OTHER THINGS
Greg passed away on 25 July 2020.
Donations in his memory can be made to British Heart Foundation.
His partner, Katy, will monitor his email if anyone wants to get in touch.
COMMITTEES, CONSULTANCIES, CONFERENCES
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF POPULAR MUSIC
Member (1980-2004) and sometime Executive Committee Member, UK branch.
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ENGLAND
Chairman of the West Midlands Education Authorities’ working party on Multicultural Music and Editor of its publications (1982-3).
WEST MIDLANDS ARTS
Member of the Management Committee and Music Panels (1984-7).
INSTITUTE OF POPULAR MUSIC
Member of the Liverpool University working party on the formation of an Institute of Popular Music (1987).
KING’S COLLEGE, LONDON UNIVERSITY
Initiator and co-ordinator of a liaison project with the Music Department and Alumni Office and a consultant for a recent history of the College (2000-4).
CONFERENCES ORGANISATION AND PAPERS
Organiser of a series of Popular Music conferences at The Triangle. Gave papers at Aston University, Liverpool University, Dartington Hall, etc. on popular music.
MORGAN LEITH PARTNERSHIP http://www.morganleith.com
Strategic advisor on arts, media and charity issues since 2004.
PUBLISHED WORK
Holt, G., “The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians - The Beatles” in Middleton, R. and Horn, D., eds., Popular Music, 2 (Cambridge, 1982).
Crawford, J. and Holt, G., eds., Multicultural Music in the West Midlands (Birmingham, 1983).
Holt, G., “The Beatles: a musical evolution” in Middleton, R., and Horn, D., eds., Popular
Music, 4 (Cambridge, 1984).
Holt, G., The Musical Nature of Rock (Birmingham, 1985).
Holt, G., “The Lennon Companion: Twenty-five Years of Comment” in Middleton, R., and Horn, D., eds., Popular Music, 8 (Cambridge, 1989).
Holt, G., "Francis Tregian and the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book" in Fawcett, P., ed., The Cornwall
Family History Society, 124 (Truro, June 2007).
TRAVEL
Greg has travelled extensively in Europe, Asia and North America including a round-the-world trip and three summers in the U.S.A.
PIPEDOWN - The campaign for freedom from piped music
Greg is a member of Pipedown, a voluntary organisation whose mission is to eliminate the nefarious influence of piped music or "muzak" from public places.
Many famous personalities support Pipedown. SIr Peter Maxwell-Davies sparked off a debate at the end of January 2011, and writer and broadcaster Terence Blacker had his say in The Independant, 1
February.
BBC Radio 3 invited discussion on the issues involved, giving the last word in the debate to Greg. Listen
to the clip here.
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