As part of being on the LMNS scheme, musicians are offered unique training opportunities that will develop their skills within their profession. This November, the Live Music Now Scotland CPD (Continuing Professional Development) program includes an opportunity to have a training session with Eric Booth, widely known across the world as the father of the teaching artist profession. Booth, who is based in New York, is in Scotland to speak at the Live Music Now International Conference, which takes place over 1 – 3 November in Edinburgh and while in the country, he will additionally host this interactive seminar for LMNS musicians.

The workshop will dive into the key skills and promising practices in social impact programs. Eric Booth calls teaching artistry “the sleeping giant of social change”. He’ll talk about the landscape that leads to that claim, and the identity of the global workforce. A workforce that LMNS artists are very much part of. Internationally, it is still a mostly disconnected and largely invisible field, even though it lives in every country and is growing in exciting ways.

Eric Booth says:

“Artists who are naturally skilled educators are often called “magical.” It’s not magic, it is a powerful set of skills and tools that are used around the world. Teaching artistry is not a kitbag of activities separate from your artistry; it is an expansion of your artistry – an expansion that opens up a wider range of possibilities and opportunities for your artistic career and the impact you can make in the world.”

The participants of this training session will leave with ideas they can apply in their own work, in the short- and longer term.

Eric Booth wrote ITAC’s online course Teaching Artistry for Social Impact, available on Kadenze: itac-collaborative.com/what-itac-does/capacity-building/cb-social-impact-course/

Find out more about Live Music Now Scotland and get in touch with them via their website: livemusicnow.scot