I played for many years as a professional musician. I studied performance and arranging for four years at the the Dick Grove School of Music in Los Angeles with Joel Di Bartello (Buddy Rich, Tonight Show), Dick Grove and Jay Daversa (Stan Kenton)amongst others. After graduating I moved to Norway and worked with many well known artists as well as teaching privately.
On moving back to the UK I taught at West Kent College, Birkbeck and Kingston, specialising in performance and music theory.
I have…