Piano

Robert Mitchell is a renowned pianist, keyboard player, composer, teacher and poet. He brings a myriad of experiences in Jazz, Classical and other genres. He has released 12 albums, toured to 40+ countries and has played with a myriad of names including Soweto Kinch, Omar, Courtney Pine, Greg Osby, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Ty, Norma Winstone and has written commissions for the London Sinfonietta and Jazz South amongst others. He leads the bands TRUE THINK, Epiphany 3 and Panacea alongside performing solo and in duo with Shirley Smart, and Ashley Henry. He is a member of the improv trio The Flame (their debut album released soon on the NYC label 577 Records). He is a Professor of Jazz Piano at the Guildhall School, piano lecturer at Leeds Conservatoire, and has taught at MMF.

https://robertmitchell.bandcamp.com/album/hold-the-light-the-new-resistance-dof0004

https://577records.bandcamp.com/album/towards-the-flame-vol-1

I am a professional musical director and composer, specialising primarily in tonal music and soundscape design. My works are rather eclectic, in that there is no commonly occurring theme amongst them in terms of style or genre. Having had the opportunity to gain plenty of experience from working in my specialist field whilst studying for my bachelors degree, I have rapidly acquired a vast amount of skills and music-related knowledge, particularly from a creative and performance-related perspective.

Primarily a skilled pianist, I have been fortunate enough to tour with various ensembles, performing in countries across Europe and the Caribbean, on renowned stages such as the Royal Albert Hall and ITV's “The X Factor”.

With an advanced understanding of the capabilities of varying instruments, I am capable of operating within any musical genre to a high level of proficiency, as well as directing performers and ensembles in the same manner.

Thanks to years of experience in learning to operate music production software such as Logic Pro (and Pro Tools), I am fully adept at autonomously carrying out the recording process by way of digital production, an invaluable skill in this modern age of music. My experience in teaching and tutoring various students has greatly aided my ability to communicate ideas in a clear, comprehensible manner, a skill which further qualifies me as a capable director, along with my immediate work history in musical theatre.

www.nelsonmusic.co.uk 

Rea Qunta is a songwriter, pianist, singer and teacher with many years of musical experience in a wide range of fields.

She graduated in 2008 with a BA (Hons) Music from the University of Salford. During her time as a student she experienced a most eclectic education in music including classical voice lessons, jazz harmony and improvisation, brass bands, commercial music writing, recording and musical theatre. 

Since gaining a Post Graduate certificate of Music from Middlesex University in 2011 Rea has taught in a variety of sessions- primary whole class, small group summer schools and as a peripatetic teacher both in schools and privately in Manchester, Kent and London.

Currently Rea sings in Latin crossover band ‘Diaspora’ having recently performed at the Jazz Café, London. She has released an EP of her own songs called ‘8 Hours’ and performs her own piano/vocal covers.

Rea is fascinated by the different ways people learn and likes to create a fun environment for students to learn the piano and explore music! 

Evita Sfakianaki started learning the piano at the age of 7. She also studied Musicology at the ‘University of Athens’ in Greece and holds diplomas in Advanced Harmony, Counterpoint and Fugue. In 2003 she graduated from the ’Kodaly Conservatory and Institute’ where she got her Piano Diploma in Performance with Distinction and got awarded with the ’First Prize’ and a ’Special Award’. She continued her studies at the ’Ecole Normale de Musique’ Alfred Cortot’ in Paris and in the summer of 2006 she got her Masters in Piano Performance (MMus) from the National Conservatory of Greece with ‘Distinction’. In September of that same year Evita was awarded with the ‘Vardinogiannis Scholarship’ to continue her studies at the ‘Royal Academy of Music’ in London, where she completed her Postgraduate Diploma in Piano Performance and also the LRAM (Teaching Diploma) at the same school.

Among many other of her performances in London Evita has also performed at the Royal Festival Hall. She had master classes with some of the world’s greatest pianists and also attended many piano festivals in Europe. She is currently performing around London and she is a piano teacher for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.

Harmin studied piano performance at the Sarajevo Music Academy where he gave many recitals. Since he came to London he has taught piano both privately and within schools and adult education institutions. Harmin has a Master of Music Therapy from the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre in London and works as a music therapist with children within the autistic spectrum, adults with learning difficulties and also with mainstream schools, working with children in exclusion unit