Sarah Carr
Tutor in singing and piano at the Abbey since 2012
Sarah works as a music tutor at Abbey College teaching singing and piano.
Having had a varied career in the Performing Arts, working professionally since the age of 8, Sarah has sung and danced in the UK and abroad. Her work has included radio, television, theatre in education and theatre and she has worked as a professional actress, singer and dancer almost all of her life. She chose to go to university after several years on the road and studied Music at the University of Scarborough along with Theatre Studies. On moving to the south east of England with her family, Sarah took up teaching and has been teaching music, dance and drama to children and adults in the Ramsey area since 2007. She has worked for ASCA Music since 2012.
During lockdown Sarah expanded her work to include producing online concerts and videos. She started up a virtual online choir, Distant Voices community choir 2020 which was very successful with lots of local people of all ages taking part. Her new found skills in technology have meant that we can produce concerts and videos virtually. She also is part of the local community online radio station, Fenland Youth Radio. She also has her own peforming arts school and is also co-Musical Director for the Meridian Singers in Bluntisham.
Shiona Cormack
Teacher of Singing and Piano
Shiona began learning the piano when she was 5 and after sitting grade 8 and majoring in piano for her A Level Music , she turned her attention to singing. Shiona is a professional Opera Singer and studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, she gained her PGdip Vocal and Opera Studies from The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. She was a young artist on English National Opera's 'Opera Works' programme 2011-12.
Liz Millwood
Teacher of Piano
Liz joined us in September 2021 and teaches piano at St Helens, Ashbeach, Upwood, Spinning Infants and Abbey College.
Liz has over 30 years playing experience and has been teaching piano for 15 years privately and more recently in secondary and primary schools. She studied classical piano under the Head of Music at the University of Tampa in Florida gaining a National Guild of Piano Teachers High School Diploma. She also holds a Diploma in Piano Performance.
Outside of teaching, Liz has worked as a church organist, been a rehearsal pianist for a local community choir and performed in a variety of bands including a rock covers band and numerous show bands. She currently plays keyboard with the Alan Norris Big Band.
Stephen Moore
Teacher of Piano and Drums
Stephen has been a piano and drum tutor for over 20 years and has taught both in schools and privately. All ages and levels are catered for from just learning to play your favourite song or piece of music to exams and performances. He is also a professional composer and writes for clients such as BBC, Netflix and ITV. He can teach the basics of song writing and composition throughout his lessons which is useful if taking the Trinity Rock and Pop exams. Stephen has released music on streaming sites all over the world.
Stephen studied music and jazz piano and Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. Studying under Chris Ingham (Jazz piano, Rough Guide to The Beatles) and Kevin Flanagan (Katrina and the Waves, James Brown, Jools Holland and Roger Waters). A past pupil of his recently won the BBC Young Musician of the Year award.