Steven has several decades of experience teaching guitar in primary, secondary and adult education, inspiring confidence and enabling students to find shortcuts in their learning. He played in several ensembles ranging from Musicworks Big-Band, jazz duos and trios including with Don Paterson and Loz Speyer, to Nigerian Afro funk band Juwon, and Brazilian dance ensemble Yes Brasil.
He teaches a range of guitar styles, from classical to jazz, rock and pop, with a particular interest in composition and improvisation. Steven is happy to start wherever the student is at in their musical journey - at the start or somewhere along the way, and will incorporate elements from his own self-learning (beginning for him as a teenager using knitting needles for drumsticks on the sofa!).
He has attended numerous courses and workshops including, Guitar at Goldsmiths, Composition for Big-Band at Morley College and City Lit, Composition and Synchronisation for Film and Video at Westminster Adult Education, and Percussion with Irakere at Musicworks. He has attended guitar workshops with Frank Gambale, Stanley Jordan, John Scofield and Allan Holdsworth, and had one-to-one lessons from musicians such as Vajahat Khan and Wayne Krantz.
He also received mentoring and tuition from friend and teacher Amancio D’Silva (Amancio D’Silva/Joe Harriott Quartet, Krishnamurti School).