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I recently participated in an exceptional creative music workshop led by Eugene
Skeef. The workshop was a training session for Guildhall School of Music and
Drama tutors, loosely based around Eugene's work in conflict resolution. He took
us by the hand and guided us through a magical organic process, which
ultimately resulted in a wonderful piece of original music. There were many,
many beautiful enigmatic moments in this session, but the process also reflected
systematic methodology. Eugene drew on his vast personal experience - musical,
social, educational and artistic - to 'create a space' which promoted meaningful
creativity and collaboration. From there he facilitated, nurtured and developed
ideas from within the group. Rather than planning each micro moment, he was
responsive to the requirements and limits of participants - we came away from
the day with pragmatic musical information and useful social context for our field
of work - but over and above this Eugene, a master storyteller, shared moments
of his extraordinary life with us, which I for one found moving and deeply
inspirational.
John Miles - composer, instrumentalist and tutor at the Guildhall School
of Music and Drama, London, UK