celebrating the variety and diversity of youth dance from across London. Groups perform a range of styles to secure a place at U.Dance 2022 in Glasgow, a national festival that brings together some of the most ambitious and innovative youth dance from across the country.

For full listings, ticketing info and booking visit our What’s On page.

TL to debut at the Palladium

Musical theatre students will sing alongside West End stars and TL alumni in Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot in concert.

Following 2019’s celebrated concert production of Doctor Zhivago at Cadogan Hall, 35 future stars from our vibrant Musical Theatre Department will once again share the stage with West End and Broadway legend Ramin Karimloo.

Our second and third year students to the stage at iconic London Palladium theatre in an exclusive concert production of Camelot on Sunday 6 February 2022.

Also featuring in the performance is 2013 Trinity Laban vocal graduate Georgi Mottram, who will play Nimue.

From the writers of My Fair Lady, the Tony-Award-winning musical Camelot tells the story of the legendary love triangle between King Arthur, Guenevere and Sir Lancelot.

The one-night-only performance is presented by Lambert Jackson in association with live music and event promoters Cuffe and Taylor.

Lambert Jackson Creative Director Eliza Jackson comments –

“Lerner and Loewe created the most soaring music with wonderfully descriptive lyrics and to be given the opportunity to bring this story to life at the magnificent London Palladium is something we very much look forward to doing.”

Situated in the heart of the UK’s musical theatre capital, Trinity Laban has an outstanding reputation for rigorous and dynamic performance training. Recent graduates have performed in the West End (Wicked, 42nd Street and Fiddler on the Roof) and in UK and international touring productions such as The Lion King, Ghost, and Rock of Ages.

To find out more about studying at Trinity Laban, visit our Musical Theatre pages

Image courtesy of Lambert Jackson Productions

Emma Redding headshot with overlaid graphic shapes in blue and gold

New Year Honour for Professor Emma Redding

Trinity Laban’s Head of Dance Science receives MBE for services to dance

The New Year Honours List recognises the achievements and service of extraordinary people across the UK and this year Trinity Laban staff have again been recognised for their dedication and talent.

Originally trained as a dancer, Professor Emma Redding wrote the world’s first master’s degree in Dance Science for Trinity Laban in 2001. She has since played a key role in developing dance science as a recognised field of study through her research and international teaching, establishing the conservatoire as a leader in dance science education, research and clinical services.

On receiving an MBE for services to dance, Redding comments –

“I am humbled and hugely grateful to receive an MBE Queen’s Honour for services to dance. Dance and performance science is now a viable and established area of research and study, a collaborative achievement that has involved many talented people. This award is in recognition of a shared and passionate effort by all the dedicated individuals who have contributed to the field.”

Redding teaches physiology and contemporary technique at Trinity Laban alongside her management and research work. She was one of the Principal Investigators of a Conservatoires UK large-scale musicians’ health study funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and Co-Investigator of a creativity and imagery study, in collaboration with Plymouth University and Coventry University.

She is also a founding partner of the National Institute for Dance Medicine and Science (NIDMS) and a former President of the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS).

Redding was conferred with the title of Professor in Performance Science at Trinity Laban in January 2017.

Also recognised this year was Trinity Laban Honorary Fellow Mark Pemberton, Director of the Association of British Orchestras.