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PERIPATETIC MUSIC

TEACHER GUIDE 2015

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This booklet contains details about the current peripatetic music teachers who

are available at The BRIT School for 2015/2016.

It is provided to help you find the most suitable teacher for your individual music

lessons whilst at The BRIT School. Please take the time to read through all of the

information and then choose the teacher you feel would be the most suitable.

We make every effort to ensure you have the teacher of your choice, but please

note that in some cases a teacher may be oversubscribed. It is therefore

advisable to list two choices of teacher when you fill in the application form.

INDEX

Voice

Piano Matt Dibble Claire Tilby

Carollyn Eden

Guitar Kevin Keating Ken Shaw

Bass Guitar Derek Baxter

Drums Andy Woodard Colin Woolway

Flute, Clarinet Saxophone Claire Tilby

Anton Browne Scilla Stewart

Jenny Howe Georg Tormann

Beth Litttlewood Leon Trayman

Rachel Lyske Sam Marlow

James Moriarty

Carollyn Eden

Claire Tilby

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DEREK BAXTER

BASS GUITAR/ DOUBLE BASS

Derek Baxter teaches all aspects of bass guitar from fingerboard harmony, bass line construction, sight reading and groove playing including styles such as funk (finger style and slap), pop, rock, reggae, blues, jazz (walking bass) and country. Specialist techniques such as soloing, chord playing and harmonics can also be included. Custom hand outs and backing tracks are provided to maximise the students practice time and progress. Derek also teaches double bass in the jazz walking and soloing style, incorporating jazz theory into the lessons.

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ANTON BROWNE

VOICE

Anton has been a musician all his life, starting piano and violin lessons in early childhood. In his teens he listened to classical, heavy rock and folk before discovering so-called ‘black’ music. He was guitarist and songwriter in the funk band Vogue. When the singer in the band left, he thought he'd try his hand at singing, which led to two years of voice classes at Goldsmiths College. He subsequently enrolled on a post-grad Jazz & Rock course at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama. On completion of the course, Anton continued performing live - now gaining experience singing as well as

playing guitar and piano – and was backing singer for Paul Young on ‘Wogan’ and Top of the Pops. Later (having studied with speech therapist Dina Harris and voice teacher Mark Meylan) he began to teach singing - first privately and then for various institutions including: Jenako Arts, Lewisham College, Bermondsey College, Croydon College and The London Music School. When The BRIT School opened in 1991, Anton accepted the position of singing teacher and went on to devise and write the BTEC singing module for the school. Other teaching positions have included degree courses at Trinity College of Music, Roehampton University, Goldsmiths College and The Academy of Contemporary Music (Guildford). He re-wrote the BTEC singing module and gave masterclasses for The Academy of Music & Sound and for The Royal Academy of Music. In 2002 he was approached by the London College of Music (Thames Valley University) to collaborate in writing the innovative Popular Music Vocals singing grades, and students at The BRIT School have been taking them ever since! In 2011 Anton was invited by the producers of BBC TV’s ‘The Voice UK’ to tour the UK as a vocal coach for the Series 1 show. He continues to be a busy live performer in addition to teaching vocal technique and soul, r'n'b, blues, rock, pop and jazz vocal styles. Visit: www.thesingthing.com - for more info on his teaching and to download his two tutorial CD’s The Sing Thing 1 & 2, along with other singing resources. www.antonbrowne.co.uk – for his site as a performer. www.youtube.com – Anton Browne

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MATT DIBBLE

PIANO

Matt studied Music at The University of York, and Jazz at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He is a song-writer/composer, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer, and has released six solo albums as well as an EP. The album Around The Corner - released in October 2013 - reached number four on the Amazon Jazz downloads chart. He has had radio airplay on BBC Radio 2 and 6Music.

Matt plays the piano, clarinet, sax, and sings in the punk-jazz band DOLLYman, as well as with numerous function bands. These include Beach Boys Smile, considered one of the top Beach Boys tribute bands in the UK. He has composed many pieces including two piano sonatas, four pieces for piano, various compositions for DOLLYman including ‘Poke’, ‘Jam’ and ‘Toast’, and many jazz pieces including ‘Minor Mood’ and ‘At Home’, as well as larger scale pieces. Apart from teaching at The BRIT School, Matt has taught the piano, clarinet, saxophone and composition at The Sound & Music Summer School, Junior Trinity in Greenwich, The Michael Tippett School and Rose Bruford College. www.mattdibblemusic.com

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CAROLLYN EDEN

VOICE AND PIANO

Carollyn Eden (soprano/singer-songwriter) was born in Ashton-under-Lyne and grew up in Leeds where from a very early age music became one of her greatest joys. At eighteen she won the Harrogate Young Musician of the Festival as a pianist and that year came to London to study piano at the Guildhall School of Music. Om leaving the Guildhall she set out on the journey of

becoming a singer, studying with many highly esteemed teachers such as Mary Hammond, Paula Anglin and Sally Burgess and studying acting at Richmond Drama School and with the inspired coach Delia Lindon. She immersed herself in all styles of music including classical, jazz, folk, celtic rock and musical theatre. As a singer, Carollyn has performed a diverse cross section from early music to experimental projects, including performances at the Handel House Museum, London’s Waterloo Tunnels Theatre Space, the Brighton Festival, the Institute for Contemporary Arts (ICA) and Sapporo, Japan. She has sung lead roles and written the libretto for two operas by composer Mark Glentworth which were premiered at the Dulwich Festival and the Tête à Tête Opera Festival. She also performs original material as a singer-songwriter . Carollyn's teaching reflects the wide experience of musical styles she has encountered in her own career. As a teacher her main aim is to give each student the techniques they need to be able to express themselves fully and find their own individual voice, whether it be through singing, piano or songwriting. Her teaching approach is very flexible and she works together with each student to find out exactly what they want from their lessons. Students can be entered into exams if they wish and Carollyn has many years of experience in successfully preparing students for their grades. Carollyn is a founder member of the Nightingale Consort, an early music trio based in London performing programmes blending music and theatre from 16th-18th centuries, www.nightingaleconsort and also the Phantasia Ensemble performing Japanese and British music Phantasia Ensemble

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JENNY HOWE

VOICE

Jenny moved to London in 1992 from her native home in Cork, Ireland. She began her career in the UK mainly working in Theatre. In 1994 Jenny joined the National Youth Jazz Orchestra; she toured extensively with them in the UK and abroad, and appeared several times at Ronnie Scott's where she is featured on many of their live albums including Cottoning On, In Control, and A View From The Hill. She is also featured on the compilation album Nite at Ronnie's. Consequently she began working with Shakatak and toured Japan with

them.

Jenny recorded the main soundtrack for the film The Brylcreem Boys, starring Gabriel Byrne and Jean Butler, and sang at the Cannes film festival, where it was premiered. Since then she’s been featured singing in films including Dream, Hot Gold, and the James Ellroy film L.A. Sheriff's Homicide. She played the part of Mrs Croucher in the Spike Milligan film Pukoon, starring Elliot Gould and narrated by Sir Richard Attenborough. Other TV credits include TFI Friday, BBC Hall of Fame, CH4 comedy series Barking, and BBC Looking Good. She has also done voice-overs for programs such as BBC's Ballykissangel, Falling for a Dancer, the Channel Five series The Imperial War in Colour, National Geographic, and an Alpha Romeo commercial.

Downtime - a dance album released by the band Playpen - features Jenny singing lead vocals on two co-written tracks, and has been played on many ITV and BBC programmes. Jenny sung on the track “Heaven on Earth” with production outfit Shut up and Dance, and appeared at the Queen Elizabeth hall singing with a 45 piece orchestra in a show “Rhapsody in Blue” celebrating the music of Gershwin. Recent work includes sampling sessions for Yamaha and Roland, and she has also recorded the album Second Take.

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KEVIN KEATING

GUITAR

Kevin Keating is one of the UK’s premier guitarists and an experienced teacher. Kevin trained under his father - world renowned composer and arranger Johnny Keating - and amongst many other styles qualified as a Classical guitarist from Trinity music college. Kevin has immense professional and teaching experience in all contemporary styles and is comfortable teaching everything from Rock to Jazz, Soul, Spanish and acoustic styles.

Kevin has performed and recorded with many well known artists and has performed as a session guitarist in many famous studios and venues including Abbey Road, The Royal Festival Hall, The Barbican, The O2, Ronnie Scott’s and the 100 Club amongst many more. Currently Kevin performs in two touring sell out shows "The Magic of Motown" and "Soul Legends" and prior to this he performed in the West End hit shows "Zorro" and "The Rat Pack" amongst many others. Kevin has over 15 years of teaching experience at The BRIT School and has seen many of his ex-students excel professionally. He is also Head of Guitar at LMS (London Music School), Hackney. Subjects covered in Kevin's lessons include: Fingerboard harmony Chord construction Rhythm styles Improvisation Sight reading Scales/modes/arpeggios Session playing Live playing Accompanying vocalists Accompanying guitar Styles Song writing Overcoming performance anxiety

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BETH LITTLEWOOD

VOICE

Beth Littlewood was a junior exhibitioner at the Guildhall studying cello and piano, and whilst there she won the string prize. She then studied singing, piano and jazz piano on the graduate course. During this time she formed a five part a-capella vocal harmony group, sang in the Guildhall Jazz Singers and did a two year certificate in acting at Goldsmiths. After she left Guildhall she was in the indie/pop group Jim Jiminee, touring and making television appearances and videos. She then left to do a post graduate acting course at Guildford School of Acting and Dance. Since then she has balanced teaching and performing.

She has taught and been a visiting lecturer at Central School of Speech and Drama, London School of Musical Theatre, Bretton Hall, Goldsmiths, Pimlico Special Music School, Zip Theatre School, French Woods Performing Arts Camp (New York) and many other institutions. Many of her students are now working in the profession as well as teaching.

Beth has a technical emphasis in her teaching which allows the voice to develop to its full potential within safe boundaries. She specialises in musical theatre and works a lot on acting through song, preparation of assessments and auditions, examinations to diploma level and general performance. She encourages her students to be independent and disciplined.

Performances include work in music and theatre with Leitmotif Opera, Hampton Garden Opera, Opera Europa, Opera Holland Park, British Youth Opera, Opera Lyrica and London Baroque Opera. Theatre work includes Lady Booby in Joseph Andrews (at the Young Vic) Moti Roti at the Lift Festival and Ralf Ralf at the Royal Court Theatre. Musical directing and directing experience includes a production of The Selfish Giant for which she composed the music, Dido and Aeneus, West Side Story and the Rocky Monster Show.

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RACHEL LYSKE

VOICE

Rachel has been working as a singing teacher for ten years. She has worked with a variety of actors in film and television, West End artists and platinum selling recording artists. Rachel started her training as a singer and composer at Chetham’s School of Music before attending the Royal Academy of Music, London. She has worked as a session singer, arranger and vocal producer and has experience both on stage and in the studio. She is currently working with artists signed to record labels including Atlantic,

Infectious and Tape Club Records for recording and pre‐tour preparation. Rachel is currently training with The Voice Explained to be a Certified Master Teacher of the Estill Model and she is proud to be part of the award winning “In The Woods’ music festival team.

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SAM MARLOW

VOICE AND SONGWRITING

Sam Marlow graduated from The BRIT School in 2003. After BRIT he was thrown straight into touring with rock band Namaste throughout Britain and Ireland and then into the studio to record their first studio album Every Picture Tells a Story. A year after the release of the album

they were signed by Crater8Records in Vienna to record a second album and tour. The band moved to Vienna and spent a year in and out of the studio and then toured Europe for the next two years. After having some success in the Austrian and German market and regularly being played on radio and TV, they returned to London to work on a third album. In 2008 the band released an EP and played regularly round London. Since then Sam has gone on to collaborate with many London artists and songwriters, working with them to improve their sound. He released an EP of solo material on iTunes in December 2011 and is now working on his first solo album.

With eight years experience working in the studio and touring, Sam has learnt how to maintain and improve the voice when working as a professional musician or artist in the music industry. Whether it's knowing how to look after your voice when touring every night or preparation for going into the studio he can teach you how to keep your voice healthy in this highly intense industry.

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JAMES MORIARTY

VOICE

James is a former graduate of GSA and worked as an actor for several years in the West End. He has worked as an MD and composer for over ten years, including extensive national tours of Barnum, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and The Canterville Ghost, several summer seasons in Norfolk as well as

over a dozen pantomimes in and around London.

As a composer he has worked at Shakespeare’s Globe and The Gate Theatre and has written song settings for several Shakespeare plays, Greek comedies and several children’s classics. He has also composed numerous television credits including the BBC’s Arena series and on radio has performed and musically directed classic serialisations such as the BBC’s Mill On The Floss and Middlemarch.

James has been teaching regularly at both GSA and The BRIT School for ten years now, and has had the privilege of tutoring many of today's West End professionals. His teaching combines a classical approach to singing with a broader commercial style, as is required for performing in today's musical theatre.

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KEN SHAW

GUITAR

Ken Shaw has been playing guitar professionally since he left school. Originally a guitarist with blues, soul, jazz and funk bands he then went freelance, working with many well known singers both male and female. Ken has toured many countries as a guitarist including the USA, Canada, Japan and all

over Europe. He has also worked as a session guitarist on television and radio as well as for a variety of bands, and has recently started performing in West End shows.

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SCILLA STEWART

VOICE (CLASSICAL AND MUSICAL THEATRE)

Scilla Stewart gained BMus and LRSM (piano) at Auckland University, New Zealand before continuing post graduate studies at the Royal College of Music and The National Opera School.

She has travelled extensively world wide performing Gilbert and Sullivan, Opera, and concert tours and was musical director for The Royal Shakespeare Company. Operatic performances throughout the UK include English National Opera for their production of

Death In Venice (Benjamin Britten) 2007, and Medea (Milhaud) London Premier. She has performed at major concert venues including the Royal Festival Hall (Verdi’s Requiem). For television she took part in The People’s Passion for BBC1 and was in the Channel 4 series of Jeeves and Wooster.

Scilla is a mezzo soloist for ‘The Garden Party’ (by permission of the Royal Opera House) recently singing with the Band of the Welsh Guards at Wells Cathedral. Recitals include the Wigmore Hall concert series, festivals throughout the UK and a solo recital at the Fairfield Halls, Croydon. Scilla has taught singing throughout her career at Guildford School of Music and Dance, Guildhall, RADA, and of course at The BRIT School. She currently has pupils in major roles in leading West End musical shows, and believes that a sound technical foundation is the basis for a solid career as a singer/performer. Scilla teaches Classical repertoire and currently has students at The BRIT School entering Grade 8 ABRSM examinations, and Musical Theatre students entering Diploma examinations.

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CLAIRE TILBY

JAZZ PIANO, SAXOPHONE, CLARINET,

Claire has been a successful session musician and live performer for over ten years. She can be found most weekends performing up and down

central London with her Jazz duo Saxonvibe. Claire is an ex-BRIT School music student and has a BA Hons Degree in Popular Music & Recording from Salford University.

Claire is a multi-instrumentalist. Although her main specialisms are Jazz and improvisation she teaches anything from Classical to Pop/Rock.

If you are a student wishing to complete instrumental exams, Claire follows the ABRSM/ Guildhall Trinity/LCM Classical & Jazz Syllabuses Grades 1 – 8. If you are studying a woodwind instrument and are not a beginner Claire likes you to work towards an exam. If you are a student not wishing to take exams but wanting to learn additional instrumental/vocal skills please see below:

Jazz Piano Tuition Chord reading/modal harmony/pentatonic & blues improvisation/circle of 5ths/jazz standards etc... Classical Piano Tuition Reading music/music theory/Classical favourites/soundtrack scores etc. Vocal & Piano Tuition Combined Learning to read music/chord reading/composition & arrangement/vocal techniques i.e. breathing/tone/range extension/ microphone technique etc... Jazz/Classical Saxophone Beginner Whether you wish to learn Classical or Jazz Saxophone you will need to purchase the book ‘Saxophone Basics’ by Andy Hampton. Jazz/Classical Flute Beginner Whether you wish to learn Classical or Jazz Flute you will need to purchase the book ‘Flute Basics’ by Sally Adams. Jazz/Classical Clarinet Beginner Whether you wish to learn Classical or Jazz Clarinet you will need to purchase the book ‘Clarinet Basics’ by Paul Harris. All of Claire’s students have online support with additional help sheets/aural tests/theory flash cards/singing exercise sheets at Claire's website www.tilby.co.uk.

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GEORG TORMANN

VOICE

Georg has been a teacher at The BRIT School since 2001. His wealth of experience as a teacher and vocal coach has guided artists to achieve leading roles in London's West End and also to the top of the British pop charts. Georg believes that everyone has the ability to learn to sing and enjoy their voice. Whether you are a complete beginner or already an accomplished singer, your peripatetic tuition allows the possibility of a lesson completely tailored to your needs!

The 30 minute lessons with Georg can (at your request) include:

Vocal exercises to stretch and strengthen your voice (range extension)

Music theory and learning to sing from sight

Ear training (vital for excellent tuning)

Repertoire practice

Exam and assessment preparation including LCM exams

Song writing skills

Vocal improvisation

Drama coaching for musical theatre repertoire Georg gained a Bmus degree from Goldsmiths College, London and continued his postgraduate studies in advanced vocal development for 8 years at the School of Vocal Art in Russell Square. He performs widely in musical theatre, cabaret, opera and jazz, touring the USA and the UK frequently. He is an accomplished Jazz pianist and has musically directed many productions including Carmen, Company, South Pacific, Kismet, Cabaret, and Grease. With his choir, the London Concert Chorus, he has performed all round the UK including at the Royal Albert Hall and Birmingham Symphony Hall. He has been a vocal coach on Radio 4 and for Authority Management, who signed Georg's student Ella Eyre in 2013.

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LEON TRAYMAN

VOICE

Leon graduated with a BA (Hons) Acting from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2006. Since graduating, he has worked as a professional actor, won awards for his theatre directing, produced several shows and worked with some of the foremost musical theatre performers in the industry in his capacity as a voice & singing coach. Leon also runs the company TemperVox who train professionals in vocal skills across the UK & internationally. His

performing credits include: Twelfth Night (National Tour), Slice of Saturday Night (Edinburgh Festival), The Rivals (Henley Fringe Festival Award Winner for ‘Best Production in Festival’ & ‘Best Director’), Brecht’s Antigone (Battersea Arts Centre), various guest singer appearances & numerous voiceovers for training & educational providers.

As well as teaching at The BRIT School, Leon also teaches voice & acting at The University of Northampton & Colchester Institute, as well as being a visiting practitioner at WAPA (Weston Academy of Performing Arts) & AMTA (American Musical Theatre Academy) amongst others. For several years he was also a member of the audition panel for the acting course at Central.

Leon takes musical influences from a huge range of sources & is always excited by working with new, hard-working & talented people to achieve their performing goals.

Leon’s teaching focuses heavily on technique, artistry & performance, all informed by his understanding of how the voice works & his ongoing training as a Certified Master Teacher of Estill Voice Training.

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ANDY WOODARD

DRUMS

Andy Woodard is a session drummer, producer and long-serving tutor at The BRIT School. Here he uses the acclaimed Drumsense teaching method to cover all drumming techniques and styles of music, which works hand in hand with The BRIT School syllabus.

When not teaching, he tours internationally with 80s pop icon Adam Ant, his own band Spiderbites and records drums for independent artists.

See Andy drumming, hear his music, and get in contact via…

www.andywoodard.com

www.youtube.com/andywoodard

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COLIN WOOLWAY

DRUMS

Colin Woolway has been playing and teaching drums professionally since 1976. During those years he has done every kind of gig including theatre pit work, jazz residencies, cabaret and variety shows, eight years with Suzi

Quatro, and every kind of gig situation from stadium tours with 30,000 people at every show, to scout huts and muddy gardens ‐ you name it, he’s done it. He is best known these days as the founder of the Drumsense teaching programme, and the author of Drumsense books and DVDs, and has been writing monthly columns for Rhythm magazine for over 15 years!

Colin presently teaches at studios in Twickenham, Croydon and Newport, and regularly presents clinics, master‐classes and lectures. He is a long time endorser of Sonor drums, Zildjian cymbals, Vic Firth sticks and Aquarian heads, Bill Sanders practice pads and more recently Roland.