Margaret Lobo
Margaret Lobo qualified at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1990, has a Department of Health approved Diploma in Music Therapy SRAsT(M) and is a member of the Association of Professional Music Therapists (APMT). Award-winning Margaret has had numerous articles published both nationally and locally and is a regular broadcaster. Although she continues to devote her specific skills to helping people with Music Therapy, a vital part of Margaret's work is teaching young professional singers - these are at the heart of Opera Unlimited which is the fund-raising arm of the Otakar Kraus Music Trust.
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Carmen Coles
Carmen Coles (SRAsT) is a full member of the APMT and also is registered with the HPC (Health Professions Council). She originally qualified in Brazil (having taken a 4-year full-time degree in music therapy) and then gained accreditation in the UK, having completed a module at APU (Anglia Polythechnic University). She has worked with children and adults with a wide range of conditions (ranging from learning disabilities, special needs, emotional and behavioural difficulties, dementia etc) both in Brazil and the UK.

Edison R Carolino
Edison R Carolino qualified at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama completing a Department of Health approved Diploma in Music Therapy (SRAsT(M)) and also is registered with the HPC (Health Professions Council). Edison works for the Otakar Kraus Music Trust with children and adults with a wide range of conditions and at four outreach centres in Twickenham, Kew, Willesden and Fulham.

Liz Butt
Liz Butt qualified at Roehampton Institute with a diploma in Music Therapy (SRAMsT(M)) and also is registered with the HPC (Health Professions Council). She is now running the outreach centre in Rye East Sussex for the Otakar Kraus Music Trust. She is State Registered and a member of the APMT and works with a wide variety of clients from children with ASD to the elderly and adults with neurological conditions. She also runs a private practice from her home in Rye.

Vicky Hartkemeyer
Vicky qualified at Roehampton in 2005 and then worked for two years as a music therapist at Sunfield School; during this time she also developed a private clinical practice for adults with learning difficulties. In 2007 she worked for the Statewide Autism Service in Melbourne, Australia. Vicky returned to the UK in 2008 where she now also works as a music therapist at Linden Lodge School in Wimbledon. Her lecturing experience includes providing week-long courses in Romania (2006, 2007 & 2008) and she is currently writing (for Sunfield Press) a chapter about the use of music therapy with children with communication difficulties. Vicky is a member of the APMT and is HPC registered.

Julia Serebriakov
Following a Music & English literature degree at the University of Leeds, Julia gained her first experience of music therapy at a Romanian institute where she volunteered as an assistant with the charity Music as Therapy. She qualified as a music therapist in 2008 with an MA from Roehampton University and recently began working for the Otakar Kraus Music Trust with adults suffering from PMLD; Julia also works with children with autistic spectrum disorders at Kisimul School in Surrey. In addition to her music therapy work, she performs professionally as a jazz singer under her maiden name of Jules Haycock.

Christina Rhys
Christina was a Foundation Scholar at the RCM. As a harpist she has performed as soloist and chamber musician at the Wigmore Hall and South Bank, and has worked with many of the country's leading symphony and chamber orchestras including the LSO, RPO, CBSO and Northern Sinfonia. She has also recorded under the Naxos label and broadcast on Radio 3. Christina studied music therapy at Roehampton University, is registered with the APMT and HPC; she also works at Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust, at the Penny Brohn Cancer Care in Bristol and with pre-school children at Montessori schools in North London.