the recruitment team
Depending on your instrument, your assessment will be with one of the following:

		Steve McCarthy – Guitar Steve is an experienced and respected guitar teacher and musician. A graduate of the Guitar Insitute and the London College of Music where Steve attained a BMus honours degree in popular music performance and prior to his degree also awarded a place in the top ten guitarists of his diploma year. Steve also pioneered the first ever popular music grade examinations on his homeland of Guernsey, Channel Islands. A member of the Registry of Guitar tutors and a contributor to Guitarist and Guitar Tutor magazines, Steve is a dedicated teacher with the potential to really bring out the best in his students.

		Jake Shillingford – Song Writing Jake Shillingford, founder of the cult orchestral alternative band My Life Story, released three successful albums and had six top forty singles. Jake started out co-promoting bands in a London club called The Panic Station booking early shows for The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays and Chili Peppers. His band My Life Story went on to collaborate with with PJ Proby, Marc Almond, Morrissey, The Wonderstuff and even headlined over Oasis. He now runs his own label and new musical project ExileInside, financed online by investors. ‘One of our most colourful lyricists’ Steve Lamacq

		Andy Nixon – Drums Andy has a vast amount of live and studio experience. He’s made six albums and signed deals with V2, Warners, and Sony. Festival Appearances at Glastonbury, T in the Park and V2001, and tours with Sheryl Crow, Alaniss Morisette, Reef, Gomez and Feeder have helped make Andy a world class player. As a member of Straw he was in one of the best power pop bands of the era. More recently he’s been touring the world with The Jeevas alongside Dan McKinna and Crispian Mills. Andy is now a founding member of the The Magic Bullet Band.

		Kate Cameron – Vocals A professional session singer for 15 years, Kate has sung on several gold albums including Ministry of Sound’s Ibiza ’99. Kate also enjoyed great success with Norman Cook’s band Freak Power and their amazing album ’Drive through Booty’. As well as being signed to MCA/Universal she has collaborated on several tracks in the UK Top 40. Kate’s credits include the likes of Judge Jules, Boy George, Tim Westwood, Danny Rampling and Paul Oakenfold!

		Heidi Berry – Vocals Heidi brings indie credibility to the school. Record deals with 4AD (Pixies, Throwing Muses), and Creation (Oasis, My Bloody Valentine) and tours with Tori Amos, Primal Sream, and Everything But The Girl might make you think she’s too cool for school. But she’s just as happy teaching as she is performing. Ivo Watts-Russell (founder of 4AD) had this to say about her... "Heidi is an incredible communicator, and a very subtle one. Out of all the records we released on 4AD, Heidi’s are some of the most important." Heidi is also Head of Level 2 students, so if you need any advice or have any issues, don’t hesitate to discuss them with her.

		Franc O’shea – Bass Franc O’Shea is regarded as one of the best bass players of his generation. He has recorded and/or played with many renowned artists including legendary Yes guitarist Steve Howe, Level 42’s keyboard player Mike Lindup, 90’s soul sensation Lisa Moorish, top garage band Bah Samba, jorge Pardo from Chick Corea and Paco de Lucia’s bands and members of Jamiroquai. He was a featured artist at Eurpean Bass Day 2003 in Holland and has appeared on compilation albums with top bassists such as Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten, Doug Wimbish and Michael Manring. "When eveyone else realises how good O’Shea is remember where you heard it first" Steve Lawson, Bassist Magazine.