SEK 1: Showcases, Tutors & Venues

From November 2018 – February 2019 young & emerging guitarists from across Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly worked together to create new music with professional support. Groups from Five Islands Academy Isles of Scilly, Cornwall College St Austell, Live Wire Saltash, DBS Music Camborne & Penryn College created their own exciting music + a piece inspired by Jimi Hendrix.

Thank you to all who came along to see them perform at our contemporary electric guitar evenings.

Past Showcases

Tuesday 20 November 2018 – 5.30pm
FIVE ISLANDS ACADEMY SHOWCASE
3 Church Rd, St Marys, Isles of Scilly TR21 0NA
More about Five Islands Academy

Thursday 22 November 2018 – 7.30pm
CORNWALL COLLEGE ST AUSTELL SHOWCASE
The Keay Theatre, Tregonissey Road, St Austell PL25 4DJ
More about Cornwall College St Austell

Friday 23 November 2018 – 7.30pm
LIVEWIRE SALTASH SHOWCASE
The Waterside, Brooke Close, Saltash PL12 4EN
More about Livewire

Saturday 24 November 2018 – 7.00pm
DBS MUSIC SHOWCASE (HEARTLANDS)
Heartlands, Dudnance Ln, Pool TR15 3QY
More about dBs Music

Saturday 9th February 2019 – 7.30pm
FINAL RE-ARRANGED SHOWCASE (TRURO)
Burrell Theatre, Truro School, Trennick Lane, Truro TR1 1TH

 

Past Tutors

Adrian Lee, Project Director

Adrian combines multiple roles of composer, music director, performer and facilitator.  He has worked extensively with major UK media clients including Royal National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 etc.  Since 2014, he has been developing new repertoire for electric guitar including ‘Scratch Electric’ participatory electric guitar orchestra workshop / showcase programme (East Midlands 2015) & electric guitar orchestra pilot programmes with Falmouth University (2016-17).   In addition to SEK, his upcoming electric guitar quartet project Ludi Quartet Kernow will feature 3 new Sound & Music commissions which will be premiered at AMATA, Falmouth University in October.

John Bruce, Co-facilitator
dBs Music Hub

When I was young I was fascinated with the guitar. At the age of 14 I would sneak into my brother’s room and secretly play his guitar till I got caught! A week later when my brother sold me his guitar I couldn’t put it down and played all day long and the rest is history.  I have worked as a musician playing in bands all across Europe and working as a session musician on people’s albums. Over the last 25 years I have worked as a guitar tutor and work in several schools across Cornwall as well as teaching at home! I am also a songwriter and record my own songs at home!

www.cornwallguitaracademy.com

Phil Innes, Lead Musician
Livewire Hub

Phil Innes is a composer and “organiser of sound” living in Cornwall in the UK. He makes music and sound for a wide range of contexts including concerts, theatre, film, dance, installations, and mobile device apps. He is also a music educator. His credits include Hall for Cornwall, Effervescent, Kneehigh, Miracle, Collective Arts, O-region, C-Scape, The Ordinalia Company, Tangle, Light Theatre, Seabright Productions and Potted Productions. Phil holds a Music BA (Hons) from Falmouth University and is a member of the Ludi Guitar Quartet.

Read more about Phil’s experience and musical idols in our Q&A HERE.

Will Rogers, Co-facilitator
Livewire Hub

Experienced musician and sound engineer, Will Rogers has been associated with Livewire for many years and currently engineers in the Livewire studio to help young musicians and bands learn recording techniques.

Matthew Arundell, Co-facilitator 
Cornwall College Hub

Matthew has a wealth of professional experience both as a performer on stage and as a producer/engineer in the studio. His current work sees him teaching guitar at Plymouth University and at Fowey River Academy. Alongside this Matthew is also Musical Director, manager and songwriter for 7-piece swing band Company B, which takes him all over the country performing around 70 shows each year.

Jamie Toms– Co-facilitator
Penryn College

With a first class music degree and 15 years’ worth of experience I hope to help you improve your skills and increase your enjoyment of playing the saxophone, flute or clarinet.

I have been playing the Saxophone for over 10 years and have a wide range of performing experience around the UK. I have several years teaching experience working with pupils of all ages as a peripatetic and private tutor.

www.jamietsax.com / jamie@jamietsax.com / Facebook.com/jamietsax