Jared Hazelby
Course Leader, Access to Music Level 3B
(Guitar, Music Theory, Composition, Rehearsal Skills)
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Works Monday - Thursday

Jared has been playing guitar for over 20 years. In that time He has performed with several bands and recording artists. He has appeared at some of the country’s premier performance venues including Ronnie Scott’s, The Jazz Café and radio appearances for the BBC. He currently runs his own function band and is involved in several writing & recording projects with an album scheduled for completion soon. His musical influences are many and varied and include Blues, Country, Folk, Rock & Roll, Gospel, Soul, Funk, Latin, Jazz & Rock.

Joint Course Leader, Access to Music Level 2
(Guitar, Music Theory, Musicianship Skills, Rehearsal Skills)
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Works: Monday - Friday

Andy joined the team 3 years ago. His experience covers all the different aspects of the music industry such as work in function bands, original bands, TV productions, composing and recording. His television appearances include the David Jason production - “The Final Quest” 2005 and Nick Moran Production - “Telstar” 2007). He performed live with “Matt Berry” on Charlie Brooker’s screen play (BBC4). His composing experience includes library music albums released world wide (“Rock” on Boosey Media and “Hard Rock Extreme Metal” on Cavendish Music). He also recorded and played with legendary drummer Simon Philips (Toto, Jeff Beck, The Who) in Los Angeles, Ray Russell (Tina Turner, Paul McCartney), Geno Washington and Mo Foster. He regularly plays, records and tours for the Comedian Matt Berry (the Mighty Boosh, Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place, The IT Crowd…). He has 3 UK tours under his belt with performances in 1000 capacity venues, such as London ULU, Shepherds Bush Empire and Carling Academies throughout England. He has featured in the world wide guitar magazine “Total Guitar” and was labelled as “one of the most inventive young guitarists around”. He won the Ernie Ball Guitarist of the Year award in 2006 in the Rock/Metal category. Andy also has a wide understanding of many styles such as Jazz, Soul, Funk, Rock and acoustic genres. At the age of 16 he studied music at West Kent College (now K College) and gained a lot of knowledge that is needed as a player in the music industry. He is an approachable person and is always willing to help.

Joint Course Leader, Access to Music Level 1
(Vocals, piano, Music Theory, Composition, Rehearsal Skills)
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Works: Monday - Thursday

Donna has been teaching at K College for 4 years. She specialises in Vocal Technique but also teaches Music Theory, Composition, Sequencing and Production and Piano Skills. She has been a professional singer and songwriter for 10 years, performing around London and the South East, and in New York with music management company Morning Star. Currently she is running an acoustic songwriters night in London. She also performs regularly in a jazz acoustic type duo, a function band and solo. She is also in the process of recording an album that is soon due for release.

Joint Course Leader, Access to Music Level 1
(Vocals, Music Theory, Composition, Rehearsal Skills, Music History, Functional Skills)
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Works: Monday - Wednesday & Friday

Glenn was born in 1959, and has been involved in music most of his life, from performing as a boy soprano at junior school to starting his first punk band at the age of sixteen. He got his first record deal at nineteen, and has stayed involved in music ever since. He has been teaching singing from the age of twenty five, and is still an active songwriter and session musician. Glenn is an experienced special needs teacher, and runs the Open Door Music Group at K College, for students interested in music who have disabilities or are unable to access Level 1 qualifications. The group performs regularly at Music Department events.

Visiting Lecturer
(Guitar, Musicianship Skills, Rehearsals)
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Works: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday

Joe Gibson has been a professional musician for 15 years. He has performed and worked with artists including James Brown, Charlotte Church, Corinne Bailey Rae, Jamie Cullum and Altered Images at venues including Cafe de Paris, 606 Club, Pizza Express Dean St. Jazz Club, Ronnie Scott's, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Edinburgh Festival.

Visiting Lecturer
(Piano/ Keyboard, Rehearsals)
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Works: Monday, Tuesday

Richard Simmons has been both a teacher and a professional musician for many years. He started playing jazz piano in the 1960's, and has since toured extensively in Europe and the US. He has always favoured a broad approach to music and his playing encompasses a wide range of styles including R 'n' B, Soul, Funk, Blues, Gospel and, of course, Jazz. This versatility has enabled him to work with artists as varied as Harry "Sweets" Edison and Scotty Moore, and, more recently, Hamish Stuart: he is currently working with songwriter Graham Lyle.

Music Department Technician
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Works: Mon-Fri

Ian studied technical theatre at North West Kent college. He then moved on to an agency called Crew-Co which involved working at many venues in and around London, assisting many sound and lighting production companies setting up and taking down all manner of lighting, sound and staging equipment. In 2001 he started at the Butlins resort in Minehead which gave him the opportunity to work with many live bands ranging from cover bands playing all the classic pop and rock through to big names such as Edwin Starr, the Real Thing and many others. In 2005 he started work at West Kent College (now K College), where he now looks after the technical needs of the whole Performing Arts curriculum area. He also runs a small sound company in his spare time, providing PA systems for all kinds of events.