Masterclasses Replay

Imelda Staunton - Actor

Olivier & BAFTA award winner, and one of the biggest actors in the world, soon to play The Queen in 'The Crown'.

Colman Domingo - Actor, Writer, Director, Producer

American actor, writer, director and producer in film, TV & theatre. He is perhaps best known for his role in 'Fear the Walking Dead'.

Midge Ure OBE - Musician, Songwriter

Live Aid organiser, Band Aid producer, international chart musician and award winning songwriter.

Vanessa Bakewell - Head of Global Music at Facebook and Instagram

One of the most influential music business figures of the current time, recent inductee into the Music Week Roll of Honour for Women In Music 2020, and board member of The Liverpool Philharmonic.

Veronica Neo - COO Primephonic (Classical Streaming Service)

Primephonic is the world’s leading classical music streaming service. Veronica talks about her career path and gives an overview on her vision for classical music recordings in the future.

Shauni Caballero - Music Publishing and Royalties Consultant

Shauni is a consultant, the founder and CEO of TheGo2Agency.com and Music Week “Rising Star” 2020. She talks PPL and PRS income streams, plus some common ways musicians miss out on royalties.

Crispin Hunt - Chair of the Ivors

Crispin talks about the state of the industry for songwriters in a streaming world and the #brokenrecord campaign pushing for fair royalty rates.

Aaron Parks - Jazz Piano

Forward-thinking American Jazz pianist and musician who has played on a Grammy-winning album.

Mark Gulliana - Jazz Drums

Grammy-nominated American Jazz drummer, composer and leader of the band Beat Music.

Nicholas Dodd - Film Music

Orchestrator, conductor and composer with credits on a huge range of Hollywood films from Independence Day to Avatar to several Bond movies.

Harry Escott - Film Music

Composer for film & TV including BBC, Fox, Channel 4 and ITV. Film credits include Shame and Hard Candy.

Hollie Buhagiar - Film Composer, Session Vocalist

Alumni and composer for film & TV, alongside working as a session vocalist.

Romesh Dodangoda - Rock Production

Record producer and mixer from Wales. Specialising in Rock / Pop and Metal, including Grammy-nominated album 'Amo' from Bring Me The Horizon.

Anna Meredith MBE - Musician

Composer, producer and performer both of acoustic and electronic music.

Will Pound - Harmonica, Accordion

One of the leading harmonica and accordion players in the country. His youthful take on innovation, expression and the blending of Blues, Old Time and European Traditions is legend.

Evan Davies - Mandolin

Specialist Blues and Old Time mandolin player. In this workshop he teaches tunes and techniques to accurately and enjoyably play music from this tradition.

Joel Cross - Songwriter

R&B, Soul, Pop Songwriter from Dallas, Texas. A truly inspirational Q&A session as part of our Black Music Matters series.

Bhupinder Chaggar - Indian Music

Production Curriculum Manager Bhupinder shares his insights into Indian music, as a Tabla player, whose festival performance was broadcast on Sky Arts.

Alexandre Jacob - Composer for Video Games

Opera North CV Workshop

Carl McIntosh - Soul Vocalist & Composer