Sergio López Figueroa CV 2025 Music teacher, Pianist, Composer, Cultural Entrepreneur, Choral Leader Address: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (35010) Tel. 611 098 067 Email: info@sergiolopez gueroa.com / info@polyhum.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergio- gueroa-polyhum Youtube: www.youtube.com/@polyhumcanarias Instagram @polyhumcanarias
Creative professional with global experience using music to inspire and promote wellbeing for all ages Visionary entrepreneur and award winning composer shaped by work across Italy, India, UK, and Spain as a musician, educator, cultural manager, event producer and project director. Creator of Polyhum® a transformative methodology that uses vocal vibration and creative choral practices to develop social skills, personal growth, self-expression through compassion for wellbeing in complex environments.
SOFT SKILLS • Open Communication • Creative with a purpose • Strategic Leadership • Resilience and Flexibility • Curiosity and Compassion • Common good seeker • Sense of humour
WORK IN EDUCATION School teaching (2007 to 2020) SEN Teaching Support, Music Tutor in London from Primary, Secondary to Further Education with various agencies including Veracity Education, Tara and Sugarman. Kingsley High School, Castlebar, Springhallow school.
DIGITAL LITERACY MS Of ce, Google Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, Final Cut Pro, Sibelius, Audacity, Prezi, Social Media Management and other.
Creative Partnership year 7 and 8 Music and Math project (Slough) two terms project of weekly classroom sessions. Worked together with math teachers. Devised unique rhythm sequencing method using geometric shapes. Secondary Music Teacher for SEN at Michael Tippet School and Learning Support Assistant for young adults with autism at Lewisham and Southwark College (Level 3 music and GCSE Maths) Tutor of Music and Drama (enterprise & independence path) at Lewisham and Southwark College for nine young adult SEN learners with behavioural challenges.
EDUCATION Expert in Citizen Participation University ULPGC Mental Health Trainer Middlesex University (UK) / MIND
Supply P/T Music Teacher at Oaklands SEN School (Hounslow) Unquali ed music teacher primary and secondary at Hewens Academy
Certi cate level 2 NFCE Awareness of Mental Health Problems
Piano teaching (2007 - present) Piano and improvisation 2022 Complementary Piano teaching at Conservatorio Profesional de Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2023-2024 Piano teacher and accompanist at Conservatorio Profesional de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Also worked as piano accompanist of phonetics applied to singing at Escuela Superior de Canto de Madrid. Private Piano teaching since 2007
Composition for Film and TV (UK) National Film & Television School (NFTS) PGDip music for lm and TV Bournemouth University
Other training and support work Youth Supervisor at 'La Montañeta' Educational Detention Centre for Juvenile Offenders.
High Degree in Piano Teaching (equivalent to BA) Conservatories of Madrid and Las Palmas
Creative mindfulness online training 2023 and 2024 supported by SGAE (Spanish Society of Authors and Publishers) to help musicians to manage better their emotional wellbeing and mental health.
Postgraduate in Mindfulness IEPP
During lockdown during COVID-19 provided 200 hours of Polyhum mindfulness training in English, Italian and Spanish. fi
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Composition Studies G.B. Martini Conservatory, Bologna (Italy)
EVENT PRODUCER, WORKSHOP LEADER and VIDEO PRODUCTION PolyHum Canarias Project Director and choir leader of Voces Polyhum. Mindfulness Workshops, wellbeing concerts and hiking routes in nature with live music to support the wellbeing of the oncology community in Gran Canaria. Project funded with EU Next Generation grant with support from the Department of Culture (Canary Islands Government). Balloon Orchestra Workshop: social skills competences through playing, event commissioned by Local Trust UK Otakar Kraus Music Trust and Iroko Theatre: Delivered music workshops and video production for evaluation purposes. Crowdversations curator and producer of a series of monthly events for professional networking purposes at coworking spaces in London, offering open debate events to tackle hot topics on educational, cultural and social issues. Selected lms, negotiate licenses and hosted Q&A sessions after the screening. Unseen Voices Holocaust Memorial Brent Council, MEDEA Award winner for the creative use of media in education (history, literacy, citizenship and music). Worked in partnership with Preston Manor school music students. Responsible for the design, and production of a Cultural Learning programme involving local community partnerships and a nal event with live music. Produced teacher training DVDs distributed to all schools in Brent. 2012 Open Rehearsal / Cultural Olympiads ICA, London Educational workshops and participatory event involving lm and live music as well as behind the scenes experiences as part of the audience development and outreach strategic plan by Mayor of London leading to the Olympic Games in 2012 Festival of Love 2017 Selected by the Southbank Centre to participate as a Changemaker in an open debate to share experiences and good practices. Delivered Polyhum workshops at Royal Festival Hall. Good Deals Conference In 2019, facilitated an intervention for 400 participants at Good Deals, the UK’s leading conference for social entrepreneurs and impact investors, aiming to connect people through creative expression. Mental Health Awareness Week Westminster Libraries Polyhum workshops and a public health awareness event involving patient led proposals to improve communication with community health carers. Resonate! for In Harmony in Lambeth Evaluation and Advocacy project through video production. Interviews with internal stakeholders to evaluate the impact of El Sistema with the participation of the children in the making. Delhi City Symphony / British Council CLP programme Research and production of a music and media project for children from disadvantage backgrounds living in Delhi in collaboration with local organizations, media training facilites and NGOs as result of winning a cultural leadership award supported by the British Council. OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE Sibelius music notation software Introduction to Spanish market sales and customer service support and translation of software and user guide Barcelona city council / New Technology community centre. New Technology Resource Centre for young people in Barcelona. In charge of managing day to day courses and activities. Gramophone Data entry, proofreading and editing large database of classical music recordings European Union Opera / Music administration trainee Managed orchestra schedules for rehearsals, travel arrangements, logistics.
Awards and Commissions • Sinapsis: One of the 16 cultural incubator projects selected by the Canary Islands Government. • Intercultural Innovation Award (BMW / UNAOC): Semi nalist among 700 projects • Community Mental Health Innovation Award: Awarded by the Ealing Council, London. • Harlock Award: For the score Clonic Mutations music for the lm Un Chien Andalou (1929). • Tate Modern Commission: For the Dalí & Film exhibition: Live music program for silent lms. • Original Music Concert and Screening: For the Buñuel Retrospective at the Berlinale.
Speaker at Conferences European Commission, Cultural Watch Europe, Barclays Bank, Cambridge University, Aspen Institute, Notre-Dame University, Beirut.
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Language Pro ciency: English, Italian and Spanish (mother tongue)