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Professor Dave Camlin

Professor Dave Camlin

Professor of Music Education, Programme Coordinator, 

MEd Music Education (online)

Professor Dave Camlin joined Trinity Laban in 2014 as a Lecturer in Music Education. He coordinates the MEd Music Education (online) programme, and leads a number of modules at Masters level.

Research Interests

  • Community music
  • Group singing
  • Music, health and wellbeing
  • Music making and social ecology / sustainability
  • Musician education

Biography

Professor Dave Camlin is an award-winning musician from Cumbria (UK) whose practice spans performance, composition, teaching, community music and research. His research interests include: community music, especially group singing; music, health and wellbeing; musician education. He has pioneered the use of Sensemaker® ‘distributed ethnography’ as a research method for understanding artistic and cultural experiences. His recent book Music Making and Civic Imagination explores the potential of music making as both a complex adaptive system (CAS) and a global resource for sustainability.