Tuition and Workshops
‘Through her original compositions and arrangements Kay led an informative and fun session for local brass teachers’
– David Rose, Vice-Principal, Community Learning MK: Music Faculty
Kay delivers workshops for schools, Music Hubs, bands and ensembles, for young people and also INSET sessions for teachers. Her specialisms lie in creative music workshops, Global/’world’ music, instrumental work and primary music including whole class ensemble teaching (WCET)/First Access.
Book Kay to work with your tutors, band or orchestra.
News and recent creative project/presenter highlights
- 2025 invited to be a judge for the Music and Drama Education Awards
- 2024-2025 Bollywood Blast! reissued by Clifton Edition.
- 2024-2025 Commissioned by London College of Music examinations to compose pieces for the 2025 brass syllabus
- 2024 Commissioned to compose a short piece for the soundtrack of TV series Nautilus on Disney+.
- 2024 Dinosaur Stomp published by Warwick Music – eight fun, dinosaur themed pieces for beginners, with backing tracks
- March 2024 – Speaker on Diversifying Repertoire at Bradford Music Hub Teachers’ Conference
- February 2024 – ‘Inspiring Beginner Instrumentalists’ – session delivered at the Music and Drama Education Expo
- January 2024 – CPD delivered for Music Hubs in Norfolk, Hertfordshire and Bradford
- Education Director of Woolwich Primary Jazz Project 2023, Arts Council-funded jazz and improvisation project
- Member of Music Mark conference discussion panel on Decolonising the Curriculum, 2022
- Leader of Bollywood Brass Academy Progression Project 2020-2022, working with Hubs in Kent, Yorkshire and Birmingham
- Guest lecturer on BMus Advanced Instrumental/Vocal Teaching course, Trinity Laban 2018-2023
- Workshop Leader for Oi Musica weekend, ‘Training the Streetband Teacher-Leader’, Edinburgh 2019
- Guest Lecturer on Instrumental Teaching, Leeds College of Music, 2019
- Presenter at Oslo City Conference, Norway on ‘Music and Motivation’, 2019
- Workshop leader for Malmesbury Schools Project at WOMAD Festival with Bollywood Brass Band, 2019
- Co-leader of workshop at WOMAD UK 2018 with Bollywood Brass Band
- pBuzz compositions nominated for Educational Resource of the Year 2018 (Warwick Music/Music Education Solutions) by the Education Awards
- Leader of INSET session for LSO Discovery‘s KS2 schools concert – Voyager (summer 2018)
- Presenter at the London Music and Drama Education Expo 2018. In association with Warwick Music – 100 delegates playing my beginner repertoire on pTrumpets
- Workshop leader for Bollywood Brass Academy – sessions with young musicians in Slough Music Hub, Bedford Music Hub and Middleton Youth Brass Band in Manchester 2017-18
Conducting at Music for Youth Schools Prom