Adam Świtała is a composer, musician, teacher, and researcher. Doctoral Candidate at the School of Education, University of Iceland. Member of the Advocacy Standing Committee and Music in Schools and Teacher Education (MISTEC) Commissioner of the International Society for Music Education (ISME). 2018-2020 member of the Editorial Board of the ISME/Routledge book series ‘Specialist Themes in Music Education’. 2017-2020 Board Member of the Polish Music Council, actively involved in the development of the European Agenda for Music. 2017-2018 President of the Polish Association for Music Education. Since 2019 Adam has been involved in the design and implementation of family musicking courses for immigrant families of young children in Iceland, based on the Tónagull method developed by prof. Helga Rut Gudmundsdottir. Trained facilitator of dr Rod Paton’s Lifemusic method (Lifemusic CIC, UK). His professional record includes cooperation with theatre directors, actors, dance and performance artists, more than 30 theatres, educational and art institutions, in several European countries and the USA, including ‘Zachęta’ National Gallery of Art (Warsaw), HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin), MUCEM (Marseille), and many more. The core of his composer’s work is exploring music as a social practice, a unique way of experiencing time and community, involving human and non-human actors. Co-author of ‘The Wall That Unites’ – an interactive art installation and performance designed for the main pavilion of the Venice Biennale 2016 during the ‘Kid’s Carnival’ – a special section of the Biennale dedicated to innovative educational projects. As classical, folk and jazz music interpreter, cross-genre improviser and band member, he has given concerts during numerous venues and festivals and won several awards.
