Yamaha plays an Ace with educational guitar tour up and down the Uk

Skunk Anansie guitarist, Ace, is teaming up with Yamaha to take part in a nationwide educational tour, visiting music schools up and down the country.  From November 9th-13th, Yamaha, is visiting 11 locations in the UK, comprising Yamaha Music schools that teach the firm’s Guitar Encounters course, along with other education partners, including music hubs, schools, colleges and universities.

Guitar students from Key Stage 2 to undergraduate level, as well as adult learners, are set to benefit from a lesson and insight into the music industry from Ace, who will be playing Yamaha’s SG electric and APX electro-acoustic guitars.  Currently head of Creative Industry for The Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford, Ace is also a music educator who co-wrote and taught the BA Hons Live Performance and A&R modules at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music. He holds a Master of Arts qualification in Media and Project Management based in music education from London Middlesex University and operates his own London schools incorporating the ‘Ace Method’ of guitar tuition.

Yamaha has been working with Ace since organising the Under 19 section of Parliament’s ‘Rock the House’ competition to showcase the UK’s best new musical talent, of which Ace is a patron.  Ace commented: “It’s always amazing to be working with Yamaha sharing the passion for, and inspiring young musicians through their schools and programes.  Also working together with such prestigious events as Rock the House in Parliament and within Higher Education at the acclaimed Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) is an honor and a pleasure.”

Yamaha Music Schools Education manager, Nigel Burrows, added: “We are delighted to be working with Ace again this year and visiting a number of Yamaha Music Schools and Education partners. We share a common goal in trying to inspire young musicians and give them practical advice gained from our collective experience as well as providing them with a number of platforms to develop their talent. Ace’s presentation is very inspiring and motivational tempered with a reality check that can only come from being a working Rock Musician.”

Find the dates times and venues of the Ace tour Here