Eileen Hunter
Curriculum vitae
Teacher, tutor, singer, pianist, flautist, recording jazz artist.
Professional teaching experience.
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An experienced teacher, tutor and performer who incorporates working practice into lessons and develops pupils skills to and beyond the requisite standard in an enthusiastic, versatile and appropriate manner that maximises student potential.
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Worked with a range of groups including: age 5 to 17 in schools up to and including Higher pupils, adult learners in a community environment, nursery music, college students. Believes in education for building confidence as well as learning new skills giving necessary tools for performing as a soloist or part of an ensemble in a range of styles and towards ABRSM exams.
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Enjoys learning from students as much as developing their skills.
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A mature, thorough but informal teaching style as well as having a constructive and effective working relationship with staff, pupils and parents.
EDUCATION
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B.Ed.Mus (2:1 hons) - Northern College of Education, Aberdeen (1988-1992)
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L.G.S.M. Performers Diploma (flute).
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Postgraduate Certificate in Jazz and Contemporary Music (voice and piano) - Leeds College of Music (1997 - 1999)
EMPLOYMENT
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St Machar Academy, Aberdeen, music teacher S1-S5 1992-1997
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Woodside Primary, Aberdeen, music teacher 1996 - 1997.
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Piano Teacher (taught privately within school) at William Morris Primary, Mitcham, Surrey (Jan 2018 to Dec 2019)
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Nursery Music Visiting Specialist, Minnie and Mamma Nursery, Mitcham, Surrey (September 2018 - July 2019)
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Brit School, Croydon, (Community Education vocal tutor)
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Arts Educational (Junior school) Chiswick, London, vocal and flute tutor.
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Stage Coach, Windsor- vocal tutor plus staging for performance.
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Theatre Train, Plumstead, london - Vocal tutor
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Jazz workshops, vocal tutor, LCM summer 2000.
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Leeds College of Music, vocal and piano tutor, Community Ed Dept. 1997 - 2000.
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Northern College of Education, flute tutor on B.Ed Mus. degree course.
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Private tutor, Piano, Voice, Flute - including preparing pupils for ABRSM exams.
Performing Experience
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Jazz Vocal/pianist - Jazz Clubs : 606 Jazz Club (London), Pizza Express, Dean St (London), Ronnie Scott’s (debut album launch), London Jazz Festival 2018/2019, Elgar Room (Albert Hall), Boisdale (London), Chichester Festival, Cannizaro Park Festival (Wimbledon), Merton Abbey Mills Jazz Festival, Aberdeen Jazz Festival, The Stables (Wavendon), National Theatre (jazz in the foyer and Attic theatre), Lemon Tree Aberdeen, The Jam House Edinburgh, the Epsom Playhouse, London’s Urban Soul Orchestra (guest vocalist).
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Residencies (piano/vocalist) : The Dorchester Hotel, The Savoy Hotel, RAC Club (Pall Mall and Epsom), The Criterion restaurant (Piccadilly).
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Theatre : Regents Park Open Air Theatre, London (New Shakespeare Company : Where’s Charley?, Pirates of Penzance), Pirates of Penzance (UK tour), The Noël Coward Centenary Celebration (Savoy theatre, soloist), Beyond Broadway Concert (touring theatre company), Night of 1000 Voices (Royal Albert Hall, featured performer, 2002), Millennium Musical Theatre Gala (Munich - Live Radio Concert, soloist with the Bayerischer Rundfunk Orchestra), Night of 1000 Voices UK tour (featured soloist), Phoenix Dance Company (Queen Elizabeth Hall, UK tour, vocalist), Something Wonderful (The Music of Rodgers and Hammerstein UK tour), A Chichester Christmas (Chichester Festival Theatre - guest artist). “Don and Friends” - (Guest artist for a concert with Don Black.)
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Recording : Debut jazz album released by Jazzfm label Clifford Street records 2010 (featured on Jazz fm and radio 2 plays on Jamie Cullum and Paul O Grady), Development deal with Jive Records. (featured track on the compilation album “Sugar Valone”), Vocalist and flautist on Steve Brookstein’s album and UK tour.
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Session flautist including Maxi Priest album 2019.
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Support artist for Courtney Pine.
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Haddo House Choral Society Orchestra.(flute/piccolo)
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18th Century Scottish Classical Concerts (Flute/Voice)
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Flute/piccolo for many Amateur Dramatic shows including Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, West Side Story and Jesus Christ Superstar plus leading roles in various productions.
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Pianist for The Lorne Scottish Dance Band. (1988 to 1997) Live BBC Radio Scotland recordings for“Take the Floor”/albums and performances abroad including in Brazil, Zambia, Holland and France.
Skills
Arranging and composing, improvising, transcribing, accompanying, specific vocal techniques, various styles (jazz, classical, musical theatre), acting.
Crits/quotes.
“The chanteuse possesses a simply amazing voice...filled with an underlying mellow quality, utterly capable of communicating every single feeling of the song - not to mention her natural comfort on stage and full of character presence....a unique demonstration of talent in it’s most sincere form”. (Cabaret Scenes 2018)
“Eileen not only provides an inspiring vocal performance but she is an amazing musician.” (Jazzfm)
“Eileen hunter - one of the country’s hottest jazz talents...Her festivities concert earlier this summer was magnificent.” (Chichester Observer)
“Not only a wonderful vocalist.. but also a highly accomplished musician.” (Steve Rubie, 606 Club)