Sounding Board

I offer online and in-person consultations/mentoring to ‪

  • composers interested in conductor feedback on ensemble scores or sketches
  • independent producers of experimental and fringe projects
  • early career and aspirational conductors

and an extra ear in rehearsal to

  • conductors, composers, directors and performers

I’ll deliver a list of observations/provocations in response to your specific questions or if preferable, a realtime discussion on your comms platform of choice

Andrew Ford, Composer, writer & broadcaster

Gráinne Gillis, contralto & voice actor

While there’s no guarantee my thoughts and impressions will be representative of other conductors, I hope my own unique performance, repertoire and self-producing experience of 20+ years might be useful to your creative process


I realise many of us are experiencing financial hardship and I’m not looking to charge a traditional fee for these sessions. Instead I would be interested in possibilities for

  • Project collaborations
  • Network introductions
  • Access to materials, resources or equipment
  • Skill swap: promotional, editorial, advertorial, production assistance, copywriting, proofreading, photography, graphic design, copyist work, project documentation etc
  • London timebanking
  • Buy me a coffee!

There is much of value to me within the share economy and I’m very open to negotiating a mutually beneficial arrangement with anyone interested and of open mind

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