Musician
Clarinettist Ros is a music leader, trainer and consultant specialising in non-verbal musical interaction. Her work focuses on using a child centred approach to enable communication, interaction and expression through music, and is informed by over 15 years’ experience as Musician in Residence at Seashell Trust, a school for children and young people with complex communication needs. Ros has delivered music education, training and evaluation projects in health and disability contexts, including projects with the Hallé, The Royal Northern College of Music, MusikAlliansen (Sweden), Musique et Santé (Paris), Figura Ensemble (Denmark) and The Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus (Denmark) and Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. Ros has written a PhD (SOAS, University of London) and publications on her practice of making music with children in hospital, and is Co-founder and Co-creative Director of Songbirds Music UK CIC.
