 A close involvement in the artistic strategy of the Academy has led to the inauguration of successful community concert series, namely 'Free on Fridays', 400+ and, with the Kohn Foundation, a ten-year project to perform all of Bach's sacred and secular cantatas.During his Principalship the Academy was granted Degree Awarding Powers from the Privy Council (2012) and has recently embarked on a number of transformational capital projects, including two new practice facilities and, from 2015, a major theatre and recital hall project which was completed in early 2018.As a trumpet soloist Freeman-Attwood has released nine solo albums, the majority with Linn Records, and has attracted wide critical acclaim for their musical originality and effective 're-imagining' of the trumpet as a chamber instrument in reconstructions of works from c.1600 to the 20th Century.