I worked on both the 2007 and 2008 Garforth Arts Festivals as their resident Sound Engineer and am already partially involved in the preparation for the 2009 festival.

The Garforth Arts Festival is described as being a "very ambitious community festival, with a very strong emphasis on educational projects." and is also "designed to bring local school children, community arts groups, local businesses, visiting professional artists and the wider community together, in a celebration of the arts."

The first festival was held in the summer of 2005 and has since grown and gone from strength to strength. During my work at the festival I have been involved with events that have commanded performances from prestigious acts such as Richard Hawley, Courtney Pine, Soweto Kinch, Eliza Carthy, Kate Rusby, 3 Daft Monkeys, the James Taylor Quartet, Jazz Jamaica, Tony Benn, Gervase Phinn, The Ian McMillan Orchestra, Harvie S and a whole lot more!

Engineering for festival events has pulled on all my prior experience and involved me engineering a wide spread of live events ranging from musical theatre and public address for speakers - such as Tony Benn and Gervase Phinn - through to live music from a range of difference genres including Jazz, Blues, Rock and Folk. 

For more about the festival please visit the festival's website at: 

• www.garforthartsfestival.co.uk 

Working for GCAS came about from working for one of the GCAS groups, the Garforth Jazz Rock Band. My involvement in GCAS in turn resulted in me becoming employed by the Garforth Arts Festival.

For more information about GCAS please take a look at their website at:

• www.gcasonline.co.uk 

The Garforth Jazz Rock Band is part of the Garforth Community Arts Festival, who I also work for.

For more information about the Garforth Jazz Rock Band please visit their website at:

• www.gjrb.co.uk 

After leaving regular employment at the school I have since been employed on a freelance basis for a number of productions and other events. As well as the shows listed below I also provided sound and lighting for AS-level, A-level and GCSE examination performances since 2002.

• School Farewell Cabaret - May 2008
• Singing In the Rain (Musical) - February 2008
• Cabaret 07' - May 2007
• Anything Goes (Musical) - February 2007
• Cabaret 06' - April 2006
• Animal Farm - May 2005
• Open Mic Night - June 2004
• Little Shop of Horrors (Musical) - February 2004
• Fame (Musical) - February 2002 (Voluntary work as a student)

I have worked for Royds School on a regular basis since 2004 and during that time have been involved in numerous musical productions as well as four years worth of 'Royds Fest', the school's annual rock concert. Some of the events that I have worked with them on over the years are listed below:

• Royds Fest 08' - April 2008
• Live at the Empire (Musical) November 2007
• Royds Fest 07' - April 2007
• Disco Inferno (Musical) - November 2006
• Royds Fest 06' - April 2006
• My Fair Lady (Musical) - November 2005
• Royds Fest 05' - April 2005
• Bugsy Malone (Musical) - April 2005