LOUISE GIBBS is a jazz vocalist, composer/arranger, educator and writer. She continues to negotiate the three-way pull between being a musician, a teacher and researcher for her more than 30 years of professional life. Since her return to freelance employment in August 2011 (from being Associate Professor, Course Leader for the Postgraduate Programme, and then the Jazz Programme at Leeds College of Music, and Director of the Leeds International Jazz Conference) her career has rebalanced to prioritise making music, writing music, and writing about music.