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Rod Paton

Rod Paton

Rod Paton, D.Phil has had a varied career as a musician and composer, writer and lecturer, researcher and academic, music therapist and community musician. He has been facilitating workshops in the UK and abroad for over thirty years and is the founder of the Lifemusic method which uses improvisation as a tool for personal development, transformation, well-being and community engagement. His clients include people from all walks of life including teachers, musicians, therapists, social and health care workers, academics and corporate clients. His book, Living Music is widely used by workshop leaders and his Ascension Jazzmass was described in Jazz Journal International as “a moving testament to the human spirit”. He is a director of Sound Sense, the UK professional agency for community musicians and is a senior lecturer at the University of Chichester. He is currently directing the South East Coastal Communities projects in Lifemusic as part of a consortium of twelve universities across the S.E. of England and is completing a book due to be published by Archive Publishing later this year.

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The Lifemusic™ Training

Places are still available on the unique Lifemusic training programme at the University of Chichester. The Lifemusic™ method uses direct access musical improvisation to enhance well-being and nurture good relationships. It is an invalread more
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Music exalts each joy, allays each grief, Expels diseases, softens every pain And hence the wise of ancient days adored One power of physic, melody and song. These words of Thomas Armstrong appeared when I was researching my forthcoming book, Lifemusic - Connecting people to time. (Due to be published in May by Archive Books). They describeread more
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On Saturday night when, apparently, 20 million tuned in to watch the final of X factor, I spent the evening in the company of a group of Lifemusicians improvising music . (Lifemusicians refers to people who have completed the Lifemusic training at Chichester University). I cannot help reflecting that if any of those millions who were glued to the read more
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Improvisation Musings

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Lifemusic - Connecting People to Time (Extract 1)

This book is about time and how we connect to it, though it is not, assome readers may (or may not) be glad to discover, about quantum theory or particle physics but about music. Time is the autonomous, unconditional, inevitable and ultimately, mysterious process through which life grows and decays and music not only measures time, delineating in a purely abstract but palpable way its passage but it also infuses time with emotional significance and therefore, with meaning: in this sense ... read more

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Lifemusic gathering with Rod Paton, community through music - 2 minutes

Lifemusic provides access to creative music making for people from all walks of life. It is based on the principle that everyone is musical. There are no wrong notes...every sound carries a meaning and in a Lifemusic session everyone is equal whatever their background, training or ability. Making music becomes

Lifemusic gathering with Rod Paton - community through music

Lifemusic provides access to creative music making for people from all walks of life. It is based on the principle that everyone is musical. There are no wrong notes...every sound carries a meaning and in a Lifemusic session everyone is equal whatever their background, training or ability. Making music becomes

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