Elizabeth Hoare

Singing, Piano and Clubs Teacher

Elizabeth is a dedicated music and performing arts educator with a BA (Hons) in Actor Musicianship from Rose Bruford College. She is passionate about empowering young people through creative expression and has worked extensively across a range of educational settings.

Elizabeth has taught with Totally RAD Music School, Jigsaw Performing Arts, PQA, and Southbury Primary School, where she designed and delivered engaging, curriculum- based music lessons. Her teaching practice focuses on building confidence, creativity, and collaboration in a safe and inclusive environment. She is experienced in working with children of all ages and abilities, supporting them in developing vocal technique, musicality, and stage presence.

A versatile musician and actor, Elizabeth is proficient in voice, drums, saxophone, and keyboard. She has trained at leading institutions, including Rose Bruford College and Arts Educational School and holds an ATCL Diploma in Speech & Drama, ABRSM Grade 5 Music Theory, and RSCM Bronze and Silver Awards. Her training includes roles such as Musical Director for Mermaid at Rose Bruford College, where she led ensemble singing and musical storytelling.

Elizabeth is currently making her professional London debut as Female Swing (Stick Lady Love & Actor-Musician) in Stick Man Live at the Bloomsbury Theatre — a production that combines her love for performance with her passion for inspiring children through live theatre.

At the heart of her teaching is a commitment to creativity, inclusion, and joyful learning. She continues to champion the arts as a powerful tool for growth, expression, and connection in young people’s lives. Elizabeth is excited to continue sharing her love of music and performance with the next generation of artists.

Robert Pennel

Drum TEACHER

Rob is an experienced teacher, having taught drums for 15 years. He studied music at Trinity College of Music, London and then at Middlesex University; where he studied Jazz with Nikki Ilses, Stuart Hall and Martin France. As a freelance musician Rob has performed at festivals across Europe; such as the London Hyde Park Calling, the Electric Picnic Festival in Dublin, and the Seixial Jazz Festival in Portugal, most notably with Australian folk duo "Angus and Julia Stone''. He has experience recording drums in some London's top studios such as Rak and Angel studios and gigs regularly with a number of Professional bands across the UK. The Union Chapel, Ronnie Scotts, Pizza Express Dean Street, the Vortex and Cafe Oto are to name but a few of the London venues he has performed in.

Rob is passionate about teaching the Drums and as well as teaching for Pelican and has a successful private teaching practice across west London where he teaches at schools, students homes and online from his home studio. Rob's approach to learning the drums focuses heavily on getting students to read rhythms from musical notation straight away from their first lesson. He treats reading rhythms the same as learning your phonics as you would learning any other language. Children quickly remember what the basic rhythms sound like by singing them and carefully over time become fluent in singing the rhythms straight off the page. The great thing about this approach is you don't even need a pair of sticks to get started let alone a drum kit. He is experienced in teaching children who don't have access to drums at home and has gotten some of his students up to grade 1 standard who do not own a set. Rob also plays guitar, bass, and piano and will often accompany students in their lessons to give them a musical context and develop their musicianship skills further.