Philip Flood

The (Big) Community Music Debate

Philip Flood has been Director of Sound Connections, a music education charity working with young people across London, since May 2010 and is responsible for the strategic direction and overall management of the organisation.

He was previously Head of LSO Discovery, one of the most significant education and community programmes in the UK and, prior to this, worked as Education Director for Spitalfields Festival and as a Head of Music and Media at a large London FE college.

He is an advisor on music education to a number of other arts organisations, including the PRS for Music Foundation, and is a member of the GLA Music Education Steering Group. Previously, he has been a trustee of spnm (now Sound and Music) and the British Arts Festivals Association.