Kenza Stamselberg

Violin and Piano Teacher

Kenza Stamselberg began her studies at the age of six and was later awarded a place at the Junior Guildhall, under Professor Boris Kucharsky. In 2018 she was accepted into the Yehudi Menuhin School, continuing her studies with Boris Kucharsky and later Ning Kam. Kenza will begin her bachelor’s degree at the Royal College of Music in September 2024, studying under Professor Radu Blidar.

As a soloist, Kenza has performed numerous recitals around the UK, most recently touring Scotland in May 2024. She has appeared as soloist with the Yehudi Menuhin School orchestra in the Menuhin Hall Winter Festival 2023 and has performed at the Proms at St Judes. Kenza has also performed solo recitals to raise money for the Youth Music Charity, aiming to provide musical opportunities for young individuals in Britain. Similarly, she performs annually at the Firefly International Gala to fundraise for children affected by war. 

A keen chamber musician, Kenza has collaborated with renowned artists such as Natalia Lomeiko, Dinara Klinton, Sally Beamish and the Maxwell Quartet. She has performed at Kings Place, the Menuhin Hall, the Banstead Arts Festival, Milton Court, Blair Castle, the Petworth Festival and other venues across the UK. As an orchestral musician, Kenza led the National Children’s Orchestra from 2016-2019 and has performed at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Bridgewater Hall and Birmingham Symphony Hall. She has been an active member of the Odyssey Festival Orchestra since their inauguration concert in 2022. She has also toured with the Menuhin School Orchestra across England as well as at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival in Switzerland. 

Kenza has attended masterclasses with many acclaimed musicians, both as a soloist and in chamber music. As a soloist she has worked with Nicola Benedetti, Tobias Feldmann and Paul Coker. She also took part at the Internationale Sommerakademie Mozarteum Salzburg in 2022 with Barbara Doll, as well as the Festival Academy Budapest in 2023, receiving lessons from Hagai Shaham and Jonian Illias Kadesha. Kenza has also worked with Alexander Sitkovetksy, Maxim Rysanov, Tasmin Little, Robert Levin and the Modigliani Quartet. 

Kenza is very grateful to be supported by the Albert Cooper Trust and Talent Unlimited. 

Matthew Nunn

Guitar Teacher

Matt is an experienced musician with a wide range of musical knowledge and professional experience. Having started out on the acoustic guitar and transitioned to the electric guitar in college, he frequently performs and teaches on both instruments. He studied music at Goldsmiths, University of London and is currently working full-time as a musician and music teacher.

He has taught students of all ages for 4 years, including introducing the instrument to many absolute beginners, along with a roster of adult learners. A core element of his lessons has always been a methodical approach, unique to the music that is enjoyable for the student, resulting in ability to play and understand the music.

Matt has performed across the globe in several different acts as a guitarist and continues to write and arrange pop and jazz commercially. Composition, which he studied extensively, is something which he encourages in students, along with introducing new music and styles.

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.

Nino Russell

Piano and Singing Teacher

Nino is currently undertaking doctoral studies in composition at the Royal College of Music under the supervision of Alison Kay and Christina Guillaumier. Recipient of the Frank Bridge Studentship and the Kit and John Gander Award, his research arises out of modular, generative and reactive systems within a series of new works, Constellations.

Nino also holds a Master of Composition (MComp) with Distinction from the RCM,
and a Bachelor of Music in Composition (BMus) with First Class Honours from the
London College of Music, supported by the Nina Williams Scholarship. His diverse portfolio includes concert and media music, which has been broadcast on Amazon Prime Video and ITV. Performances of his work have been given by CBSO NEXT artists Laura Farré Rozada and Iris van den Bos, sopranos Charlotte Hoather and Kathleen Anne Greene, the RCM Film Orchestra, and the Arcus Quartet, at the CBSO Centre, Leeds Lieder Festival, Royal College of Music and the Ealing Music Festival.

Nino has taught piano, music theory and composition both privately and in schools across London for over six years.