
Our Team
Meet the talented individuals who make up our teaching faculty for our jazz summer course.

Course Leader & Voice Teacher
Emilia Mårtensson
Emilia Martensson, ”A voice of quite remarkable expressive depth” -(JAZZWISE) is an award-winning London/Berlin-based vocalist originally from Sweden.
She has built a well-deserved reputation as one of the most exciting vocalists on the UK Jazz scene and she was awarded ‘Vocalist of the Year-2016′ at The Parliamentary Jazz Awards. She features as a vocalist in several projects and has been collaborating, both as a singer and as a composer with a range of groups, most recently with The Third Orchestra. Her most acclaimed collaboration led to a MOBO Award with the British group ‘Kairos 4tet’.
The Guardian wrote: …”...Martensson invest every sound with a skimming, rapturous lightness and clarity”…JF
New music will be released in 2024. A duo project together with pianist Matt Robinson and produced by Chris Hyson, (Snowpoet). Their new collaboration looks to expand upon the traditional piano-vocal duo with a fresh approach to sound, color, and open improvisation.
Emilia is passionate about working with and creating opportunities for other singers. She developed ‘Beyond Vocals back in 2013, which has in later years developed into an international online program and community for singers wanting to excel in their music careers. ‘Beyond Vocals’ also hosts jazz summer retreats in Izola, (Slovenia) every August and provides workshops and masterclasses for jazz festivals including London Jazz Festival and Ljubljana Jazz Festival.

Piano Accompanist & Music Theory
Matt Robinson
Matt Robinson is a London based pianist, composer and producer, primarily in jazz and contemporary music. Best known for his melodic improvisations, harmonically nuanced playing, swirling synth soundscapes and use of live electronics.
He studied at the Royal Academy of Music and was awarded the Edwin Samuel Dove prize and a Yamaha Jazz Scholarship upon graduation.
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Matt has performed, written and recorded with many leading musicians on the UK scene including Snowpoet, Flying Machines, The Magic Lantern, Emilia Martensson, Josienne Clarke and Nick Costley-White Quartet. His playing has been featured on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 6 music, Jazz FM and at venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, Ronnie Scotts and Love Supreme Festival.
Matt is part of a new duo collaboration Solitary Creatures with Swedish vocalist and composer Emilia Mårtensson. They have released three singles on Edition Records with more music coming soon.
Matt is also one half of new Indie-Folk project Wanderland with singer and visual artist Natalie Wildgoose. They released their debut EP Songs I in July 2021 and have already featured in CLASH magazine as well as on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio York and BBC 6 Music. They are now working on a second EP due for release later in 2022.

Voice Teacher & Choir Director
Beth Aggett
Beth is a vocal coach & choir director based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She is an experienced session vocalist, backing vocalist and songwriter within the pop and electronic music genres, and has performed as lead vocalist in numerous ensembles including big bands and orchestras. Currently Beth sings with a close harmony trio and is working on a solo project of original music that combines influences from folk, pop, and jazz. One of Beth's earliest choir experiences was singing in the Camden Jazz Voices run by Emilia over 15 years ago!

Holistic Voice
Marina Mårtensson
Marina Martensson is a well-established singer, songwriter, and performing artist based in Slovenia. Her passion for music and curiosity in exploring her vocals has taken her from the jazz scene in Sweden to a record deal in Japan, resulting in two album releases and collaborations with well-regarded musicians in Sweden. Throughout her two-decade-long career, she has collaborated with big bands and orchestras, blending her voice across genres such as electronic music, folk, country, soul, hip-hop, and, for the past six years, as a featured singer with the Slovenian pioneers of industrial rock, Laibach.
Marina's inquisitive approach to exploring the depths of her own voice, as well as others' voices, has in recent years led her to pursue education in holistic voice therapy, alongside her work as an IB PYP Music teacher at Ljubljana International School and as a vocal coach at Ljubljana Creative Art Academy. This journey is marked by her ability to seamlessly navigate and integrate frequencies and energy flows through the vibrations of the voice. She believes in the profound impact of the voice on emotional and physical well-being and dedicates herself to helping individuals unlock their true vocal potential. Her work not only elevates her performances but also empowers her students and clients to explore their own vocal journeys.

Creative Writing & Music Theory
Frederik Vedersø
Frederik Vedersø has been a successful singer, songwriter and artist throughout most of the 10’s in bands like The White Album and The Eclectic Moniker with whom he has released numerous albums on both Warner, Sony and Universal and toured all over Europe.
With a background as a jazz guitarist from Carl Nielsen Academy of Music in Odense (DK), he has many years of teaching experience behind him from intermediate to the highest level, where he’s taught both songwriting, music production and music students at various conservatories, music schools and folk high schools in Denmark.
Frederik currently lives in Berlin where he teaches music at the Scandinavian School in Berlin, while running the online songwriting school Beyond Songwriting and releasing new music under the moniker Aunt and Feather.

Dummer
Gasper Bertoncelj
Gasper Bertoncelj is an internationally acclaimed drummer. His musical education started in Slovenia, by playing trumpet. In his early teens he switched to drums. Already at age thirteen Gasper was playing drums with local jazz ensembles. His reputation was slowly building up and his playing soon became in high demand on the Slovene music scene.
The passion for music lead him to Linz, Austria where he studied music at Bruckner University. Doug Hammond, his mentor, revealed to Gasper deeper layers of jazz and music in general. Upon graduation with honors he convinced Gasper to move to New York. Two years later Gasper received a Master of Arts degree from The City College of New York where his main mentors were Victor Lewis , Billy Drummond, Andy Watson and John Patitucci. Gasper started performing in New York the first year he came there and by the time he graduated he was able to proudly support himself by playing drums professionally around the city.
Eight years later he moved to Tel Aviv, where jazz has strong American alliance. There he continues to expand his musical circles. Gasper's strength is definitely his versatility and creativity in music. While Jazz gives him the musical freedom of expression which demands the highest level of musicality and control of the instrument, other genres like Blues, Country & Western, Rock'n'Roll, Latin and Gypsy Swing, Funk, R'n'B, among others, give him a chance to connect with people on different levels.
Drummer Gasper Bertoncelj is from Slovenia, but his musical allegiances skew more toward hardbop than Eastern Europe – New York magazine All About Jazz wrote about him. Gasper has been playing in many projects in USA and Europe. while leading his groups that feature his compositions and arrangements.

Miha Koren is a well established slovenian bassist who completed his masters studies at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts Graz, majoring in jazz double bass in 2015. Since then Miha has been involved in many acclaimed projects in his home country and abroad.
He has performed at many international festivals (Port Townsend Jazz Festival, Graz Jazz Nacht, Ljubljana Jazz Festival, Misic Festival Exit etc.) and has collaborated with many recognizable musicians such as :Johnathan
Kreisberg, Femi Temowo, Jure Pukl, Jan Sturiale, Emilia Martensson, Marko Churnchetz and many others.
Miha recorded and composed music for film and theater and participated in many studio recordings.
Miha also received an international jazz award for the best live
performance of the year ‘Downbeat Student Award 2014’.