Musical Theatre Showstoppers (8-12 years)

Brayden is a dedicated music tutor, musician and performer, passionate about making music fun and accessible. Having written for stage, film and radio, Brayden’s credits include composing the music and lyrics for two full length musicals, the hilarious Schlunted in 2017 (written, produced and rehearsed in 100 Days) and She’ll Be Right: A Zombie Romp in 2019. With a Bachelor of Music, majoring in Popular Music, Brayden has written for Pop artists Well*’s and Navvy, and is particularly proud of Navvy’s If I Can’t Have You, which has around 1,430,000 plays on Spotify. Brayden is a strong believer that fun, creativity and catered individualised learning are vital ingredients in Arts education.

Ashleigh is a dancer, teacher, choreographer and performer. She studied dance at Ettingshausens in Sydney and has taught dance at Interfusion, Ruske Performing Arts (Former RMDA) and Rose McRae Dance Academy. Ashleigh has also studied acting and singing in Australia and has appeared in various musical theatre shows (including 'Mama Mia) and on television ('Shortland Street' and 'Jono & Ben').