| Who's Who - RACA
Artists 2003 - 2008 |
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David Nelson:
Music Leader |
| Composer, pianist and percussionist David
has been a music workshop practitioner since 1988. Current work includes
an outreach project for refugees, and large projects for Calderdale Schools
Music Service and Musical Futures in Leeds, as well as developing possible
future courses for Yorkshire Youth and Music. He teaches piano and is
a director and the music co-ordinator of the Hebden Bridge Arts Festival.
David is well known for both his classical playing and his work with world-jazz
fusion ensemble Tongue & Groove. |
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Julian Coburn-Hough:
Music Leader |
| Julian is a multi instrumentalist.
He plays bass in a funky way, teaches samba drumming at Leeds College
of Music and has worked as a community musician for ten years. He is bassist
with renowned Leeds hard funk-jazz combo the Haggis Horns, guitarist/bassist/singer
in experimental dance band As Clean As Angels and a core member of heavy
junk percussion band Beats Working. Julian is also a DJ at club nights
such as Trailer Trash, Speak Easy and at The Wardrobe. Julian composes
and has sold several pieces of library music for films and documentaries. |
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Jonny Wood: Dance Leader |
| Jonny joined Momentum Youth Dance
Company in 2003 and has performed across the UK and Internationally with
the youth dance company. He now teaches, choreographs and performs for
momentum dance and education and is also co-assistant artistic director
of Momentum Junior Allstars, the part of the company which provides dance
training and performance opportunities for 20 ‘gifted and talented’
young dancers aged 7-13. |
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Douglas Thorpe: Dance
Leader |
| Douglas trained at London Contemporary
Dance School. He spent four years with Phoenix Dance Company, then performed
in RJC’s Krazy Spirit, choreographed left-a-lone for RJC’s
Soma tour and then re-joined Phoenix. Currently freelance, Douglas teaches
and choreographs regionally and nationally, including Phoenix Dance Theatre,
Northern Ballet Theatre, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Yorkshire
Dance Centre and York St.John’s University. Douglas is a founder
member of RODA, a Leeds based creative outlet established in 2004 with
a focus on research and development. |
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Lee Smith: Music Leader |
| Musician and producer Lee runs Green Mount Recording
Studios in Wakefield where he has produced many signed bands. His own
band, MiddleMan,
have recently completed a 2-month U.K tour. He works as a teacher and
workshop leader in the West Yorkshire area. He currently teaches BTEC
Performing arts at Agnes Stewart C of E High School and gives peripatetic
bass guitar and keyboard lessons at Ralph Thoresby High School. Lee also
works alongside Dave Nelson on a band-based project for the Paul Hamlyn
Foundation’s special project, Musical Futures. |
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Douglas Thompson: Theatre
and Mask Leader |
| Doug is a professional theatre practitioner, writer
and director, running weekly workshops for schools around West Yorkshire.
A graduate of the National Youth Theatre, Doug’s work uses story
telling, physical theatre, mask work, mask making and special effects
makeup. His company Alter
Ego Masks, works in a variety of mainstream and special needs settings
using theatre to raise attainment. Recent projects have included special
effects workshops as part of Breeze Too, a programme of arts activities
targeting children under 13 and directing The Tempest for the BBC Schools
for Shakespeare competition at Chapel Grange School in Bradford. |
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Andy Wood: Multi-media
Leader |
| Andy is a multi-media artist who works with video,
sound and the internet, with a particular passion for screen dance, site-specific
installations and public projections. He runs Sound
Alibi, a new-media design company who provide integrated digital media
production and editing services. As well as producing his own films he
delivers video workshops with a number of agencies across the region inc.
Leeds City Council, PAYP, Dance United, ArtForms, Education Leeds and
the Youth Service. Andy has recently had his film work in The Place Prize
final 2006, numerous international film festivals and shown on Channel
4. Andy is a member of the Digital Dance Forum, the New Work Network and
the Open Source Video Dance group. |
