MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER: DOMINIC ALLDIS

Dominic Alldis is a pianist, teacher, singer and composer.

He has a background in both classical music and jazz, appears regularly as a soloist both at concert venues and jazz clubs. In 1989, he recorded Night Music for Lumina Music, an album of original compositions using the Yamaha MIDI Grand Piano and synthesizers.

In 1996, he released Turn Out The Stars, featuring songs by the legendary jazz Bill Evans which received much critical acclaim. He is also the author of a successful book A Classical Approach To Jazz Piano published worldwide by Hal Leonard Corp. and lectures in keyboard improvisations at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

Dominic Alldis gives presentations introducing music as metaphor for corporate concerns. Music is an abstract language that uses musical elements (melody, harmony, rhythm, etc.) to communicate ideas and emotions.

Musical concerns, such as theme and development, skill, mastery, and speed, consonance and dissonance, rehearsal and performance procedure, the jazz band and the orchestra, the role of the conductor, the composer, the improviser and the interpreter, all provide a stimulating insight into business concerns. Such as teamwork, leadership, creativity, mentorship and diversity, as well as providing a new vocabulary for addressing familiar concerns.

TEAMWORK
Collaboration
Music-making is a collaborative process: the musicians work together towards a common artistic
aim.
Listening
Listening is central to the music-making experience.
Working with diversity
The world of music is a multifarious environment that reflects the diversity that exists in society.
The orchestra
An orchestra is an ensemble of highly trained musical specialists that consent to be motivated by
the artistic vision and energy of a conductor.

CREATIVITY
Improvisation.
A jazz group is a hive of creativity - jazz musicians converse through a common language that
embraces minimal structures. They also work in continually changing teams; embrace errors as a
source of learning and alternate between soloing and accompanying roles.
There is an incremental continuum that begins with interpretation, is followed by embellishment, and ends with variation and improvisation.


LEADERSHIP
The conductor's or group leader's role is to coordinate a group of musical virtuosi and to inspire and motivate them to give their best performance.


RESULTS
The art that conceals art
An audience should experience the result of a musician's labours and not the process.
High expectations and goal clarity
Musicians aspire to play music at the highest level with the most talented and contribute to a tradition of excellence.