About the Keynote Speakers

David Price OBE (UK) - International Project Leader, Musical Futures 

David Price is a musician, educator and education consultant.  He was the director of learning for seven years for Sir Paul MCartney’s Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.  David is the international Project leader for Musical Futures.  

John Foreman (AUS) - Musical Director and Television Personality 

John Foreman is a musical director, pianist and composer, plus is a well recognised face on Australian television.

John wrote The Flame, which was performed by Tina Arena and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Opening Ceremony. His compositions have also been performed by artists such as Vanessa Amorosi and Jose Carreras.

After many years tickling Bert Newton’s ivories on Good Morning Australia, John joined Australian Idol as musical director in 2003. He’s musical director and producer for Vision Australia’s Carols by Candlelight® and the TV Week Logie Awards, and an occasional contributor to the Nine Network’s 20 to 1. He hosted The Big Night In with John Foreman, and a Ten Network special, John Foreman Presents Burt Bacharach, which featured Bacharach performing live and being interviewed by John.

John has also worked with Chris Isaak, Reba McEntire, Joe Williams, James Galway and Shirley Bassey.

He’s also a jazz pianist. He has performed at jazz festivals in Montreal, Canada, Santa Barbara, USA and jazz venues in London. 

John is also the ambassador for Music. Count Us In, an initiative of the Australian Music Council, to encourage music education in schools, and he hosts the annual School Spectacular on ABC television. In addition, John Foreman is the patron of Soundhouse^® Music Alliance

James Frankel (USA) - President of ATMI and Managing Director of SoundTree 

James Frankel is an experienced music educator and music technology clinician.  He has published numerous articles about music technology and its application in the classroom in state, national and international journals of music education and recently authored “The Teachers Guide to Music, Media & Copyright Law”, and “YouTube in Music Education” (co-authored with Tom Rudolph).