About the course teachers and leaders.

We have a line up of first class teachers that will be offer exceptional quality of tuition and leadership throughout the week.

They include:

Katharine Woolley

Sisters Katharine and Hannah will be leading our musical theatre workshop. They both work professionally in West End theatre shows.

Katharine

Katharine is now the Assistant Musical Director for 'Jersey Boys', playing at the Prince Edward Theatre, London

She studied the Flute and Piano at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama and The Royal Academy of Music.

She has also set up Stage by Stage Theatre Arts, a performing Arts school for young people in South West London, and has children from this school currently performing in the West End production of Oliver and The Sound of Music (UK tour).

Katharine's other theatre experience includes 'Avenue Q' (Wyndhams Theatre, London) and has played on 'Beauty and the Beast' (UK Tour) and 'CATS' (Stadium tour). She works as a rehearsal pianist and vocal coach for many West End performers and teaches for the degree course at Guildford School of Acting.

Oliver Buxton

Olly is a professional bassoonist and bass guitarist.  A graduate of the Royal College of Music he has played extensively in professional shows such as Carousel, We Will Rock You, Hair and more.

He has guested with varioius orchestras such as the Halle, Philharmonia, Royal Liverpool and NYO.

He also has educational coaching experience and has done much work with the Philharmonia Orchestra's 'Elastic Band'. 

Rob Wallace

Rob Wallace is a freelance trumpeter from London. As a youngster he studied at the junior department of the Royal College of Music and Chetham's School of Music and from 1999-2003 was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, spending his last two years as principal trumpet.

As a freelancer, Rob has performed with many eminent orchestras such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, English Sinfonia, West Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Chamber Orchestra of Wales and regularly works as a workshop and instrumental tutor for the London Symphony Orchestra's 'Discovery' education and outreach department.

Rob keeps in shape for his playing by regularly challenging himself to gruelling events such as the "Ironman" Triathlon.

Last year he very generously raised money for the Nic Branston Foundation award through this event, with a 1.2 mile open water swim, a 56 mile bike course and a 13.1 mile run, taking nearly seven and a half hours to complete.