After many years of circling around it, Dan McGlade has officially begun a new role as a bass guitar tutor and band mentor at Craven Academy of Modern Music.

Dan has spent many years working in and around music…

The L☿rds of MisRule headlined the opening night of the first Skipton Live festival on Friday 28 August, performing at Craven Arts House.

The festival was a celebration of Skipton’s live music scene, bringing together a wide range of artists…

From September 2026, Dan will join the teaching team at the Craven Academy of Modern Music.

Alongside teaching bass guitar to children and adults, he'll also be working with bands to develop the musical and collaborative skills that help ensembles…

Alongside ongoing performance and recording work, Dan McGlade has recently begun further study in composition through ThinkSpace Education, an online academy specialising in music for film, television and games.

The courses focus on practical composition techniques, orchestration and industry-focused…

My storytelling collaborator Siân Williams and I recently had the pleasure of returning to the lovely St Joseph's Primary School, Bradford, to deliver four (yes four) performances of Owl Babies.  As always, it was a hoot (I can’t…

Really looking forward to my next collaboration with Leeds Conservatoire - this time working with multi-award winning storyteller, director, performer & writer Debs Newbold, as she directs Chris Hannan’s Crime & Punishment - an exciting, fresh and accessible…

...seriously, if I had longer I'd have come up with a better title, but I was in rehearsals and wrote it in about three minutes so there you go. 

I'm beyond excited to be working as Composer, Sound Designer and…

On Tuesday 31st May, Siân and I are presenting our story performance of Owl Babies at Grimm’s Gathering, a pop-up festival celebrating stories of all shapes, featuring masterclasses and workshops with leading musicians, authors and artists, over the Old Town…

Owl Babies is going on a tour…of Bradford Libraries! 

Throughout Easter, Sian Williams and I will be presenting a magical, playful story performance, for free, at libraries throughout the Bradford District. 

Watch baby owls, woodland creatures and a grumpy magpie…

I'm beyond happy to be working as Musical Director for 509Arts' first touring production of Meal One.

Based on the wonderfully absurd children's book written by Ivor Cutler in 1971, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, it tells the story…

My application for the Arts Council’s Developing Your Creative Practice grant has been successful.  DYCP supports individuals who are cultural and creative practitioners and want to take time to focus on their creative development.  I'm a bit blown away -…