Rob Hall (All courses) - Sax/Horns
www.robhall.co.uk

Rob Hall has performed/recorded internationally with Mike Stern, Dan Gottlieb, Kenny Wheeler, Jim Mullen, Julian Arguelles, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and others, including radio and tv broadcasts, whilst writing and touring with his own projects.

Rob is very active in jazz education. He runs Jazz Course UK, his own venue The Music Workshop, and the Sound:Base music project in Glasgow. He has lectured in jazz and is currently a member of the jazz examining panel of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.

Ged has worked in West End shows, jazz festivals across the UK & Ireland, and for BBC, RSNO and SNO(pera). Ged has studied composition & orchestration with top American film composers and regularly scores for film. He also co-runs Circular Records.

A visiting lecturer at Grinnell College, Dan's educational skills are frequently in demand internationally. In the UK Dan has also led clinics at Trinity College, London and Leeds Jazz Conference.

Fiona Duncan (Guest Tutor) - Voice

With a professional jazz career spanning some forty years, Fionna Duncan is one of the UK’s great jazz singers. She has worked with Humphrey Lyttelton, Kenny Ball, Warren Vache, Grover Washington, Dick Hyman, Sweets Edison and many others.

She has played festivals across the world including LA, Palm Springs, San Diego, Toronto, Calgary and throughout Europe. Fionna also lectures in vocal workshops throughout Scotland.

Claudio Zanghieri (Guest Tutor) - Electric Bass
www.claudiozanghieri.com

Claudio, an italian bassist/producer now living in Frankfurt, graduated at Berklee College of Music and is teaching in Rome as faculty director for the University of Music and in Germany. He has been featured at the European Bass Day 2005 and has recently released his first solo cd "Envisions". He has performed/recorded with Christoph Spendel, Torsten DeWinkel, Tony Lakatos, Fabio Mariani, Louis Bacalov, Luigi Tessarollo and many others. He is busy also producing and arranging electronica projects and music for film.

She has played festivals across the world including LA, Palm Springs, San Diego, Toronto, Calgary and throughout Europe. Fionna also lectures in vocal workshops throughout Scotland.

Andre Nendza (Guest Tutor) - Bass

German bassist Andre Nendza has worked with Dave Liebman, Kenny Wheeler, Karl Latham, Charlie Mariano, Alex Acuna and many of Germany’s top players. Numerous Radio, TV and CD productions display his wide stylistic range.

Andre works as an assistant professor at the Jazz House School in Cologne, Germany’s premier jazz institution, and has taught at many music schools and universities.

Nic France (Guest Tutor) - Drums/Perc

Nic France established himself on the London jazz scene in the eighties working for such artists as Ian Carr, Ronnie Scott, Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor and Loose Tubes.

He has also toured with Pete Townsend, Nigel Kennedy and Annie Lennox. Nic has worked at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Trinity College London, and on various jazz summer schools in the UK and Europe.

Josh Kemp (Guest tutor) - Sax
www.joshkemp.com
Josh is active on the London Jazz Scene, leading and writing for his quartet (their latest CD Animus will be released this year).

He has performed with Dick Pearce, Spike Robinson, NYJO and others. Josh directs the Cambridge Youth Jazz Orchestra, and is a tutor on Grafham Water Jazz Courses.

Sebastiaan Cornelissen (Assistant Tutor) - Drums
www.sebastiaancornelissen.com
Dutch drummer/composer Sebastiaan Cornelissen studied at The Conservatory of Amsterdam where he formed the group Isotope, along with pianist Rob van Bavel.

They have released 2 albums: Isotope and Perception of the Beholder. Sebastiaan released his debut solo album Aggressive Attack in 2002. His latest release Timeline, features Gary Willis and Lale Larson. A new album is in the pipeline featuring Randy Brecker and Gerard Presencer.