Meet the Team

Meet the Leadership Team

Peter Chivers

Director

Create Music, Future Creators

Emma Collins

Deputy Director

Strategic Lead: Quality and Inclusion

Create Music, Future Creators

Lesley Oliveros

Strategic Lead: Business

Simon Smith

Strategic Lead: Instrumental & Vocal Learning

Chris Simmonds

Development Manager: Innovation & Engagement

Music Centre Lead - Hastings & Rother and Virtual Music Centre
Curriculum Lead - Guitar

Marcus Plant

Development and Partnerships Manager: Eastbourne and Wealden

Music Centre Lead - Eastbourne and Wealden
Curriculum Lead - Brass

Issy Adams

Singing Strategy Manager

Melanie Scott

Curriculum Development Lead: Singing and Classroom Instrumental Lessons (CIL)

Alice Small

Operational Performance and Systems Manager

Julie Chamberlain

Events & Projects Manager

Grant Allardyce

Curriculum Lead - Drum Kit, Percussion and Keyboard

Lisa de Simone

Curriculum Lead - Strings (Brighton & Hove)

Peter Davison

Principal Conductor

Brighton & East Sussex Youth Orchestra

Matt Neesam

Contemporary Music Lead: Hastings & Rother

Matt is a drum kit, guitar, and keyboard teacher with Create Music and is also training as a music therapist. He has previously been featured in Total Guitar magazine and performed at many venues from O2 Brixton Academy to Glastonbury Festival. He still regularly gigs around the country and wrote two songs featured on BBC Radio One last year.

Meet The Customer Service / Resources Team

Maya Celano-Neal

Administration Manager - Instrumental and Whole Class Provision

Imogen Jones

Administration Manager - Training