My special interest areas are performance and improvisation studies (my Doctorate developed new approaches to teaching and learning about improvisation), delivering seminars and papers on teaching and learning issues at National and International Conferences, Universities and Conservatoires. Publications include Jazz Guitar Vols. I & II (International Music Publications), various articles (The Music Teacher, Popular Music Journal) and the development of jazz study and teaching materials for all levels and ages.
The theoretical and practical basis of jazz and tonal improvisation.
Jazz and popular music - repertoire, analysis and performance.
Experimental learning programmes for enhancing personal performance - incl. mental imaging.