David Trouton
David is a musician and composer best known for his work in theatre and music education.
He enjoys working with collaborators from diverse disciplines – dancers, film- makers, app designers, visual artists, community groups, schools and writers exploring how music and sound can help communicate ideas and tell stories.
This fascination extends into David’s work with schools and educators, devising bespoke projects and programmes of work that use music to explore and extend the curriculum.
David launched engagewithmusic in 2012 as a platform to share and combine his experience of composing music for theatre with his programme of inspiring and accessible workshops and courses that aim to harness children’s innate musicality and love of music to help them build a creative confidence that will have a positive impact on their lives and learning.
As a musician, David has composed and performed music for many of Scotland’s major theatre companies including NTS, Dundee Rep, Traverse and Edinburgh International Festival. He also has long-standing creative relationships with Wee Stories Theatre Co, Catherine Wheels, Visible Fictions and Shona Reppe Puppets, writing and performing music for their award-winning shows that tour internationally.
As pianist and arranger for Gaelic singer Alyth McCormack, David has performed throughout Europe and North America.
Sally Wilson
Sally has worked as an arts marketing, communications and audience development specialist for over 30 years. Her happy place is when she’s working in the children and young people’s sector, developing exciting and accessible routes and opportunities for young people to enjoy and engage with their own creativity and cultural surroundings.
Before joining engagewithmusic, Sally held key roles in many arts and culture organisations including Head of Marketing for The Maltings (Berwick) Trust, Communications and Engagement Manager for Cumbernauld Theatre Trust, Marketing and Communications Director for Imaginate, Project Director for Young Audiences Scotland, Marketing Manager for The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Sales and Marketing Director for The List and Chief Executive of Audiences Northern Ireland (now Thrive).
As a freelance marketing and audience development consultant, she has also worked with Barrowland Ballet, Curious Seed, Lyra, National Theatre Scotland, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian and West Lothian councils and Federation of Scottish Theatre.
From 2007 – 2010, Sally was a visiting lecturer at Queen Margaret University, devising and delivering the MA Strategic Marketing and PR in Cultural Management and the BA Marketing for Live Performance modules.
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