Name: TEDx LCCM
Start: 2026-03-23T18:00:00Z
End: 2026-03-23T21:00:00Z
Location: LCCM

Annatoria

Xiaoxiao Hou

Dan Green

Lisbee Stainton

Chris Barnett

TEDx LCCM

LCCM (London College of Contemporary Music) is a South London music community and live events space based at The Music Box.We host gigs, showcases, open mics, and industry-led sessions designed to connect artists, creatives, and music lovers in a collaborative, real-world environment.

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This TEDx explores why music isn’t a luxury but a force for human flourishing - shaping how we learn, belong, create, and build community.

TEDx LCCM presents: Beyond SurvivalIn the creative industries, we often speak the language of hustle, resilience, and making it through. But what if survival isn’t the goal? What if music, and creativity more broadly, is not a “nice-to-have,” but essential infrastructure for human flourishing?Beyond Survival is a human, philosophical, and quietly radical exploration of music as something deeper than entertainment — as social architecture, as education, as psychology, as community.Across the evening, we’ll hear from leading artists and academics examining ideas including:<ul><li>Why We Don’t Need Music (And Why We’re Wrong) - reframing music as fundamental to human development and collective wellbeing.</li><li>Feedback as Community Builder - how learning through feedback can move us from isolated survival to connected growth.</li><li>Music as Social Architecture - music as infrastructure for belonging, identity, and cultural memory.</li><li>Songwriting Without Theory - trusting embodied knowledge over rigid systems and survival metrics.</li></ul>This is a space to think differently about the creative industries as vital ecosystems to nurture.<h2>Meet the Speakers</h2>Annatoria An award-winning artist and one of the UK’s most compelling contemporary voices, Annatoria brings lived experience from the frontlines of the music industry - offering perspective on creativity, resilience, and what it truly means to move beyond survival.LCCM Academics: Dan Green, Xiao Xiao, Chris Barnett &amp; Lisbee Stainton Representing LCCM’s academic community, this collective of educators and music practitioners brings insight from across music education, creative practice, songwriting, and critical reflection. Together, they explore how music functions not just as art or industry, but as pedagogy, psychology, and social infrastructure.Read more about the speakers <a href="https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/65311" title="https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/65311" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here.</a>Whether you are an artist, educator, student, or cultural thinker, Beyond Survival invites you to reconsider music not as background noise to life, but as one of its essential foundations.

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