As well as working as a professional musician, Ged is a certified Village Drum Circles Facilitator - having trained with Arthur Hull & Paul Deer in 2011.
He also trained as a Sound Healer with the College of Sound Healing in 2006
As a yoga teacher with the School of Kundalini Yoga in 2003- 2005
And practised shiatsu professionally after training with the Shiatsu college in 2002- 2004.
Since then, Ged has delivered drum circles, music circles & Music & Wellbeing workshops for a wide variety of people. He draws on his wide experience as a musician, meditator, chi gung practitioner & student of the healing arts.
Organisations Ged has worked with:
Robson Green’s Rivers Meet Productions 2022
The Twisting Ducks Theatre Company, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2012 - 2022,
Tynedale Hospice & Bereavement Cafe, Northumberland 2022
Core Music, Hexham 2021-2022
Equal Arts, Gateshead 2019-2020
The Workers’ Educational Association (WEA), Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2005-2019
Age UK, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2006-2018
Newcastle Carers Centre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2010-2015
The Baretoed Dance Company, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2012-2014
Jack Drum Arts, County Durham 2011
Osho Leela, Dorset 2010
He currently works for Music in Hospitals & Care (MiHC), delivering live music sessions in care settings.
For Ged’s musician bio click here.
Drum Circles & Music Circles are great for team building, connection & communication.
They’re a very accessible, fun way to enjoy playing with rhythm and sound. Anyone can do it!