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Visiting Faculty

Hugh Burns
Hugh is an accomplished musician, arranger and composer who has featured on sound tracks such as Moulin Rouge and Die Another Day, to pop recordings for George Michael, Paul McCartney, and Michael Jackson, to classical and jazz recordings.
Amit Chatterjee - Guitar
Amit is a guitarist of international repute. He continues to perform and record with Joe Zawinul, both as part of his touring band and his orchestral work with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. He has also worked with Dave Liebman, Eric Johnson and currently performs with artists as diverse as Lincoln Goines, Mike Clarke, Pete Locket and Badal Roy.
Laurence Cottle - Bass
Laurence Cottle has played bass with many of the world’s great musicians such as Sting, Cher, Seal, Brian Eno and Jaco Pastorius and he has recorded for films from Lethal Weapon and Mr. Holland’s Opus to Britney Spears’ movie Crossroads
Dom Famularo - Drums
Tutored by legendary greats Joe Morello, Jim Chapin, Al Miller, and Ronnie Benedict, Dom combines the masterful techniques of the past with the parameter-pushing concepts of the 90's for a highly creative and uniquely personal style of drumming.
Janek Gwizdala - Bass
Janek Gwizdala has been playing bass on the international music scene with some of the most respected musicians in the business for many years. He is currently the Musical Director & bass player for ATO/RCA recording artist JEM and is bass player for Jazz Guitarist Mike Stern.
Thomas Lang - Drums
Lang was formally educated at the Vienna Conservatory of Music where he was the youngest student. After leaving he began working professionally with artists including Falco, John Wetton & Bonnie Tyler. His solo release, “Mediator” topped the charts in Europe, garnering rave reviews for its innovative Jazz/Dance/Prog Rock sound.
Dave Marks
Dave Marks has worked with a range of artists from many different genres, including Carl Palmer (ELP), Paul Carrack (Squeeze, Mike & The Mechanics) Leo Green (Jools Holland Big Band), Sarah deCourcy (Melanie C.), The Goondocks, Rosalie Deighton and death metal-fusion pioneers Linear Sphere.
Pat Petrillo - Drums
Pat is recognized as one of today’s most accomplished and versatile drummers, having performed and recorded with a wide variety of artists from many genres of music including Gloria Gaynor, Patti LaBelle, Dee -Lite, Patti Smythe, and Glen Burtnik, as well jazz guitarist Ed Hamilton, and most recently the world music group Oko Jumu.
Justin Sandercoe
Justin's experience as a guitar teacher stretches over 20 years in genres as diverse as rock, jazz & classical with guitar students such as the million-selling Katie Melua! He's performed at over 1000 gigs with The Counterfeit Stones, appeared on numerous live TV & radio shows, and writes with Katie Melua.
Richard Smith - Guitar
Richard Smith, professor of studio/jazz guitar at the University of Southern California (the Thornton School), is an award-winning recording artist, performer and clinician. He has earned accolades such as Record of the Year (Tune Up Magazine), a nomination for Best Jazz Album of the Year (Ad Lib Magazine), best new artist (Radio and Records Magazine) and three top five jazz albums.
Steve Smyth - Guitar
Steve has played guitar on some of the biggest festival stages with the biggest names from the world of Metal. After performing with Vicious Rumours, and spending five years touring the globe with Testament, Steve formed black metal outfit, Dragonlord. Later, Steve joined the band Nevermore.