| Pete
Whitfield |
Musician,
teacher and elearning specialist. |
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| home address |
55
Astley Hall Drive
Astley
Manchester
M29 7TX |
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| phone/fax |
01942 886836 |
| mobile |
07958 708661 |
| email |
pete@realstrings.com
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| skype |
realstrings |
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| Education |
1969-1976 |
Music scholar
at Trinity
School, Croydon, gaining 8 '0' levels and 2 'A' levels (Music and French). |
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1976-1979 |
Royal
College of Music London. Studied violin, and composition with Joseph
Horovitz. Qualified with GRSM (Hons) and ARCM. |
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| Career Achievements |
2007 to date |
Action research project partner for SPLICE (JISC/CEITS project)
CCM Music network admin and facilitator. |
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2005 - 2007 |
Moodle course admin and facilitator. |
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2000 to date |
elearning
developer, mentor and trainer for City College
Manchester music department, and across other curriculum areas and institutions.
www.insidethemusic.co.uk
- supported by an award from Palatine (Higher Education Academy). |
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1999 to 2007 |
Course co-ordinator
and lecturer on National
Certificate, Foundation Degree and Higher
National Diploma popular music courses at City College Manchester. (part
time appointment) |
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1988 to date |
String arranger
for numerous album tracks for Tom Jones, Judas Priest, Candi Staton, The Christians, Right Said Fred,
Heather Small, Un-cut, Mark Owen and others.
String arranger for film, game and TV scores by Richard Mitchell, Simon
May, Ian Livingstone, Simon Brint, Richard Jacques and others www.realstrings.com
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1980 to date |
Arranger for
theatre and various entertainment productions. |
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1988-1999 |
Musical director
for theatre productions for Barry Clayman Concerts (London), Turnstyle (London)
and Ballet, Classic & Entertainment (Hannover) |
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1980 to date |
Freelance
performer (keyboard and violin) |
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1982-1988 |
Private and
peripatetic violin, keyboard harmony and composition teacher to Grade VIII
and college entrance. |
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1979-1982 |
Personal Assistant
to English light music composer Ernest Tomlinson |
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elearning
& technology
competencies |
HTML
Javascript (basic)
php (basic)
Flash (basic)
Dreamweaver (basic)
Digital audio
Digital video
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Blogs, wikis, podcasting and social networks.
Logic 8 (sequencing and audio recording)
Overture (score writing)
Sibelius (score writing)
iMovie
QuickTime
Microsoft Office
Mac OSX |
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| Referees |
Martin Moscrop
Team Leader, Music
The Manchester College
Whitworth Street
Manchester
M1 3HB
mmoscrop[at]
themanchestercollege.ac.uk |
Mark Johnson
Reader in Applied Research in Educational Technology and Systems,
Institute for Educational Cybernetics,
University of Bolton,
Deane Road,
Bolton
BL3 5AB
M.W.Johnson[at]bolton.ac.uk |
Kevin Carrick
Head of Learning Resource Services
The Manchester College
Whitworth Street
Manchester
M1 3HB
kcarrick[at]
themanchestercollege.ac.uk |
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| personal information |
dob: 2-3-58
Married with 1 son |
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| My elearning initiatives have prompted formal recognition: |
| Ofsted appraisal
2005 |
"Music
staff have devised highly innovative and impressive ILT programmes to aid
off-site learning."
"...with innovative use of information and learning technology (ILT)
in music programmes." |
| QAA appraisal
2005 |
"There
has been considerable development of online teaching resources by the music
section, providing excellent self-study, showcase and diagnostic facility
for students. This innovation is to be applauded." |
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Some key links
Moodle demonstration video.
CCM Music ning network video. CCM Music social network
Elearning training event presentation notes.
CCM music department elearning support wiki
My music blog and social media tools
My podcast on iTunes |
