Educator
I have passion for education, a passion which has driven my activity as a musician over the last twenty years. I feel most 'alive' whilst working with others to explore ideas, concepts, techniques and philosophies, always aiming to catalyse personal transformations for my students. Learning is important!​
I started teaching as a teenager, helping my friends to learn the piano and drums. Since those beginnings I have taught continuously, influencing thousands of young musicians. The range of institutions at which I have taught is exhaustive, including Community Projects, elite Conservatoires, SEN schools, Universities and Primary/Secondary Education including comprehensive, grammar and independent schools. I have provided percussion workshops for festivals, schools and arts organisations.
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In addition to my work within institutions I have gathered wide experience as an examiner and adjudicator. I have been an examiner for Rockschool RSL since 2005, conducting exams for thousands of students across the world. As an adjudicator I have been a panelist for a range of competitions ranging from school music prizes to national events including BBC Young Musician of the Year Percussion heats.
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As a teacher, I now work primarily within the UK Higher Education sector, drawing on my experience presenting workshops and masterclasses at over sixty Universities/Conservatoires around the world. My activity within Higher Education has been recognised through Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Find further details of my experience as HE professional below.
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If you are in need of a University speaker, percussion workshop facilitator, competition adjudicator, Conservatoire masterclass leader or personal coach please do get in contact.
Higher education roles
Leeds Arts University (09/2018 - Present)
Senior Lecturer: Popular Music Performance (0.6FTE)
PMP501/502 Module Leader, Level 5 Curriculum Planning, Stage Performance Workshop, Popular Music Theory, Drum Kit 1:1, Percussion Group, Research, Pastoral Tutor, Auditions, Outreach, Assessment, HE Teaching and Learning Committee.
BCU Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (09/2006 - Present)
Visiting Lecturer: Percussion and Pedagogy (PT)
1:1 Solo Percussion, Percussion Ensemble, Drums/Percussion Pedagogy, Community Music, Sight Reading Workshop, Musicianship, Research Active, Assessment
University of Leeds (02/2012 - Present)
Visiting Tutor: Drums and Percussion (PT)
1:1 Drums and Percussion, Percussion Ensemble
University of Oxford (10/2020 - Present)
Visiting Tutor: Percussion (PT)
Percussion Lessons
Newcastle University (01/2022 - Present)
Visiting Tutor: Drums and Percussion (PT)
Drums and Percussion Lessons
Leeds College of Music (10/2014 - 06/2019)
Senior Lecturer: Music Performance (0.2FTE)
1:1 Percussion, Group Study Performance, Performance in Context, Drum-Line Ensemble, FHEA Working Group, Assessment, Auditions, Staff Interviews
University of Chichester (09/2017 - 05/2019)
Associate Lecturer: Music (PT)
1:1 Percussion, Percussion Ensemble, Rock Band Workshop, Performance Masterclass
Coventry University (11/2005 - 06/2013)
Visiting Tutor: Drum Kit
1:1 Drum Kit
For details of my experience as an educator within primary and secondary settings, please visit here
Masterclasses Worldwide
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
Royal College of Music, London
Royal Academy of Music, London
Conservatorio Superior de Musica de Canaries
Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts
Escola Superior de Musica Espactaculo, Oporto
Fundacian Cultural Patagonia, Argentina
Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
University of Aberdeen
University of York
Durham University
Conservatorio de Musica de Cartegena
Escola Superior de Musica de Lisboa, Lisbon
Conservatorio Profesional de Musica, Madrid
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Southern Utah University
Brigham Young University, Provo
California Institute of the Arts
Kansas State University
Bishop Grosseteste University
University of Central Missouri
Missouri State University
University of Missouri
University of Northern Iowa
University of Iowa
University of Memphis
University of Middle Tennessee
Lee University TN
McMurray University TX
Texas A&M University
Delta State University MS
Bethel University
University of Tennessee at Martin
University of North Texas
Abilene Christian University
University of Texas at Brownsville
University of Louisiana, Lafayette
University of Texas in San Antonio
University of Southern Mississippi
Southern Illinois University
Michigan State University
Eastern Illinois University
Concordia College - Minnesota
Truman State University
University of Minnesota in Moorhead
University of North Dakota, Minot
Lethbridge University, Alberta, Canada
Morehead State University, Kentucky
Leeds College of Music
College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas
Northern Arizona University
Tarletan State University
Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction
Denison University, Ohio
Ohio University
University of Birmingham
Newcastle University
Warwick University
Birmingham City University
Middlesex University
Leeds Beckett University