Adrian J. Finnerty

BA(Hons), MMus, MA Ed, MSc, DipTMus, DipABRSM, ALCM

Member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians, the European Piano Teachers’ Association, and the Guild of Church Musicians Teacher, lecturer, composer, pianist and organist

For further information contact: info@adrianfinnerty.co.uk

Adrian Finnerty is a teacher, lecturer, composer, pianist, organist and examiner who lives and works just outside Glasgow. He is Principal Teacher (Learning and Teaching) of Creative Arts at Balfron High School, with responsibility for Music and Art and Design. He has been responsible for co-ordinating and delivering a variety of staff development activities, workshops and in-service courses for teachers, as well as being the Principal Assessor for Higher Music with the Scottish Qualifications Authority. As a guest speaker, he lectures on a range of educational and musical subjects. He is also Organist and Director of Music at St. Andrew’s Church, Bearsden, as well a teaching piano and music theory privately.

Performing experience includes: playing piano and accompanying for concerts, festivals and examinations; playing the organ regularly for church services, including weddings and other special occasions; and conducting amateur choirs, orchestras and musical theatre groups. As a composer his work covers a wide spectrum, including; piano solo, choral, orchestral and electro-acoustic. He studied composition with John Maxwell Geddes at St. Andrew’s College of Education in Glasgow, and with Edward Harper and Nigel Osborne at the University of Edinburgh.

Compositions include; Griminish Point, Conveyance and Saltire Sinfonietta (orchestral), Pattern of Life, The Fastest Man On Earth and Balulalow (choral), Fanfare Academica and Unseen Vision (chamber), Strata Shift and Night Lift-off (electro-acoustic), Rawley’s Patch and High-Rise Hallowe’en (musicals), Contretemps and Kaprun (piano) and various settings of liturgical texts.

Academic qualifications include; BA(Hons) in Music and Arts and MA in Education from the Open University; MMus in Composition, Jazz and 20th Century Music from the University of Edinburgh, MSc in Practitioner Research from the University of Strathclyde; DipTMus (Diploma in the Teaching of Music) from St. Andrew's College of Education, DipABRSM (Diploma of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) in piano teaching, and the ALCM (Associate Diploma of the London College of Music) in piano performing.

He is also a member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians, the European Piano Teachers’ Association, and the Guild of Church Musicians.

Adrian Finnerty’s professional responsibilities and research interests include Learning and Teaching, Creativity and Co-operative Learning. Articles and reviews have been contributed to the Musical Times, the British Journal of Music Education, Music Journal, and local newspapers.

Musical interests include: Music Education; 20^th Century Music; Piano Pedagogy, Repertoire and Technique; Jazz; Organ and Choral Music, Nationalism in Music; Music by Scottish Composers; Composing, Arranging and Conducting.

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