Keynote / Keynote+
The keynote that sets the register of the whole event before the first session - the format the work was built for, from 12-person boardrooms to 1,000+ conference stages.
The Work
Bring Gary Malkin to your stage, your room, your gathering - and let the presence do the talking.
Formats
What actually happens
Composed opening ritual
A piece written and performed for your occasion - an opening that tunes the room on purpose, not as a garnish.
Soundscapes & moments
Curated musical moments threaded through your agenda - sound that holds the gaps between sessions and lets the room settle.
Extended residency
A longer arc across a day, an offsite, or a retreat - openings, intervals, and returns composed as one piece around your intention.
Occasions this suits
- Leadership offsites
- Usually somewhere near the start, to set the register the rest of the days will run in - or at the close, when a group needs to leave as something other than a list of actions.
- Conferences
- An opening or closing keynote that people talk about on the way out rather than during the coffee break.
- Healthcare and hospice gatherings
- For organisations whose staff hold other people's worst days. This is the room Gary knows best.
- Ceremonies and milestones
- Anniversaries, memorials, launches, handovers - the occasions that deserve more than a slideshow and a buffet.
What a composed moment can do
When the music is the meeting, the meeting finally meets itself.
It cannot be decorative - optimized into the margins of an agenda. Made properly, it is the meeting itself: the room's register shifts, and people finally hear one another. For the formats, signature topics, and what organizers ask before they book, visit the Speaking page.
Next step
What happens next
Start a conversation. No form-fill walls - a real one, and Gary reads every request personally.