Carlos Alomar is best known as David Bowie’s longtime musical director, rhythm architect, and songwriting collaborator. At 23 years old, Carlos (along with John Lennon) co-wrote Bowie’s first #1 hit in America “Fame” from his “Young Americans” album. He shaped the sound and feel of multiple eras of Bowie’s career. As a first-call session guitarist and songwriter, Alomar’s work appears on over 30 international gold and platinum records.
Freebo spent a decade touring and recording with Bonnie Raitt, and has recorded with Crosby Stills & Nash, Maria Muldaur, John Mayall, Ringo Starr, Dr. John and Neil Young over an illustrious career spanning 60 years.
Freebo is an in-demand record producer, an award winning songwriter and has taught at numerous songwriting schools and retreats, including the Kerrville Songwriting School, Austin Songwriters Group, SummerSongs, Julia Cameron's Creativity Retreats, Seattle Folk Club, Cape May Songwriters Retreat, and more.
We are thrilled to welcome internationally acclaimed performer and songwriter Sarah Jane Morris to our teaching staff at Song Camp Europe in Italy. Renowned for an astonishing vocal range and profound emotional intelligence, Sarah Jane’s illustrious career features global chart-toppers with The Communards and multiple Number One hits across Italy and Greece. Her rich versatility spans rock, soul, big band jazz, and classical orchestras.
Esteemed songwriter and collaborator with Julian Lennon, A-list session and live musician with Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Sinead O'Connor, Joe Cocker, Aimee Mann, Elton John, Alice Cooper, Bananarama, Cher, Bob Geldof, Belinda Carlisle, ABC, and Kermit the Frog.
Composed and recorded music for Game Of Thrones, Fahrenheit 911, Malcolm In The Middle, Top Gear and Keeping Up With The Kardashians, and ads for Chrysler, Grolsch and McDonald's.
Recording artist and music business coach Jenn Cleary brings decades of teaching and entrepreneurship to independent artists worldwide. She has over two million streams from several albums, including three award-winning children's records. Jenn has been on the faculty at Song Camp Europe since 2023. She has also launched multiple successful businesses and non-profits, and now coaches independent artists in release strategy, marketing, and career growth.
Award-winning international touring singer-songwriter Halley Neal's music has earned over 80 million streams. She has years of experience teaching private voice lessons, has taught songwriting at the Kerrville Folk Festival Foundation’s Summer Music Camp and presented vocal / stage performance workshops at venues across the USA. She returns to Italy for her second year teaching at Song Camp Europe at San Felice.
Alice Howe is a critically-acclaimed singer, songwriter, and recording artist who has played hundreds of festivals, theaters, and house concerts across the USA and Europe. International Acoustic Music Awards Best Female Artist, Kerrville New Folk Finalist, New Song Music Finalist, Boston Music Awards Finalist for Best Americana Artist. Alice Howe & Freebo Live debuted as #1 on the Folk Radio Charts. Alice has led workshops on songwriting, singing, and performance technique from coast to coast.
Sam Robbins has taught songwriting and guitar workshops at The Folk Project's Fall Acoustic Getaway and the Songtraveler's Retreat, as well as offering online instruction through his Patreon page. Sam has been nominated 2025 “Artist of The Year” at the International Folk Music Awards. He's an accomplished fingerstyle guitarist and 2019 graduate from the Berklee College of Music songwriting program. We're excited to have Sam teaching at Song Camp Europe in Italy this year!
Rahel-Liis Aasrand is an acclaimed and celebrated songwriter, performer and recording artist who has toured throughout Europe and North America for over a decade. She has performed with symphony orchestras and chamber ensembles in the classical tradition in Italy, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, the Czech Republic and Estonia, but has also performed and recorded with an eclectic and diverse range of artists in a wide variety of genres.
ASCAP award-winning songwriter, international touring recording artist, bandleader and featured speaker at SXSW, AmericanaFest, Folk Alliance International, ÉCU Film Festival in Paris, UCLA and Berklee College of Music. On the faculty of Rocky Mountain SongSchool in Colorado for 20 years. Founder of Song Camp Europe and Access Film Music LLC with the mission of connecting music-makers with filmmakers.
