Get To Know Us
Our Vision
We believe that every student should have the opportunity to express their creativity through the use of music technology and traditional musical knowledge: our goal is to bridge the gap between the two.
Core Team
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Rocco Brunori
Musician and Educator Rocco Brunori has BA+MA in Classical Trumpet, a BA in Jazz Trumpet and MA in Music Education. He also studied sound engineering for two years. In the past 10 years Rocco worked for most Music Services in North London. He has broad experience teaching in Primary, Secondary and Further Education (workshop leader, guest lecturer, conductor, tutor). He is regularly conducting orchestras, big bands, choirs and ensembles across the UK.
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Jessica Hayton
Dr Jessica Hayton is Associate Professor and programme leader at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society. As a developmental psychologist, she specialises in vision impairment and blindness in paediatric populations, specifically how to maximise independence outcomes in adulthood. She has worked with other populations such as Down Syndrome, Williams Syndrome, autism, and multisensory impairment. Her person-centred, holistic approach to supporting children with educational needs and disabilities is the cornerstone of her teaching and research career to date. Dr Hayton has also worked on accessibility and inclusion approaches with external companies such as English National Ballet, Samsung, Barbican, Netflix and CBBC.
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Sim
Over the last 15+ years, Sim has worked in various aspects of the music industry including live event production, artist development, product management at MERLIN, project management at AudioSalad as well as being a performer in her own right, having studied at the Amsterdam Conservatoire and recently recorded for ABBA Voyage. 4 years ago she set up her own management company with the aim to build a creative partnership with musicians to help realise their vision and grow them into internationally recognised artists. She has represented award winning music collective Kefaya and multi-instrumentalist Wonky Logic, amongst others, and in 2022 she was a participant in the esteemed MMF Accelerator Program for music managers. Sim continues to find creative ways to help independent artists who are trying to navigate the current music industry.
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Lorenzo Cosi
Songwriter and Producer based in Kings Cross, London, Lorenzo Cosi works in areas ranging from Electronic and Pop music to Film and Advertising. He has collaborated with names like D. Guetta, Little Mix, Galantis, Ella Eyre, Lana Del Rey, Robin Schulz, The Chainsmokers and many more, with iTunes N.1 songs in 25+ countries. He graduated in West London University in Music and Multimedia Technology, and has since been a lecturer for universities including Tileyard Education.