Peri Teacher Profiles
Mr S Cooney
Mr Cooney is a multi-Instrumentalist, producer and engineer, with over a decade of experience playing at some of the UK's top venues. He teaches Guitar and Music Production across London, and works alongside up-and-coming artists in the studio as a commercial producer.
Ms C Cooper
Ms Cooper has a BA in music from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, and an MA in performance from the Royal College of Music. She has performed all over London, France and Spain, and has several concerts planned both as a soloist and a chamber musician.
In her spare time, Ms Cooper enjoys learning languages and taking dance lessons.
Ms S Marine
Ms Marine holds a Master of Arts from the Royal Academy of Music, having previously graduated from Trinity Laban. Her awards include Third Prize in the Leopold Bellan International Competition (2023), the TCM Silver Medal for Wind Brass and Percussion (2020), the first prize in the Harold Clarke Competition (2018), the Berryl Maggs prize (2018), the runner-up prize of the TCM Soloist Competition (2019) and a Jonathan Myall Flute Prize (2019).
Ms Marine also works for Ealing Music Service and occasionally for the Junior department of the Royal Academy of Music. A keen orchestral player, she divides her time between teaching and performing, and has played with the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra, the Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra, the Horizon Orchestra to name a few.
Ms Marine is very grateful to the Countess of Munster Musical Trust who helped her acquire her beautiful gold Muramatsu flute.
When she doesn’t have a flute in her hands, Ms. Marine loves exploring West London’s beautiful parks as well as traveling the world.
Mr D Standing
Mr Standing has a BMus(Hons) from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, and an MA in performance from the Royal Academy of Music. He has performed at venues all over the world as a soloist and ensemble singer.
In his spare time, Mr Standing enjoys travelling, and training and competing at rowing races and regattas.
Ms C Lai
Ms Lai is an accomplished oboist and cor anglais player with a robust educational background and impressive professional experience. She graduated with distinction for Master of Performance in Orchestral Artistry at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she also completed her Bachelor of Music in Classical Oboe with distinction as well.
She has been awarded several scholarships and awards including the Musicians’ Company Orchestral Artistry Scholarship and multiple Guildhall School Trust awards. She then joined the Musicians’ company as a young artist.
Professionally, Ms Lai has been a trialist with the BBCSO and BBC philharmonic orchestra as Principal Cor Anglais; freelancing in Philharmonia Orchestra, BBCNOW and Sinfonia Smith Square.
She has also been a part of significant music festivals and competitions, notably winning the Guildhall Oboe Prize in June 2024 and the Guildhall Cor Anglais Prize in November 2023.
In addition to her performance skills, Ms Lai is a certified piano recitalist in ATCL. Having accompanied in international competitions and regularly across London. She is also in service at the Music in Office. In her spare time, she enjoys read making with Netflix and crocheting.