Our Team
Arlene McNaught
Arlene is a musical director, composer and pianist. She started playing piano when she was 7 years old and from that moment on, music has consumed all of her free time. Since then she also learned accordion and violin and is a former British Accordion Champion. After graduating from the University of Glasgow with an MA (Hons) in Music and Theatre Studies, she moved to London to study at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. She gained a PGDip in Musical Direction and has since spent her days working as an MD in musical theatre, most recently in Six, Little Miss Sunshine (UK Tours), and Marry Me a Little (Barn Theatre).
As a founding member of GMS, Arlene offers piano and accordion lessons, music theory tuition, singing lessons, rep sessions/audition prep for actors, and records custom backing tracks. She is an experienced choir leader, and leads our ensemble singing classes. Arlene has been teaching piano for 10 years and her students have an 100% ABRSM exam pass rate.
Reuben Greeph
Reuben is an actor-musician and musical director. He started playing piano at a young age and hasn’t stopped picking up new instruments since. He currently plays piano, accordion, guitar, mandolin, tenor sax, bass, double bass, harmonica, and drums. Reuben is a one man band for whatever you need!
Reuben graduated from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in 2017 and has since spread his talents across theatre, film & tv, podcasting, pit bands and musical directing, performing in the UK and internationally. He played Tommy Steele in the feature film Crooked House and was recently MD of the international tour of the 12 Tenors.
As a founding member of GMS, Reuben offers lessons in piano, accordion, guitar and singing, rep sessions/audition prep for actors, records custom backing tracks and professional quality voice reels, and leads our harmony singing workshops. Reuben has been teaching piano and guitar for 10 years and his students have an 100% pass rate in ABRSM, Trinity and Rock School exams.
Our Tutors
Emily Laurence.
Violin & Singing
Emily has been classically trained since a very young age and gained her Grade 8 (Distinction). She trained as an Actor Musician at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts gaining a BA (Hons) Performance. She has been teaching and tutoring Music for the last 10 years in London working with all ages and levels; beginner to Grade 8.
Alex Lyne.
Singing & Drama
Alex graduated from his Masters in Musical Theatre from Mountview Academy of Dramatic Arts in 2017. Since then he has been performing all across the United Kingdom, as well as teaching singing and drama.
Tim Mylechreest.
Trumpet, Cornet & Flugelhorn
Tim is an actor musician who trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. He is an experienced brass player and music teacher currently teaching privately and in schools.
Marcello Costantinou.
Guitar
Graduate of BIMM, Marcello has spent years fine tuning his amazing talent. He has been featured in magazines such as Hello and national newspapers, gaining a lot of recognition in the industry. Marcello has performed and worked alongside many respected artists such as Glenn Matlock (The Sex Pistols), Neville Staple (The Specials) and Diane Charlamagne (Moby).
Don’t see your instrument listed? We’re always updating our list of tutors, so it could be their face just hasn’t made it up here yet! Feel free to reach out if you’d like lessons on any instrument you’re interested in!