Sam is a community builder, facilitator, musician and mental health advocate. For the last three years he has been Community Organiser at Sunday Assembly East End, which he helped found in 2016, a secular congregational community in Poplar, East London. He is also founder of grassroots participatory arts and events collective, Antenna, which organises bespoke events supporting and celebrating grassroots London social change communities, and organises A Mindful Mess, a yearly three day mental health and community arts festival. He is a fellow at St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, where he took part in their Spiritual Ecology fellowship.

Emily has been playing Javanese gamelan and working as a community musician and composer since 2005. She currently directs Gamelan Sekar Petak at the University of York, leading student and youth ensembles and running inclusion projects with children across the city. She also works regularly with adults with disabilities and those experiencing mental health problems, exploring creativity through gamelan, composition, improvisation and theatre. Emily has an MA in Community Music from the University of York. She joined Good Vibrations in 2019.

Kath is a workshop facilitator. She works as a community musician and psychodynamic counsellor in Glasgow and specialises in creative and inclusive music-making with a variety of instruments including gamelan. She currently performs with Gamelan Naga Mas, works part time for The Marie Trust and freelance in the community. She collaborates with various groups including those with dementia, mental health, additional support needs and those recovering from childhood trauma.

Kath believes in everyone’s right to access their creativity through music.

Kieran is a workshop facilitator who has been with Good Vibrations since 2010. He has Music Leader Training certification and Action Learning Facilitation qualifications.

Initially compelled by the punk explosion, Kieran was driven to learn three chords and start his own punk band. Twenty years later has seen him touring the world and releasing over six full-length albums coupled with an awakening that music is a force for change. Embracing the DIY ethos, Kieran has studied digital audio software and gamelan.

In addition to making music, he is an avid illustrator who designs album covers and band shirts for various artists.

Malcolm is the Training and Development Manager for Good Vibrations. He has been teaching gamelan for 20 years following a two-year scholarship in Java and holds a level one PTLLS City and Guilds qualification. As well as 14 years of workshop facilitation with Good Vibrations he works with LSO Discovery and the Southbank centre, teaching children and young adults including groups with various special needs. He formerly also worked with primary school children for Southwark’s award-winning Music Service for 11 years.

Malcolm is an experienced sound engineer/producer, recording and mastering audio for various gamelan ensembles, children’s music projects and pop/rock groups.

Nikki is a workshop facilitator, a freelance musician, composer and cultural arts practitioner working with a range of world percussion including gamelan. She has been facilitating music workshops with schools, colleges, community groups, prisons and young offenders for over 18 years.

Nikki has been involved with Good Vibrations from the start and has worked regularly with groups of all ages and abilities.

Jane is the Operations Manager and Interim Executive Director at Good Vibrations. She joined in 2010, having previously worked as a policy officer at the TUC. Jane started in the TUC’s European policy unit, before moving to their London region, building relationships between employers and trade unions based on the European model. She has also worked freelance, specialising in employment equality policies and procedures.

Previously, Jane worked for the St Mungo Homeless charity as a resettlement worker, helping the long-term homeless find employment.

Bison joined the team in 2015 as a Trainee Technician on the Loophole Music project in Bethlem Royal Hospital. He has since progressed to become a Co-Facilitator, able to support our Music Production projects, and to facilitate the delivery and assessment of Open College Network qualifications. Jerome has a background in event management and music technology.