Imogen bickford smith biography
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Ed Sheeran’s mum Imogen becomes music teacher to primary school children
HER son has sold more than 150million records to become one of the world’s biggest stars – and now Ed Sheeran’s mum has her own musical ambition.
I can reveal Imogen has set up a project to encourage primary school kids to get into singing.
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She is registered as a director of the Suffolk Kodaly Community Interest Company, which aims to provide “progressive music education to children in schools across the east of Suffolk”.
In documents lodged last month through Companies House, she writes: “Kodaly’s approach to music education is based on teaching, learning and under-standing music through the experience of singing — giving direct access to the world of music without the technical problems involved with the use of an instrument.”
She says the company has a goal of ensuring “every pupil sings regularly” because it is “hugely beneficial for children’s social and mental development, helping to improve c
