Julia Payne (UK)

Moderator of the discussion group on non-formal music education on Friday 15/09, at 15:00

Julia has 25+years experience of working in the jazz and wider independent music sector. After initially earning her stripes working in venues, including London’s Barbican Centre, she took up roles at the Jazz Development Trust and Arts Council England. In 2002, she co-founded the hub, a social enterprise which uses pro ts from its music-focused consultancy and research work to subsidise ‘in house’ creative projects and professional development programmes for artists and creative freelancers.

Julia has signi cant experience of developing and delivering regional and national talent development programmes for musicians, producers and independent promoters, working with partners such as BBC Talent, PRS Foundation and the Musicians Union. During the pandemic, Julia led the development of the hub’s Balance programme, which helped over a thousand artists and creative freelancers balance their minds and their books at a time of huge uncertainty. Balance included free action learning (group coaching) sessions, monthly mental health talks, business planning and wellbeing-focused training and a digital Balance toolkit packed with 100+ resources to help artists and freelancers take care of their minds and their businesses. In October 2021, Julia won the IPSE Wellbeing Award for her work on Balance.

In a pro-bono capacity, Julia is Chair of Sound UK, one of the UK’s leading producers of new music, and a trustee at Penned in the Margins. She also mentors a number of individual musicians and creative producers.