Lisa Tregale on overcoming GENDER STEREOTYPES in the Music Industry - (extract) EP008: EP008 (Full Episode): Director of the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, Lisa Tregale

In episode 008 of the High Point podcast, Lisa Tregale, Director of BBC National Orchestra and chorus of Wales, shared her experience and opinion on overcoming gender stereotypes in the music industry. We have made it a separate video.

In the episode, we also discuss:

• Growing up in the Devon town of Newton Abbot, and why she chose to learn the Saxophone as a child
• How an unconventional degree program at York University inspired her to pursue a career in arts management
• Helping to rebuild Devon communities through the arts during the Foot and Mouth crisis
• Founding the South West Music School and why she’s so passionate that musical education be accessible to ALL children
• How musical intervention can be used to treat acute illness, and the importance of implementing it into child development
• Musical education challenges in the UK
• What her role entails and the inner workings of the BBC NOW
• Her ongoing charity work with The Aloud Charity, Dartington International Summer School Foundation, Association Of British Orchestras, and Open Up Music

Learn more about the BBC NOW on their website ⁠here⁠ and follow them also on Twitter ⁠here⁠ and Instagram ⁠here⁠:

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