Tutors 2012

Tom Atherton

Although a reasonably late starter to the wonderful world of drums (starting at age 13), Tom soon made up for lost time with a near obsessive level of commitment to the instrument. He began with drum kit lessons through professional teacher (and much sought after player) Mike Grigg. Within a year he had formed his first [gritty] rock band and quickly became adept at taking the lead within the creative environment. Tom later decided to broaden his percussive palette by entering into the world of the orchestra, firstly focusing on snare and bass drum with timpani and tuned soon following.
Today, Tom plays in several orchestras, wind bands, brass bands, jazz bands and theatre pit bands, as well as regularly blasting with prog rock/ metal band Carpathia (featured in UK rock magazine “Metal Hammer“). He has a keen interest in ’zanier’ musical styles and has taken part in free improvisation ensembles as well as Dadaist performances and ’junk’ percussion. In addition, he composes and arranges. He also teaches privately, as well as for Warwickshire County Music Service. Tom is delighted to be involved with M4P again this year and is eager to build upon last year’s successes.

Kari Bleivik

Kari Nergaard Bleivik is a vocalist, composer, lyricist and lecturer, born in Trondheim, Norway. She has got a BA and MMUS in jazz from Leeds College of Music where she now teaches a range of subjects on the FE and HE jazz courses.
Kari is a founding member of Leeds Improvised Music Association and has performed with a range of projects like LIMA Orchestra, Sonic Stories, Røyst, Sharkestra, Tommy Evans Orchestra and Vehere. Kari has toured in Norway, USA, Mexico, Australia, Zimbabwe and England, and performed at major festivals such as Moldejazz, Nattjazz, Vossa Jazz, FUSE Leeds, Harare International Festival of Arts and Melbourne International Womens Jazz Festival. She has released 3 albums with her collaborators, her latest record deal being with major Australian jazz label NewMarket Music. 2011 will se the release of two more albums from projects she is involved with. She has also written comission music for several festivals and delivered vocal workshops at institutions such as Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, The Nordic Institute for Stage and Studio (NISS) in Oslo and Harare Jazz Festival.

Aidan Broadbridge

Aidan Broadbridge - began playing violin and piano at the age of seven. He started playing folk music at an early age and spent two years studying music in a Swedish high school before moving to London to attend Trinity College of Music. After receiving his degree, he played for numerous musicals and orchestras in and around London. Aidan currently travels throughout the UK performing, teaching and directing. Aidan also plays fiddle in two folk dance bands - one of which he leads.

Daniel Browell

Daniel Browell has given recitals around the U.K, Europe and in the US since receiving acclaim in the national press for his London Southbank recital in the Purcell Room in 2006. He went on to give his BBC Proms debut in 2008, as part of a composer portrait broadcast live on Radio 3, and in 2009 made his debut at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall in a concerto performance, returning there to give a recital in 2010. Daniel regularly collaborates with instrumentalists and singers, performing with the YCAT winner Kathryn Rudge at the Wigmore Hall earlier this year and recently working with Edward Gardner and Susan Gritton at the BBC. Since studying in Birmingham, U.K. for his undergraduate degree, Daniel counts himself fortunate to have studied in Paris, London and Chicago. In London whilst studying at the Royal Academy of Music with Colin Stone, he received the E M George award, and in 2004 was a prizewinner of the British Music Society Piano Awards. In 2006-7 Daniel became a Park Lane Group Young Artist. In 2008-9 he was appointed the Leverhulme Junior Fellow in piano at the Royal Northern College of Music, studying with Graham Scott, winning both the concerto prize and the recital prize. Daniel will be performing all five Beethoven piano concerti with the Birmingham based Eroica Camerata over the next year, amongst other solo and chamber music projects. Future plans include the release of a CD of contemporary British composers next year, featuring the piano studies of Philip Venables which he premiered at the Purcell Room. Daniel enjoys teaching and getting involved in educational projects with singers and instrumentalists; and is really looking forward to the M4P summer school 2012.

Rob Collinson

Rob Collinson was born in the North East of England. Originally a cornetist, he played with a number of bands in the North East before turning to conducting and composition. As a conductor he achieved considerable success working with bands at both ends of the ability spectrum. He studied Music at the University of Hull and further study at the University of Durham. He moved to Yorkshire for employment as a teacher. At this time he worked as a trumpet player in a semi-professional capacity for dramatic productions. His composition work is varied and not confined to the world of brass bands. His work has included the production of music for a series of therapeutic tapes, music for choir, string quartet and wind ensemble with much of his output receiving performances, broadcasts and recordings. His music for brass band has been performed and recorded by some of the biggest names in banding including Grimethorpe, Brighouse & Rastrick, The Ransome Band, The Leyland Band and the Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band. He has been commissioned to compose music for the Sheldon Theatre Brass Band, Minnesota as part of their twentieth anniversay celebrations. He now runs his own music production company and is in demand as a Conductor and Band trainer.

Helen Dawson

Helen studied cello with David Smith at the Royal Academy of Music and Hannah Roberts at the RNCM, where she also followed a course in string teaching and Dalcroze Eurhythmics. She has performed as a soloist with the Dales Chamber Orchestra and Bexley Camerata, was a member of string chamber group The Devonshire Players, and has played with numerous orchestras in and around London.
Helen taught cello to both children and adults, coached chamber ensembles and directed string groups in the London area for 10 years before recently moving to North Yorkshire. She holds the Dalcroze Certificate and has taught Eurhythmics as a deputy teacher at both the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Trinity College of Music junior departments. She also runs Eurhythmics workshops for adult musicians and was recently guest speaker at the Voices Foundation annual conference in Manchester.

Simon Dawson

Simon has been playing the Cornet for over 30 years. He has played Cornet, Soprano Cornet and Flugelhorn in Brass bands for over 20 years. He has previously held the position of Principal Cornet in two bands for a total of 8 years, and Soprano Cornet in two bands for a total of 6 years. He is currently playing with bands in the North Yorkshire area. Simon has also arranged a number of pieces for Brass Band, some of which have been played in rehearsals and concerts in previous summer schools. Simon has a lot of experience in small group playing having played in Brass Quartets, Quintets and larger chamber groups.

Darren Everhart

Born in Brooklyn, Darren was educated at the King's School, Canterbury, studying composition with Alan Ridout. At the same time he started his conducting training with Harry Newstone at the University of Kent.
Darren read music at Cambridge University, conducting the Girton College Choir and many choral and orchestral concerts for the Music Society. He won the Rima Alamuddin prize for composition, awarded by Girton College in memory of the Lebanese author. His post-graduate studies were in orchestral conducting at the University of Florence with maestro Piero Belugi.
Following similar positions at Cranford House School in Oxfordshire and Pangbourne College in Berkshire, Darren is now the Director of Music at Giggleswick School. For over ten years, he also worked as the Organist and Choirmaster at Wallingford Parish Church, undertaking many additional overseas tours and numerous concerts.
Darren's conducting roles have included Didcot Choral Society, Pangbourne Choral Society, Cranford Choral Society and Opera Exchange. He was also founder and conductor of the Chameleon Chamber Orchestra, which was committed to the promotion of 20th century orchestral works. As well as Settle Orchestra, Darren currently conducts Giggleswick Choral Society.

Robin Garside

Robin Garside - Is a professional folk singer and musician playing guitar, mandolin, fiddle and banjo. In the folk clubs and festivals Robin mainly plays traditional material along with some of his own songs and tunes. He is the leader and musical arranger of the Sheffield Traditional Fiddlers Society, he has led the Whitby Folk Festival Orchestra for several years and has taught on the 'Tender Roots' program to introduce young people to folk music. Recently Robin has been writing music for film, the latest of which, 'Lines of Flight' by Brown Bear Films, was chosen for the Mountain Film Festival in Kendal and won 1st prize in the Mountain Oriented Film Section at the Vancouver Film Festival. Robin also plays in the Rhythm Chaps ceilidh band, with folk legend John Conolly and Monkeys Orphan sea song and shanty group. He has also been known to knock out jazz and blues whenever the fancy takes him.
Along with other extra curricular activities, Robin and Chris will be offering 'Ukulele for beginners' sessions, resulting in a performance towards the end of the week.

Andrew Horne

Andrew is a drummer/percussionist and producer from Glasgow. He gained a BA in Musical Studies at the RSAMD where he also won the Governor's Recital Prize.
Andrew has worked as a session musician in various genres, performing and recording with both the RSNO and SCO, Top Gear, Mr McFall's chamber orchestra, London SInfonietta, Andrea Bocelli, the Nolans, Pat Kane (Hue and Cry), 'Summer Holiday' touring production, the Scottish Folk music scene (The Porridgemen, Iain MacPhail, Kilter, Blaze in the Bothy etc), and Micha Bergese producions
He now writes music from his home studio, some of which has featured on award winning documentaries, short films and TV adverts.
Andrew is also involved in education. He has worked for a number of regions/councils, private schools and colleges, as well as working in music therapy.
He is very much looking forward to his involvement with M4P in 2012.

Sally Johnson

is a nationally acclaimed and award winning Soprano who studied at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester where she received a BMus (Hons) and a PPRNCM (Professional Performance). A versatile performer and musician she is equally comfortable on the stage and concert platforms having worked with many of the UK's leading Opera houses including Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Scottish Opera and performing roles such as Musetta (Boheme), Donna Elvira (Giovanni) and Tatiana (Onegin). She is regularly found on the Oratorio platform singing works from Bach to Verdi, her most memorable being Verdi's Requiem in York Minster. She has sung with orchestras such as the Halle, the Opera North Orchestra and the London Philharmonic. She is a regular recitalist and gave her Bridgewater Hall debut last year and sang with the National Symphony Orchestra on their Proms Tour this year. As a Vocal Teacher Sally works with Classical, Musical Theatre and Contemporary singers and Actors and currently is on the Vocal Staff at Manchester University and Yorkshire Young Musicians.

Simon Kaylor

Born in Leicester in 1979, Simon has played saxophone professionally since 1999 and is based in Leeds, UK. He moved to Leeds to study Jazz at Leeds College of Music in 1999 and after completing his B.A.(Hons) Degree, he went on to gain a Masters Degree, (also from LCM) and received the LCM Award for Outstanding Performance, the LCM Award for Postgraduate Studies and the 'Spud Murphy' Saxophone Prize. In Dec 2005, Simon went to Boston, USA to study intensively for two months with saxophone Colossus, Jerry Bergonzi. He is currently involved in numerous mainstream and contemporary, experimental jazz projects such as 'IDST', Dave Kane's Rabbit Project, The Jamil Sheriff Big Band, YJO and Tommy Evans' 'The Green Seagul', as well as being an in demand session player, performing all over the world. Simon was recently awarded the Jazz Yorkshire 'Instrumentalist of the Year' award and earned a PGDiploma in Performing Arts Education from RNCM.

Judi Kelly

Judi Kelly - graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she also attended for her Post Graduate Advanced Course in Accompaniment. Since her first love is playing for singers she has spent much of her time accompanying singing lessons, local recitals and as rehearsal pianist for Choirs and Amateur Operatic Societies. She has held that post for Hemel Hempstead Theatre Company for the last 17 years! Judi spends most of her time teaching piano privately and in Primary Schools where she also teaches Choirs and recorder.

Peter Lee

Peter Lee is a jazz pianist born in Cardiff. At the age of 18 he enrolled at Leeds College of Music where he studied a degree in jazz. While in Leeds he had the privilege to meet and work with the fantastic vocalist Kari Bleivik, with whom he performed at the Big City Jazz Festival in Leeds. He wlll be supporting her in her classes this year at the summer school. Over the past few years, Pete has led various musical projects featuring jazz standards and his own compositions, as well as playing the role of sideman with many great horn players, guitarists and vocalists, featuring at jazz festivals across the UK such as the Big City Jazz festival Leeds, the Elgin Jazz Festival, Marsden Jazz Festival at most recently the Frieze Art Fair in London as part of a project led by visual artist Linder Sterling. In September 2010 he relocated to London to continue his studies on the Masters course at The Royal Academy of Music in London.

Nicola Long

Nicola Long (Clarinets and Saxophones) studied with John Cushing, Mike Huntriss and Heather Nicoll at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formally the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama). Whilst there she enjoyed a high profile career performing regularly as an orchestral, solo and chamber musician and represented the Academy at many festivals, commercial recordings, master classes and competitions. The winner of the Governor's Competition Prize for Chamber Music and also awarded the Mary D. Hammond Prize for Excellence in Chamber Music, she successfully auditioned for the Royal Scottish National Orchestra's apprenticeship position and has since performed with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the London Sinfonietta, Scottish Flute Trio and has recently been invited to play with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Chamber music remains at the heart of her career and she regularly records and plays with the forward thinking Auricle Ensemble and the Scottish Clarinet Quartet. She is particularly dedicated to the musical education of children and is a deputy teacher for the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's Junior Academy.

Julian Martin

Self-taught as a child, Julian played piano in a variety of pop and jazz bands, and at the St David's Hotel and Spa whilst working in the steel and health industries.
When he became MD of the Radio Wales comedy show "The LL Files", he decided to add musical variety by additionally teaching himself the trumpet, guitar, accordion and bass! It was around this time that he became a full-time musician and started teaching on the Jazz Course at Cardiff University.
In 2007, he created the score for the comedy/horror movie "Expiry Date" and also founded the Wales Jazz Composers' Orchestra, a 23-piece ensemble for which he wrote and conducted. The band toured Wales in 2008 and was featured on the main programme of the Brecon Jazz Festival.
Julian continues to write scores for films and television programmes, and has also published an album of original jazz tunes for Boosey and Hawkes, and a book of jazz studies for pedal harp!

Chris McShane

Chris plays classical and folk guitar, mandolin, tenor banjo and ukulele and has been an active musician and instrumental teacher for over 25 years. He studied music at Huddersfield University and currently works for Barnsley Music Service as Curriculum Development Officer for Guitar, Keyboard, Vocal studies and Music ICT. Chris has had a long involvement in Folk music both as a member of the Rhythm Chaps Ceilidh Band and as musical director of The Tender Roots Project, Whitby Folk Week Children's Orchestra and the Barnsley Folk Ensemble.

Richard Ormrod

Richard Ormrod is a Leeds-educated multi-instrumentalist, composer, bandleader, educator and writer who has played with jazz and improvising musicians worldwide. He has been in several well-regarded and unique bands and has had fifteen years' experience leading community orchestras. His current ensemble projects include A Dread Supreme (John Coltrane meets 70s roots reggae), Home of the Brave (Cowboys and improvisations), Kalimero (an Indo-Balkan fusion) and Stockpot Stopcock (Dr Seuss trips over John Cage). Richard is currently working on a solo recording project "1000,000,000,000,000 sonnets for sopranino sax" and his first book, a sociological and musicological analysis of Elvis Costello (co-authored with David Pilgrim), will be published in Autumn 2012.

Helen Parkes

Helen read music at the University of Manchester where she studied viola with Robin Ireland of the Lindsay String Quartet. She then went on to study jointly at the Manchester Metropolitan University and the RNCM on a unique teaching course combining a conventional PGCE program with Dalcroze Eurhythmics and the Kodaly method. Helen also spent a year at the RAM in London where she was awarded a PGDip in performance. Helen currently lives in Manchester and combines teaching violin and viola for the Bolton Music Service with freelance playing. She is principal viola with the Skipton Camerata and also plays accordion for the acclaimed gypsy band Yitzak.

Katie Punter

Katie was born in 1980 in Devon, land of clotted cream, custard and scones, which led to her being a slightly more bulky child than she might otherwise have been. She has just reached the age to think that all teenagers look too young to drink or drive vehicles and that Dyson's latest improvement in hoover technology is an interesting dinner topic.
She studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for 6 years and emerged largely unscathed with an honours degree and a masters degree in music performance, pillar-box red hair and a nose piercing. She spent many happy years as a peripatetic saxophone and flute teacher in Scotland, entertaining children and adults and sometimes teaching them to play. She now pays her mortgage with a combination of touring with ABBA The Show in Europe and Scandinavia in which she is expected to dance and wear more glitter than Liberace alongside performing on the flute and saxophone, and playing flute and clarinet on the Opera Show, which involves being dressed as a 1940s housewife from Spain. In her actor/musician career she has played Mavis the Song thrush in Scottish Opera's production of Auntie Janet Saves the Planet and had a beak sellotaped to her nose for 6 weeks, and she played a 7 year old dead girl from Sanna in Reeling and Writhing's production of Only The Men.
Katie makes her own sushi, speaks Swedish and has a phobia of rubber gloves and cufflinks. She can't ride a bicycle.

Nigel Slee

An evening class in jazz improvisation run by Ray d'Inverno at Southampton University was Nigel's the first steps onto a pathway that has led to becoming a freelance jazz bassist based in Yorkshire. The evening class led to completing a jazz diploma at Chichester College of Art and Technology and then moving up Yorkshire to study jazz at Leeds College of Music.
At LCM Nigel studied double bass with Ken Marley and Steve Berry and played in big bands led by Al Wood and Tony Faulkner. Memorable experiences include playing with the legendary saxophonist Phil Woods in a big band led by 'Boss Brass' band leader Rob McConnell and accompanying American jazz singer Mark Murphy. As a freelance bassist he has played with many of the names on the UK jazz scene when they where in the area.
Nigel was bassist in the Cat Pack big band and Rat Pack Trio touring show. Nigel currently balances family life with working part-time for Jazz Yorkshire, the development agency for jazz in Yorkshire and the Humber and freelancing as a bassist and sometime tuba player with a wide variety of ensembles.

Chris Swaffer

Chris was educated at Chetham's School of Music and holds a Masters degree in composition and conducting from the University of Manchester where he studied with John Casken, Geoff Poole and Garry Walker. Chris is currently Artistic Director of the Auricle Ensemble, the University of St Andrews Symphony Orchestra, the Edinburgh Festival Symphony Orchestra and has guest conducted many ensembles, including the St. Petersburg Academic and Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestras, Ensemble 11, the Metropolitan Ensemble and the Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra. He has actively participated in many masterclasses both in the UK and abroad, including classes with Colin Metters (St. Petersburg), Harold Farberman (New York) and George Hurst (RAM, London). Chris' passion for the use of technology in the creation and performance of music has lead to a number of consultancy positions, most recently as UK consultant for the NOTION notation and conducting software and conducting trainer for musicinset.com for whom he has given over a hundred seminars, demonstrations and training days across the UK.