Fergus

In demand London based Performer and tutor.
I teach Jazz Double Bass, Jazz Improvisation, music theory and general musicianship skills.

Availability: My availability varies due to my performing and rehearsing schedule however during the week i am generally available most day-times and early evenings.

Willing to travel: Home Only

Experience: -MA (DipRam) in Jazz Double Bass from The Royal Academy of Music, London.
-BMus (Hons) in Jazz Double Bass from TrinityLaban Conservatoire, London.

-A in Music at A Level
-A in Music Technology A Level
-Grade 7 Classical Double Bass
-Grade 6 Singing

I have taught part time Jazz Bass Guitar teaching at Christ`s Hospital School, been an assistant tutor on the "Dordogne Jazz Summer School" for several years , - www.jazzschool-dordogne/ and have taught privately. I have also taught Music Technology part-time at Bancrofts School in Woodford Green, Essex.

As a performer i have played at many venues across the UK and Internationally (France,Sweden,Denmark,Finland,Italy,Amsterdam,Switzerland,Germany etc) including Ronnie Scott`s, North Sea Jazz Festival, Shoreditch Town Hall, Pizza Express Jazz Club, The 606, The Royal Albert Hall, Shoreditch Town Hall, The Purcell Room, Kings Place, The Hackney Empire and The Vortex and many others. My playing and composing has also been broadcast on BBC Radio stations 1,2 and 3.

I have performed and/or recorded with the following:
Soweto Kinch, Johnny O Neal (Art Blakey), Leroy Jones, Kansas Smittys House Band, Zhenya Strigalev, Alex Garnett, Pete Horsfall, Ruby Rushton, Reuben James, Nathaniel Facey (Empirical), Laura Jurd, Ashley Henry, Jason Marsalis and many others.