About MusBook.comMusBook is in Beta development phase and the site will be formally launched in late 2009.Musbook.com is a web portal, social network and digital publishing website that hosts a global community of musicians and music lovers. It was founded in 2008 by Australian conductor and academic Peter Tregear and English violinist Simon Hewitt Jones. Our founding vision is really simple, but we think its effect will be profound. We want to empower and enrich the world's community of musicians by enabling not just professional relationships, but also relationships between musicians and music lovers, to develop in ways that have previously never been possible. We'll support these new connections with a comprehensive range of services, tools, and information that will help musicians drive forward the development of musical culture like never before. We want MusBook.com to become the leading 'creative commons' for Classical, Jazz and Contemporary music, and to facilitate the radical broadening of access to resources that's already happening online. No more will valuable tools and resources be limited to major music companies and institutions - now every musician can reach out to audiences and build a fanbase from scratch, without spending a lot of money. Widening access to quality music education will be a core part of our work. If creative skills are the key to survival in an unpredictable future, then the creative arts should be integral to the world's major educational systems, not just fun addenda. We are especially keen to harness the great repository of teaching knowledge that currently occurs in studios and schools around the world, but which is otherwise unavailable, and so an integral part of the site will be a 'Conservatoire sans frontières' - online music education without borders, available to all. Our vision is global. From our offices in Melbourne, London and New York we're creating a new infrastructure for people to discover, create, promote and and share music. Nothing less will do: the 20th Century hierarchies of music production are broken, and a new creative dynamic is necessary in order for our great musical traditions not just to survive, but to evolve and thrive. If you are similarly inspired to help realise our vision -- be it through advice, suggestion, investment, or perhaps even joining our international team, we are always keen to hear from you. Post your ideas on our 'feedback' forum, or contact us at support [at] musbook [dot] com Contact MusBook.comMusBook.com is a global company and many of our partners and staff work remotely from locations around the world. Our day-to-day operations are managed from two main hubs in the the UK and Australia. Additionally, we intend to open an American office in early 2010. Consonart Limited operates our business in the United Kingdom. Consonart Limited is registered in England and Wales with registered number 06755446 and has its registered office at 55 Loudoun Road, St John's Wood, London, NW8 0DL, United Kingdom. Our Australian and American offices will be incorporated during 2010. Business, editorial and non-customer support issues may be sent to us at the addresses below. Telephone and email contact details are available upon request from our support team. Please email support [at] musbook [dot] com in the first instance. United Kingdom MusBook.com Suite 225, 34 Buckingham Palace Road London, SW1W 0RH, England USA MusBook.com Address available soon Australia MusBook.com Address available soon Executive ManagementPeter Tregear (CEO) | Melbourne | Blog: www.PeterTregear.net | MusBook Profile: PeterTregear A graduate of the Universities
of
Cambridge and Melbourne, Peter Tregear has many years of experience in
research, performing, teaching and administration of music, in both the
United Kingdom and Australia. He has held lectureship positions in
music at the Universities of Cambridge, Queensland, and King's College
London, and has mounted several modern revivals and world premieres of
operatic and orchestral works. He served as Dean of Trinity College,
Melbourne between 2006 and 2008, and was subsequently Education
Development Director for an Australian technology startup.
Role: Peter runs the ship, executes the big visions, balances the books, keeps people happy, and tells the world about us! Simon Hewitt Jones (Creative Director) | London | Blog: www.SimonHewittJones.com | MusBook Profile: Simonhj  Simon
performs internationally as
a solo and collaborative violinist. He has been featured in many radio
broadcasts, international festivals and concert series in the UK,
Europe, and the Middle East. In the 2008/2009 season he made a debut
recital at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall and collaborated with the
Medici String Quartet. He is
a graduate of London's Royal Academy of Music, and artistic director of
our partner organization, Music And The City.
Simon has just completed a year of research in Berlin, Germany,
examining the
development of international cultural trends as a scholar of the
Leverhulme Trust.
Role: Simon generates ridiculous amounts of ideas and invents ways of solving problems musicians don't know they have yet! Senior ManagementGary D. Beswick (Advertising Sales Director) | London | MusBook Profile: GaryBeswick A conservatory-trained violist,
performer and teacher, Gary is - like many of MusBook's team - a very
experienced musician and performer. As an advertising professional he
brings a wealth of experience from his work with many major arts and
culture publications in the UK, including The Strad, Collections, Muso,
Choir & Organ, Sfz & International Piano. Gary
originates from the USA, and is now based in London.
Role: Gary is a master of useful connections! He brings interesting and useful promotions to the MusBook audience, and provides quality advertisers with valuable access to our highly engaged community of musicians. Mathew Tucker (Director, MusBook TV) | London | Blog: www.muthatucker.blogspot.com | MusBook Profile: MisterT  Mathew Tucker studied the
trumpet
at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. He went on to
train as a journalist at the City University working first for BBC
Radio and then for ITV's flagship arts programme, The South Bank Show.
During this time he worked closely with many of the world's
top classical musicians including Sir Simon Rattle,
Nigel Kennedy, Juan Diego Flores, Ian Bostridge and Lang Lang to name a
few. In an article in The Times two years ago, Melvyn Bragg
described him as having 'one of the most analytical
minds in classical music'.
Role: Mathew oversees everything to do with video: our live and pre-recorded TV programming, on-demand video archives, interviews, and education video resources. MusBook Staff & ContributorsAdministrator & Assistant Webmaster: Dafydd Camp (Australia)Customer Support: Justin Delleur (USA) and Rachel Smith (Australia) IT Manager: Binoi Cherian (India) Project Manager: Justine Thomas (India) Senior Developer: Vinayak Saseendran (India) Senior Developer: Swaroop Shankar (India) GUI Design: Nithin Scaria (India) Logo Designer: Sophie Cuming (Australia) |
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