Erin Townsend

Erin is an undergraduate student reading Music at Oxford University and former student of Create Music. She received music lessons through the hub from aged 6 and participated in ensembles, music tours and many concerts during her time there, as well as volunteering at ensembles for younger students. She led Brighton & East Sussex Youth Orchestra and was a Student Leader, providing valuable feedback to staff on the student experience of the hub during and moving out of the pandemic. She is interested in all aspects of (mainly classical) music performance at university, from violin or clarinet playing to singing and conducting, though she also enjoys coming back to sit on the board for Create Music. There she learns a lot about education policy in line with her academic interests in community music and social justice, and provides the board with an invaluable student perspective. Erin doesn’t know exactly what she will do with her career yet, but thinks the next step will probably be a postgraduate degree in either musicology or music therapy.