Maria manages the studio bookings, liaises with clients and co-ordinates Sound Gallery’s social media posts, campaigns & newsletters. 

She also co-ordinates Sound Gallery’s Music Technology courses and the SiMPTI work experience & Access to SiMPTI programmeS.

She has a successful record in writing funding bids and applications to the PRSFoundation, Arts Council England and the Big Lottery to support of Sound Gallery’s youth enrichment programmes, including securing grants from UK Youth, the Emergency Response Fund (ACE), The Culture Recovery Fund (Arts Council England, DCMS) and more.

Press release officer and artist promotion at hungersleep records for GRICE and Siobhan McCrudden (PROG magazine, The Musician, The Progressive Aspect, BBC Radio 6 Music, R’n’R Magazine and more).

As a native Greek speaker, she is also a spoken word artist on ‘Alexandrine’ and ‘One Thousand Birds’ albums by GRICE and a small number of film promos and advertising campaigns for independent film-makers and film production companies (Tribal Sports Nutrition).

She is Grade 6 in piano and has studied Harmony and Theory of Music at the Attiko Conservatory of Music in Athens.

Her poem ‘The Shadow of Doubt’ features at the end of ‘Hardest to Reach’ song by GRICE on his ‘one thousand birds album.

She has performed at the ‘Hour of Honour’ award ceremony honouring Nigel Mansell (F1 racing driver) at Woodbury Park.

Maria has a degree in Psychology, Education and Pedagogy ( University of Athens) and a Masters degree in Applied Linguistics (University of Exeter).

Publications: ʻThe State of the Arts in 5 Secondary Schoolsʼ research project, (Malcom Ross & Maria Kamba), University of Exeter, School of Education.

She has also founded and taught several Greek Language courses for adults at Exeter College and has taught A-Level psychology at Exeter College and City of Bristol College, whilst acting as an assistant examiner for AQA exam board and enrichment officer for the City of Bristol Rising Artists out enrichment programme (C.O.B.R.A) at Bristol College.

Her academic background, attention to detail and love for books, make her an experienced proof-reader and contributes to Sound Gallery’s quality control procedure in audiobook production.

Duncan has extensive experience of working with bands, producers, session musicians and solo artists ranging from established acts including shoe-gaze legends Slowdive, award-winning signer-songwriter Joss Stone, progressive rock guitarist Steve Howe (Yes/Asia), saxophonist Raphael Ravenscroft, jazz singer-songwriter Gwyneth Herbert as well as emerging bands, singer-songwriters, rappers and solo artists.

He also records and produces audiobooks, podcasts and documentaries and works closely with TV and Film production companies, broadcasters, record labels, music publishers, radio stations and theatre companies.

Duncan has several years of experience in mixing and mastering music of all genres and styles, including multi-track mixing, digital and analogue stem mixing using an extensive array of the latest software and effects plugins.

He also has expertise in recording and mixing acoustic “folk” instruments, eg African (Dakar Audio Club), South American (La Juega), and Drums (including Gamelan and Taiko Drumming), vocal and A cappella singing, early, medieval and ethnic stringed instruments (Lutes, Cittern, Cimbalom, Saz, Kora, Tzouras) and string quartets.

Duncan also has many years experience of working with directors, actors, screenwriters, composers, arrangers and musicians to produce music and sound for performance using cutting edge hardware and software technology. His career includes working at the National Theatre as composer, musician, programmer and sound designer.

Duncan is also a competent user of Ableton Live and Stutter Edit in programming and live performances with Grice and plays the Eigenharp and keyboards.

Duncan also delivers Sound Gallery’s Music Technology, Music Production Courses & Training (Logic Pro, ProTools, Ableton, Reason).

He also delivers recording studio experiences and music technology sessions for young people as part of Sound Gallery’s  Work Experience programme (SiMPTI) for 15-18 year olds, and the Access to SiMPTI programme.

Dan has extensive experience in video production and filming and provides consistent professional and flexible filming services as a freelance member of our team, including 4K digital video on DVD, music videos, showreels, teaser videos or web ready files.

Dan has always had a keen interest in telling stories through film and In 2012 he completed a BA Hons in TV Production, He then set up Wiseman Productions Video. From being embedded with the Exeter City football team on their centenary tour of Brazil, from which he produced his first full length documentary, to shooting with the likes of Jimmy White, Michael Caines and Bruce Dickinson, producing stand out music videos for the likes of veteran British Hip-Hop artist Carpetface, reggae producer Kouatchou and locally renowned band N.U.M.B, add to that long standing media co-ordinator roles for Exeter Respect and Off Grid festivals and it’s clear Dan has a wide pool of experience to draw from and can always be found with either a 4K camera in hand, or hunched over his edit sweet relishing the edit process.

With gimbals, wired camera systems, a full lighting set up and drones at his disposal, Dan can produce high end content in the studio and beyond.”

“We are exceptionally pleased with the videos. The superb level of editing we got in the final videos was phenomenal.” drummer at Sound Gallery Studios

“Dan showed to be flexible to our needs and put in the time and effort needed to make our final video a huge success with a high quality end product.” – Exeter City Community Trust

“Dan was flexible, patient & we were able to communicate easily with one another arranging the best time to shoot. His camera work & editing captured what were about as a company & we were really happy with the results.” –  Bude Surf Experience

Wiseman Productions worked with us at Off Grid Festivals 2016 & 2017. Dan was a pleasure to work with and provided us some high quality content for use in promoting our events. We look forward to working with him again.” Dan Hurring – Off Grid Festival/Another World Productions LTD