Dr Dave Camlin

Dave Camlin is a musician whose work is grounded in a passionate belief in the humanising nature of music-making, and whose musical practice spans performance, composition, teaching and research. His research interests focus on Community Music (CM), musician training and the benefits of group singing, and are grounded in a holistic philosophy of music as performance art, instrument of cultural participation, and health asset. He performs solo as a singer/song-writer, and with a variety of ensembles, including vocal group Mouthful, acoustic song-writers’ collective The Coast Road, and Celtic rock band Tryckster. He was the founding Creative Director of Cumbrian music organisation, SoundWave, from 2005-10, Head of Higher Education and Research at Sage Gateshead since 2010, and one of the organisers of Solfest music festival in Cumbria from 2004 - 2015. He is currently a trustee of the Natural Voice Network (NVN), and leads a number of choirs in west Cumbria and the NE who perform regularly.