Kate Page - Musician

Music Facilitator and Educator

​2007 - present

 

I possess a diverse range of experiences as a workshop leader and supporting musician, facilitating one-off creative music workshops, fixed-term creative residencies, ongoing residencies and professional development & training in formal and informal learning environments.

 

I focus on developing a nurturing, inclusive and creative learning environment and community; building upon the strengths and capacities of individuals within a group context in a fun and engaging way.

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• Australian clients include: Amana Living and West Australian Symphony Orchestra, ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Human Emotion, AWESOME Arts, Catch Music, Catholic Homes, Connect Victoria Park, Child & Adolescent Health Service (PMH/PCH), Evolve Events, Menagerie Choir, People Who Care, Perth Symphony Orchestra, Sensorium Theatre, St John Ambulance, St John of God Midland Public & Private Hospital, The Song Room, West Australian Symphony Orchestra

• UK clients included: City of London Sinfonia & Orchestras Live, English National Opera, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Hackney Music Development Trust, Harrogate Grammar School, London Music Masters, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Awards for Young Musicians, Maida Vale Children’s Centre, Paddington Green Children’s Centre, Spitalfields Music, Wigmore Hall

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I have also delivered training and professional development for NFP organisations and in universities, working with teachers-in-training and health-care professionals.

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• Australian clients include: Catholic Homes, Department of Education & Department of Culture and the Arts & the School of Education Murdoch University (Primary Education), Sensorium Theatre, Southern Cross Care, School of Education Murdoch University (Early Years), The University of Western Australia Junior Music School, The University of Western Australia School of Music (Education), WA Dementia Training Study Centre 

 

In addition, I have worked as a peripatetic instrumental tutor for:

• St Mark's Anglican Community School (current), Chisholm College, Perth College - oboe, Northside Music (now operating as Sound Centre School of Music) - voice, piano 

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Performer and Producer

​2000 - present

 

I have experience in a variety of performance contexts, including classical performance, contemporary popular music and collaborative projects with artists of other disciplines, involving elements of performance, production arrangement and composition.

 

My principal instruments are oboe & cor anglais, with intermediate skills in keyboard, ukulele, percussion and voice. I am regularly engaged as an oboist with Perth Symphony Orchestra and ad hoc with other classical ensembles in Perth.

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Between 2013 and 2016, I co-produced two audio resources for Better Beginnings  with Josh Hogan including the composition, arrangement, recording, mixing and mastering of content and general project management. The ‘Sing with Me’ resource has since been distributed statewide to over 25,000 families,  and there has been increased access to literature for children and families with vision impairments through the ‘Baby Ways’ tactile pack 

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Arts Management

​2005 - present

 

I have been involved in managing music education and arts-based programmes and projects engaging with communities since 2005. I’ve had hands-on experience in all aspects of project management, including, but not limited to:

• Project management: Managing logistical elements, Building relationships, Facilitating reflective practice sessions

• Personnel management: Booking and contracting personnel

• Finances: Creating and managing budgets, monitoring expenditure, expenditure reporting

• Fundraising and reporting: Creating and maintaining relationships, evaluation and monitoring reports, drafting or supporting the drafting of fundraising applications

• Partnership development: Developing and managing strategic and funding partnerships, and with commissioning and recipient organisations/individuals

• Communications: Responding to press, pr and public enquiries (including copy-writing), presenting and networking at national and regional dissemination events, developing and managing launch and general training events, internal communications with all stakeholders and delivery teams

• Practice development: Developing, managing and delivering reflective practice forums for practitioners

 

I have worked for:

Australia: Sensorium Theatre, Performing Lines WA, AWESOME Arts

UK: Wigmore Hall, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestras Live, Britten Sinfonia

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Research

 

I have been involved in an extended research project and co-authoring of a publication utilising a grounded theory approach, and a short term mapping project.

 

I have worked for:

The Netherlands: Lifelong Learning in Music & the Arts (LLMA) Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen (Prince Claus Conservatoire) - 2010-2014 

UK: The Vortex Jazz Club (for The Lincoln Centre, NY), 2008

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While The Music Lasts: publication

 

The aim of the research was to investigate the practice of music workshops created for elderly people living with dementia and their care staff. The focus of the study was to research the practice specifically from the musicians’ perspective in order to inform future musician development and the eventual transfer of the practice to the Netherlands. The research also involved building a clearer understanding of the dementia care context in which the musicians are working in this project in order to inform their wider needs for professional development.

 

The process involved researching the practice of a Music for Life project in Autumn 2010, using a grounded theory approach. This first phase included the production of observational field notes and the undertaking of narrative interviews, triangulated with reflective journals from personnel involved in the project.

 

How to order the publication:

While the Music Lasts - on Music and Dementia Rineke Smilde, Kate Page and Peter Alheit

€ 34,50

Publisher: Eburon Academic Publishers, Delft

Language: English

ISBN 9789059728462

 

Purchase your copy via your local bookshop, amazon.com, bol.com or eburon.com. Also available as e-book.