Adult Lessons
I don't just teach children, I teach humans of any age. Suzuki offers an excellently balanced and well structured method of training. For adults I have found a looser approach is beneficial where we can explore different repetoire, improvisation, musicainship or a blend of everything!
I am also training to be an Alexander Technique Teacher and infuse my lessons with this and Timani exercises. Very often body mechanics are forgotten in lessons and having an understanding of how your body works and what you can do to use it well is immensely helpful.
Additional Musical Info
Oli's career as a performer and teacher has taken him all over the world, including Broadway, Canada and China. Theatre highlights include MD on A Christmas Carol (Old Vic), The Grinning Man (Trafalgar Studios) and I Capture The Castle. He has also MD’d numerous musical workshops and is workshopping a new musical in Canada in the Autumn. Other West End credits Associate MD Cabaret, In The Heights, The Scottsboro Boys, I Can't Sing!, Made in Dagenham, Chicago, Mrs Henderson Presents, The Divide. Regional credits include Matilda (Tour), Company (Sheffield Crucible), She Loves Me (Chichester), Human Comedy, The Lorax (Young Vic Theatre) and Strictly Ballroom (West Yorkshire Playhouse).
As composer he wrote music for the short film Dust (Tate Modern), composed and supervised a national tour of Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (Best Regional Production, WhatsOnStage Awards). Other credits include music for Talking Heads(Durham Gala Theatre) The Witches (Chichester Festival Youth Theatre), My Dad Is A Birdman (Young Vic), Love Is (LAMDA). As arranger Celebrate – by Mika and an orchestra made entirely of vegetables and junk, numerous workshops, a TV ad about potatoes, a children’s musical and Lionel Bart’s famous flop Twang!! (which also became another flop).
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Currently he is training in Suzuki method and is on the teacher training course at the Alexander Technique Studio.
