Alice Zawadzki

Alice Zawadzki is a vocalist, violinist, songwriter and composer based in London. She has performed extensively as a soloist and collaborator throughout Europe, the United States, Brazil, Canada, Russia, and the Far-East, in a wide range of work including as a vocal soloist with several international orchestras, at many major jazz festivals, premiering contemporary classical works, and in cross-discipline pieces. She has recorded extensively for film and TV, appears regularly on BBC radio, and has been nominated British Vocalist of the Year by both Jazz FM and the Parliamentary Jazz Awards. She trained in jazz singing and composition, gaining an MA at the Royal Academy of Music, with a scholarship from the Musicians Benevolent Fund, after completing undergraduate studies in classical violin at the Royal Northern College of Music, where she also won the Hilda Collens Prize and the Cove Park Emerging Artists Residency. Alice has been engaged in a diverse program of education and outreach work for the last decade, leading workshops and individual sessions in vocal tuition, composition, improvisation and ensemble work at every level. Some of the organisations she has worked with in this capacity include the Royal Northern College of Music, Salford University, Kent University, The National Youth Orchestra, Tomorrow's Warriors, Play For Progress, Engines Orchestra, Live Music Now, and the British Museum.

Craig Brown

Originally from York, Craig teaches music at Archbishop Holgate’s Secondary and St Lawrence’s Primary Schools and works as part of the York Music Hub management team. He performs regularly with The Shepherd Group Brass Band, who compete nationally at the championship level, and is the Musical Director of the award-winning Shepherd Group Youth Band, a brass ensemble founded to provide opportunities for young brass players in the City of York. In 2017 he was appointed assistant Musical Director of the York Civic Youth Choir as a result of his work with young singers within the city. This is his fourth year tutoring on the M4P course and is looking forward to another music-filled week

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 is now a freelance teacher and musician. He formally worked 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. Over the past eight years, Chris has been a tutor and course leader at ukulele workshops, courses festivals and summer schools throughout the UK and in Europe

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 a school in Rome. 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.

Tom Atherton

Louisa Lam

Pete Rosser

Adrian Budgen

Andy Horne

Ben McCabe

George Sleightholme

Helen Dawson

Jenni Britton

John Fuller

Judi Kelly

Clare Douglas

Pete Lee

Robert Gildon

Richard Ormrod

Stephanie Reeve

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