Tutors
One Voice Music is proud to have a number of highly talented percussionists, singers and dancers to teach on their workshops. They are respected both as artists and as excellent teachers.
OVM often brings tutors together to teach in collaboration on the same workshop which greatly benefits the students.
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RAVIN ‘RAZ’ JAYASURIYA
- Percussionist
- Teacher
- Team building facilitator
Ravin ‘Raz’ Jayasuriya is a professional percussionist and tutor with over 34 years of experience performing and teaching in the UK and overseas. He joined the Manchester based percussion group Inner Sense in ‘91 after completing a Popular Music and Recording Course in Salford, Manchester.
He has made several research trips to Cuba and Brazil and has worked with many internationally acclaimed artists, including Amelia Pedroso, Arturo Martinez, Santiago Garzon Rill & Leonardo Pancha Clara (members of Clave y Guaguanco), Marta Gallaraga and Reynaldo Lopez.
Currently he plays congas with Charanga del Norte, a group that specialises in Cuban popular music from the 1940’s.
He is the founder/director and main tutor of One Voice Music, a leading UK organisation specialising in Brazilian and Cuban percussion training and development.
He is renowned for his teaching, facilitating and motivational skills benefiting both individuals and groups. His teaching skills was formally recognised in 2006 when he won a UK National Training Award, at the highest level, for the exceptional positive impact of his work.
He provides learning opportunities through privately run residential courses and is regularly invited by percussion groups to provide bespoke content and to help develop their skills. He presents Brazilian carnival percussion & African drumming workshops for schools, including to Primary, Secondary & SEND students.
He is the founder & lead facilitator of Drumswork, a teambuilding arm of One Voice music, offering a range of percussion activities for businesses and can also provides tailor-made content to suit their brand.
In 2011, he helped set-up Garden City Samba, a community samba group in Letchworth Garden City. The group welcomes people of all ages and abilities to attend weekly classes and performs at local events.
MARCIA MAGLIARI
Dance instructor on the Edun Ara – bloco de carnaval project and other OVM workshops.
Marcia Magliari is from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She teaches Samba, Afro-Brazilian, Frevo, Forro, Lambada, Gafieira (samba ballroom), Salsa, Merengue & a Stretch class.
She is an experienced dancer, teacher & choreographer who since 1986 has been working for Brazilian Contemporary Arts helping in the expansion of the notion of Brazilian Dance (especially Lamabada) & Music in the UK.
Marcia has been trained in classical ballet, jazz, contemporary, dance movement therapy and studied yoga and tai-chi. She has a Diploma in dance movement therapy and is a pioneer of Brazilian dance in the UK.
She combines all this knowledge and expertise to give her classes a special blend, linking body awareness, technique and the joy of dancing.
DAVID PATTMAN
Joint tutor on the Bata y Rumba and Camp Iroko workshops and guest tutor on the ‘Afrocuban Percussion Studies’ course, offering tuition on Bata, Rumba, Timbales & Bongo, teaches songs and assists with each group’s end of course performance.
Dave Pattman is highly respected for his musicianship and knowledge of folkloric and popular Cuban music. He has played, recorded and composed with Paul McCartney, Django Bates, Alex Wilson, Omara Portuondo, Cachaito Lopez, Cubanismo and Anga Diaz.
He is a highly sought after session musician who is involved in many groups including Dilanga, The London Lucumi choir, Snowboy and Alex Wilson.
VICKY JASSEY
Vicky is a joint tutor on the Bata y Rumba and Camp Iroko workshops and lead singer on OVM’s Edun Ara project.
She is a singer and percussionist with a deep passion for Afro- Cuban Folkloric music and the director of Bombo Productions which promotes Afro-Cuban folkloric music through Performance and Education.
She has performed as a lead singer for the Bristol Cathedral, Rumba Orisha & with a 500 strong choir for the Thames Festival. She currently works with Dilanga & Orchestra Bombo.
JOHN PAUL COURTNEY
Joint tutor on the Brasil de todos os ritmos course.
Known to everyone as J P, he has gained a reputation as a calling card for the modern sounds of the Carnaval Carioca (Carnival of Rio de Janeiro). Hailing from Ireland (go na ya good thing), he has a deep knowledge and technical ability on all the instruments of the bateria.
His ability to pass on his knowledge is immortalised in the vast numbers of students who have passed through the door’s of his workshops.
J P is one of the most popular educators of Brazilian percussion in the UK and has also been instrumental in the setting up of new and very successful groups. His technically precise and challenging methods continue to be enjoyed by musicians all over the UK and further abroad.
Having studied and performed with major names in the Brazilian carnival world J P is always well placed to give the most up to the minute information on what’s happening on the ground in the Brazilian Carnival world.
J P is also a member of one of the UK’s only Rumba groups (Dilanga). The group is made up of people who are spearheading London’s flourishing Latin scene. He can been seen there playing various percussion instruments and singing.
Not only a percussionist, J P is also an event organiser and is the Artistic Director of the Luton International Encounter; a festival of Brazilian Carnival music with international artists from all over the globe and based at the UK Centre for Carnival Arts.
J P has played and studied with – Monobloco, Bangalafumenga, Kizomba, GRES Academicos da Rocinha, Dudu Tucci, Raz Jayasuriya, members of Clave y Guaguanco, Los Rumbers de Cuba, Conjunto folklorico de Cuba, Afro Cuba de Matanzas, Los Muniquitos de Matanzas and many many more.
Email: thejohnpaul@gmail.com
HOLLY PREST
Guest tutor on the Afrobrazilian Percussion Studies course offering specialist tuition on Maracatu and other Northeast Brazilian rhythms.
Holly is a percussionist from Manchester with over 11 years experience in world percussion. Her passion is for Brazilian music, especially the powerful and rootsy rhythms of the Northeast (namely Maracatu Nação).
She founded percussion and dance group Juba do Leão in 2005, and the group has since supported MONOBLOCO on their 2007 tour. She also tutors ‘Meninos, Oldham’, a youth percussion and dance group, teaches drum kit to teenagers with behavioural problems, and performs with ‘Carcophony’; a street theatre and drumming performance group.
She has played and studied intensively in Brazil with various groups and percussionists, and has played in the Recife Carnival with ‘Maracatu Nação Almirante do Forte’ in 2005 and 2007. She regularly holds workshops throughout the UK sharing her vast knowledge of traditional and modern Brazilian musical styles.
LEON PATEL
Guest tutor on the Afrobrazilian Percussion Studies course offer specialist tuition on Samba Reggae from Bahia and Axé Novo from São Paulo.
Leon has been playing Brazilian and west African percussion for over 14 years, studying intensively in Brazil, The Gambia and Europe.
In 2001, after playing as a soloist in percussion ensembles and touring groups throughout Europe he established Meninos Oldham, which offers free tution in a range of art forms and is dedicated to bringing alternative arts and culture to young people in the northwest of England.
In 2008, Leon set up Global Grooves an organisation dedicated to the development of international music and dance and delivering new, unique and professional training courses for the UK’s percussion and dance community.
Leon is also artistic director of Bangdrum Workshops which offers a range of training in percussion, dance and song.
SUE MILLER
Guest tutor on the Salsa Percussion Studies workshop
Inspired by the flute playing of Richard Egües from the legendary Orquesta Aragon, Sue Miller set up “Charanga del Norte” (Charanga from the North) in November 1998 and went to study Charanga in Cuba with Richard Egües in 2000 and 2001 and has been back to Cuba on research in 2006 and 2007, playing with top Charanga bands Estrellas Cubanas, La Sublime, Orquesta Barbarito Diez and Charanga de Oro alongside Buena Vista flute player Polo Tamayo.
Charanga de Norte are a spirited, energetic UK-based Charanga band. The group is led by the flute and violins with the line-up completed with vocals, electric bass, piano, cello, timbales, congas and güiro.