| I have over twenty years teaching experience, teaching in private and state schools and running my own private teaching practice. I teach all ages and levels, from beginner to post grade 8. I have an MA specifically in Instrumental Teaching and I trained as a classical violinist at Trinity College of Music. I am also a freelance violinist and perform regularly in the South and South West with various orchestras, quartets and in music theatre. |
Joss Kidd
✔️- Secondary school music teacher for 20+ years.
✔️ – I hold a PGCE in music
✔️ – Enhanced DBS checked. ✔️- I teach in schools and from home, both in person and online.
✔️- Strong links to jazz education
✔️- Professional musician
✔️- Rock school syllabus
✔️- Tab / music reading / music theory
✔️- Many of my students have gone on to study at prestigious music colleges.
Matt Butlin
Over 25years experience teaching throughout Torbay and Devon
I have set up percussion ensembles in schools, taught African drumming, samba and bucket drumming to whole classes as well as assisting with other school ensembles.
I have a collection of my own drum kits, djembes, sound shapes and other hand percussion should the school need extra instruments to add to their own.
Steve Buckley
| I have over thirty years of experience working as both a performer and music educator at a high professional level. For the last five years I have been working for the Bromley Youth Music Trust (BYMT) as a licensed peripatetic instrumental teacher working in several secondary and primary schools. I have also worked for BYMT as one of the Jazz School tutors and also as part of the Band on the Run scheme running beginner ensembles. I continue to be a visiting tutor at The Royal Academy, Trinity Laban and Guildhall music schools. Between 2010 and 2018 I lived and worked in Devon as a peripatetic instrumental and music ensemble teacher in several schools in the South Hams and Teignbridge areas. I was one of the tutors involved in assisting Andy Tyner with the Bushell Youth Communty Orchestra.
Legal documents available upon request
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Nicholas Bryant
I have been a professional pianist and violist with the Collaborative Orchestra, best known for reaching the semifinals of Britain’s Got Talent in 2016 and I come from a teaching position at St David’s primary in West Wickham, London. Before becoming a music teacher, I was a professional actor with singing and acting credits for professional touring productions. I teach piano, violin, viola and cello, beginner classical guitar and classical and musical theatre singing as well as choirs, and youth music groups such as bamd, orchestra and ukelele. I live in Chagford, West Devon and teach in local schools with some availability after school in the evenings.
Membership – Musicians Union
Legal documents available upon request –
* Enhanced DBS Disclosure with Children’s Barred List (CBL) Check registered with the update service
* Child protection/safeguarding training certificate (completed within the last three years)
* Public Liability Insurance
Timothy de Vos
| I studied trumpet at the Queensland Conservatorium in Brisbane and obtained a Bachelor of Music degree in 2000. While studying, I was involved in various groups playing professionally such jazz ensemble, jazz quintet, brass quintet, wind band, rock band. I have worked with various orchestras around the world such as The Queensland Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic, Mumbai Symphony Orchestra. I have been hired for various workshops and ensembles as a tutor in Australia.I came to England in 2001 and played with various orchestras in London whilst maintaining private students. I moved to Devon in 2015 wanting a better upbringing for my children. I started teaching whole classes trumpet at Newport Community School and Landkey Primary School in North Devon. I have taught whole classes trumpet for 10 lessons during term time. Whilst at Landkey Primary I was hired further for teaching whole classes instruments and also held brass ensemble lessons. We recently received funding for 30 french horns and I taught a whole class I have maintained private students throughout this time preparing them for ABRSM exams as well.Legal documents available upon request – Enhanced DBS Disclosure with Children’s Barred List (CBL) Check registered with the update service |
Debbie Kent
Deputy Hub Lead!
Membership – Musicians Union
Legal documents available upon request –
* Enhanced DBS Disclosure with Children’s Barred List (CBL) Check registered with the update service
* Child protection/safeguarding training certificate (completed within the last three years)
* Public Liability Insurance
Ben van Weede
| Qualifications: BA Mus (Hons) CNAA Dartington College of Arts, PGCE (Secondary) Bath College of HE, MEd Plymouth MarJon University.
Past experience: Music director Oxford Playhouse, Watford Playhouse, Contact Theatre Co Manchester. Current experience: Music Development Leader for Devon Music Education Hub, Viola tutor at Okehampton Music Centre and private Upper strings tutor. Member “Spinach for Norman” ceilidh band. Membership – Musicians Union Legal documents available upon request – * Enhanced DBS Disclosure with Children’s Barred List (CBL) Check registered with the update service
* Child protection/safeguarding training certificate (completed within the last three years)
* Public Liability Insurance
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Tom Deam
| Dartington College of Arts – BA Hons Music Rolle School of Education – PGCE Secondary Music – QTS ABRSM – Dip ABRSM ViolinI am a qualified teacher with many years experience teaching in individual, group, and whole class lessons, and directing ensembles.I currently work as a tutor with SaMM, Torbay & South Devon Music Centre, South Dartmoor Primary Music Centre, and Ivybridge Primary Music Centre. Membership – Incorporated Society of Musicians Legal documents available upon request – * Enhanced DBS Disclosure with Children’s Barred List (CBL) Check registered with the update service
* Child protection/safeguarding training certificate (completed within the last three years)
* Public Liability Insurance
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Guido Balbo di Vinadio
I began my study of Cello as a young child in Rome, Italy where I am from.
From 2014 to 2018 I was part of the Youth Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome.
In 2018 I completed the pre-Academic exams of the Conservatory of S.Cecilia in Rome.
In this time I studied Cello, Chamber Music – being part of a trio for two years and of the Cello Ensable of the Orchestra – Music Theory and Piano as complementary instrument.
In 2021, after moving to England to study Fine Art and Mixed Media at the University of Westminster, I completed the ABRSM Exam Grade 8 with Cello.
Since in England, I have been playing world music, being exposed to the variety of musical heritages present in London. This resulted in bringing more instruments under my fingers (guitar, percussions), approaching songwriting and composition.