Tutors
The tutors at Creative Sounds Music Academy are first-class. Our primary goal is to recognise, accommodate, and meet the needs of each individual student, helping them to explore their own creativity and goals, providing supervision, guidance, and mentoring on their path.
Dr. Rebecca Turner is the owner and director of Creative Sounds Music Academy and a faculty member at Goldsmiths College, University of London. She brings with her over 20 years of extensive experience in music education for all ages in the UK and abroad. Alongside her passion for teaching music, she is strongly committed to promoting, running and participating in educational programs.
Dr Turner is an advocate of contemporary music and her research explores modern techniques and aesthetics in contemporary music. In this capacity, Rebecca has presented academic papers at numerous international conferences and fulfilled guest lecturer engagements in the UK, New Zealand, Australia and Singapore. She has also been the recipient of new cello works written by composers from the United States, Canada, Korea, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Performing worldwide, London venues include, the Royal Festival Hall, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Cadogan Hall, London Coliseum, Wigmore Hall and the Royal Albert Hall.
Dr. Turner studied at the University of Canterbury (BMus), Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University (MM) and Goldsmiths College, University of London (PhD), and is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Eleanor is originally from Wellington, New Zealand where she gained her undergraduate degree in Violin performance from Victoria University, Wellington. She went to achieve a Masters Degree with distinction in performance from the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) in Manchester, UK.
Eleanor has regularly worked with many top UK ensembles including the Hallé Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic and Northern Sinfonia. Alongside this work she has developed her teaching career and held teaching positions in violin, chamber music and orchestral studies at multiple schools including Chethams School of Music in Manchester.
From 2009-2018 Eleanor was Assistant Professor of Violin at the University of Trinidad and Tobago, Head of String Performance and a principal violinist of the Ibis Ensemble, the only professional chamber ensemble in the English-speaking Caribbean.
In Trinidad, Eleanor performed in countless concerts and projects, including solo concerto appearances backed by steel orchestra, and premiering many new works by Trinidadian composers. At UTT she led the string studio, taught violin, ensemble studies and instrumental pedagogy and established and taught on string education outreach programmes within the community.
Eleanor holds professional certification in the Kodály to music education, as well as Level One certification in Suzuki Talent Education from the Suzuki Association of the Americas.
Eleanor has held the post of Head of Strings at Repton School in Derbyshire, UK since January 2019. She freelances as a performer throughout the UK and is currently pursuing a PhD in Arts Creativity and Education at the University of Cambridge.
American Mezzo-Soprano Angela Hodgins is a versatile musician, equally comfortable on both concert and opera stages, and in repertoire ranging from Monteverdi to Boulez. Praised for her “warm, amber tone and solid intelligence” (Washington Post), and “sensuousness, captivating purity, and precision” (Straits Times), Ms. Hodgins has performed throughout the US, Canada, Europe and Asia.
Ms. Hodgins is a prize winner of numerous competitions and has given masterclasses on classical and extended vocal techniques. She holds a Masters of Music in Performance and Musicology from the Peabody Institute at the Johns Hopkins University (Maryland, USA) and a Bachelor of Music in Performance from Michigan State University (Michigan, USA).
Ms. Hodgins is also a passionate teacher having taught both privately and in primary and secondary schools over the last decade, and most recently enjoyed tenures on the voice faculties of Singapore’s preparatory arts academy, School Of The Arts (SOTA) and as Adjunct Voice Faculty at Yong Siew Toh Conservatory at National University of Singapore (NUS).
Miss Hosken has been on the faculty at Creative Sounds Music Academy since 2010. She is also the Lead Strings Tutor for the Tri-borough Music Hub. She has worked there for 10 years, enjoying a variety of teaching contexts. Miss Hosken loves seeing children have fun exploring how music makes them feel and helping them to express themselves musically.
Amy studied viola at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance under Liz Turnbull and Composition and Jazz Improvisation under Omar Puente. Both areas of interest have contributed to her passion for improvisation and a love for World music and Jazz, as well as Classical Chamber music and Baroque playing.
Performance opportunities range from appearing on ‘Later with Jools Holland’, to performing to the Pope in Hyde park with the New English Orchestra and Edwin Fawcett and touring around Germany with her band, the Rad Orchestra.
Originally a Violinist, Amy was encouraged to take up the Viola in her late teens and her love for harmony meant that it was a perfect match. Now she has joined the unofficial endangered Viola rebellion and is always on the look out for Violist shaped Violinists.
Chloe Ayling, trained at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
Chloe is a versatile performer and teacher; her work has enabled her to sing extensively across the country.
Most recent credits include;
BBC Comic Relief, Vocalist for Keane, Magnificent machines session recording – Adelphoi Music, Christmas with Sky, Vocalist for Alexandra Burke and Tom Chaplin – London Contemporary Voices, The Little Venice Festival, featured soloist -Thursford Christmas Spectacular, Vocalist – Russell Watson UK Tour 2014/ Anthems Tour 2012, Xerses (Romilda), Hansel und Gretel (Sandman) – Puzzle piece opera. chorus – Aida, La bohème, Fidelio, Le postillon de Lonjumeau, Elixir of Love, Die Fledermaus, for Opéra de Baugé, France. Opening Ceremony London 2012 Olympic Games, BBC proms 2009/10/11.
Andrew Briggs graduated with a B.A. in Music from San Diego State University, California, in 2005.
He has since been teaching the guitar both privately and in schools around London. Andrew currently teaches for Brent Music Service, Cherry Pie Music, Creative Sounds Ltd, Music Maps Ltd and Goose Green Primary School, teaching around 70 students a week ranging in age from 7 to 70.
Andrew has written his own book and teaching method “Champion Guitar” which he uses to help his students develop a good all round technique and understanding of the instrument.
He regularly prepares students for both ABRSM classical guitar and Rock School grade exams.