show all AdministrationAudio TechnologyInstrument TeacherVocal Teacher Martin Keating Martin Keating is the owner and director of the London Music School. Martin trained and worked as a sound engineer for Decca Records, Morgan Studios and BucksMusic and has been an engineer for over 40 years. Martin started his engineering career at Decca Records in the classical/easy listening department and has worked with The London Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Philharmonic, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Bernard Hermann, Stokowski and legendary flamenco guitarist Paco Pena. Martin was one of the first engineers to embrace computers and new sound engineering technology when many of his contemporaries were unable to adapt to the changing industry environment. He taught sound engineering at M.I London and has worked with many world renowned bands and musicians such as John Williams, Adam Faith, John Dankworth, Led Zeppelin, Rod Stewart, Alex Harvey, Toyah Wilcox, Wishbone Ash, The Moody Blues, Bronski Beat, Dave Stewart and many more. Martin is a gifted keyboard player and vocalist and has written material for LWT and the BBC. Kevin Keating Kevin Keating is Head of Guitar at the London Music School. 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 London Music School and has seen many of his ex‐students excel professionally. He has also been teaching at The BRIT School for over 15 years. 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 Songwriting Overcoming performance anxiety Kevin has also performed on many occasions for Heatwave, Melba Moore, Kenny Thomas, Mary Wilson (Supremes), Ray Lewis (Drifters) Martha Reeves, George Macrae, Thelma Houston, La La Brooke's, Sheila Ferguson, Jackie Graham, Jimmy James, Musical Youth Junior, Trammps, Alan Price, Bill Tarmey, Gerard Kenny, London Symphony Orchestra, Oxford City Orchestra, British Philharmonic Jazz Orchestra, Johnny Keating Orchestra and many more. Derek Baxter Derek Baxter is Head of Education and Head of Bass at the London Music School. Derek was a founding member of the LMS and was instrumental in writing our curriculum and spearheading our modern style of education. Derek first entered the world of music as a trombonist but was playing bass guitar professionally by the time he was nineteen. Derek was a teacher and Head of Department at the Musicians Institute London and currently teaches at the LMS, Kingston University and The Brit School. Derek is an accomplished bass player and has toured the world with other internationally renowned musicians and bands, played in numerous West End shows and performed for the Royal family. Gary Baldwin Gary Balwin is Head of Keyboards at the London Music School. Gary is one of London’s top piano/keyboard players and is renowned for his B3 organ playing. Gary has worked with the likes of Jimmy Smith, Portishead and Joss Stone and plays regularly at the world famous Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club in London. Gary teaches in many of the best music colleges in South East England including Bow Boy’s and Bow Girl’s Schools. Paul Merser Paul Merser is a senior drum teacher at the London Music School. He started playing at the age of six and followed the Guildhall exam board grades from one to eight in both drum kit and orchestral percussion. He went onto study music at The London College of Music with a joint first study in drum kit and orhttp://tlms.co.uk/paulmerser/?preview=truechestral percussion. He has been working as a freelance musician for the last ten years playing in a variety of fields including musical theatre, classical, opera, big band, function and corporate bands, percussion ensembles, tribute acts, soul and motown acts (Duggie Chapman, Bury St Edmunds Theatre Royal, First Family, Evolution, UK tour of Annie...) Pete Grogan Pete Grogan is Head of Saxophone at the London Music School. Pete is one of the UK’s top sax teachers and has worked all over the UK producing some of the country’s most talented players. Pete began playing sax in school and following his initial musical education studied Jazz at Middlesex University. He has built an exceptional career as a freelance musician and teacher and, with contemporary quintet Led Bib, was the winner of the ‘Pete Whittingham Jazz Award’ in 2005. Pete has played with great Jazz names such as Soweto Kinch, Chris Batchelor and Ian Ballamy. He has also played and toured with reggae outfit ‘Rebelation’, the fusion group ‘The Nick Kellie Band’ and holds a residency with the Will Butterworth Trio. Pete is a committed teacher and has trained a number of budding European saxophonists. Rosanna Brandi Rosanna Brandi is a Vocal Teacher at the London Music School. Rosanna was born in the south of Italy and starting her singing studies there. She completed her Diploma in Jazz singing at Accademia Internazionale della Musica in Milan studying with renowned Jazz singer Tiziana Ghiglioni. She was awarded several scholarships as Best Vocalist and performed in a number of international festivals. Rosanna first started teaching in Italy and after moving to the UK Rosanna gained a Masters in Jazz Performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Rosanna has collaborated with many accomplished musicians like Massimo Moriconi, Ellade Bandini, Franco Testa, Michelle Hendricks and Jay Clayton among others, and recently opened Elton John’s concert with the Danilo Rea Quartet. Despite her love of jazz, Rosanna sings in many styles and has worked with the Philharmonic Chorus and has performed at the Barbican Centre and the Royal Festival Hall. Rosanna is a very strong technical teacher. Emilie Dollerup Emilie is Head of Administration at the London Music School and deals with all admissions related enquiries. She can be contacted at info@londonmusicschool.net or on +44(0)2089867885. Serra Petale Serra is a Drum Teacher at the London Music School. Serra trained here at the London Music School where she graduated with Distinction. She has been drumming for 14 years and is a keen songwriter. Serra has interests in a vast number of musical genres and in fusion music. In addition to teaching, Serra tours and playing her band Dead Wolf Club. Bob Hadrell Bob Haddrell is a Keyboard Teacher at the London Music School. Bob is one of the top jazz, funk and blues players in the country and has been playing professionally in the UK and Europe for many years. Bob is an experienced teacher and chairs most of the group workshop at the School. Bob has a unique teaching style and philosophy and chairs many of the School’s group workshops. Bob has worked with many famous UK musicians and is currently writing and performing with The Barcodes. Irene Serra Irene Serra is a Vocal Teacher at the London Music School. Born in Italy, Irene developed a love of singing at a very young age. Although she spent her youth in Denmark, Irene moved back to Milan to study Jazz with the renowned Italian Jazz singer Tiziana Ghiglioni at the Academy of Music in Milan. She later moved to London where she studied at the University of Surrey and Goldsmiths College. She holds Grade 8 Vocals in Classical Music and a Masters in Music (Jazz Studies) from the Guildhall School Of Music and Drama. Irene regularly performs in many musicals styles all over the UK and has sung in the Barbican Centre, Ronnie Scotts, The 606 Jazz Club and the National Theatre to name but a few. She has worked as a session singer and vocalist all over Europe and is committed to getting her pupils through their vocal grades. Murillo Sguillaro Murillo Sguillaro is an Audio Technology and Sound Engineering Teacher at the London Music School and London Audio School. Murillo is one of our main teachers and sound engineers and has over ten years experience as a sound engineer and producer. Murillo originally trained in Brazil, working as an engineer in Estudio VIBE and 5150 Studios, two of the most famous recording studios in the country. After arriving in London Murillo started teaching at the London Music School and working as a professional sound engineer at the London Recording Studios. Murillo is also a musician and runs his own production and music company ‘The Secret Warehouse of Sound’. Murillo is an expert in Pro Tools and has worked with artists such as Randolph Mathews, Gerard Kenny, Bay City Rollers, L.A. Salami, P 45, The London Irish Band, and many others. Randolph Matthews Randolph Matthews is an experienced teacher and brilliant vocal performer specialising in diverse contemporary styles. In his own work Randolph is particularly influenced by the great music of Richie Havens, Seal and Bobby McFerrin. Randolph fell in love with music at a young age and left a telecommunications career at the age of 21 to pursue music as a career and develop the layered voices and beats which he learnt as a kid. This early music schooling evolved in to Randolph soaking up London’s burgeoning late-‘80s soul-jazz scene, including regular trips to Norman Jay’s feted sessions at Hoxton’s Bass Clef. A career in music soon followed. He started out as a percussionist before finding his true vocation as a talented live vocalist, performer and lyricist. By the 1990s he was performing and leading backing vocals for the likes of US soul / boogie legend Don Blackman, recording with Arthur Baker on tracks for Brooklyn’s soul legend, Will Downing. After and extensive period of collaboration Randolph went solo in 2006 to exercise the sounds he was still hearing and it wasn’t long before the year saw Matthews signed his first record contract and release his debut “I Love” with Documented. An aurally delicious blend of emotive words, chants inspired by progressive beats, produced by Tony Nwachuku (CDR/NEPA) and raw melodies, it was a promising experiment, for turning vocal emotions into something tangible. Randolph took his time to listen to inspirational soloist such Keith Jarrett, Pat Methney and Bobby Mcferrin before his next release in 2011 of co produced world beat album Precious. Randolph’s unique blend of Jazz, soul and ethnic beatbox has him following his love for interactive performance around the globe with a string of established artist in the last few years such as Plan B, Grace Jones, Shlomo (Edinburgh fringe tour) and world music artist Seun Kuti plus regular performance for the London Jazz festival and Ronnie Scotts Jazz audiences. His recent collaboration with Young voices choir took Randolph with 6,000 children up and down England from Manchester arena to the Royal Albert Hall performing to more than 500,000 people over two years alongside Alexandra burke, Beverley Knight and Irish folk singers The High Kings.” I love performing and use it as an opportunity to reject the predictable boundaries of vocal expression and get to the heart of what moves us in a performance space its just mind-blowing!” Randolph has had a long teaching career and history with London Music School. He is both a private tutor for our full time vocal students and gives weekly vocal performance workshops.