Dr Kirsty Devaney
Kirsty Devaney is a 探花直播 based composer, researcher and educator with a passionate for promoting creative music making as something we all have the capacity to do. Her music has been performed by professional contemporary music ensembles, aired on Radio 3 and shortlisted for a British Composer Award. As a practitioner Kirsty has worked across the UK including most recently with the London Symphony Orchestra with a commission for the 鈥極n Track at 10鈥� education concert.
In 2013 Kirsty founded the 鈥榊oung Composers Project鈥�, which has since worked with over 200 students and trained composers to work in educational settings. She recently completed her PhD at 探花直播 investigating the assessment of composing in schools and was awarded the prestigious Anna Craft Award for research into 鈥楥reativity in Education鈥� from the British Education Research Association. She is now working as a research assistant at 探花直播, and is continuing to work as a music education researcher and module leader at the Royal 探花直播 Conservatoire.