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Emily Baines
DMus, ‘Mechanical Musical Instruments as a Source for Historical Performance’

The strong collaboration between departments has created a very special and supportive atmosphere

Meili Li
MMus Opera Studies

The teaching staff encourage the diversity that Guildhall is known for…there is something for everyone, regardless of style and influence

Oliver Leith
MMus Composition

Being right next to the Barbican Hall and Milton Court is a great environment to be in, being able to regularly perform there gives us great perspectives

Ricky Gore
MMus Violin (Orchestral Artistry)

You’re in an environment where you’re getting to see really good work, so you’re more confident when you go out in to the industry

Leah Muller
MA Training Actors (Movement)

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Meet the Team

Find out more about the tutors on the PGCert Performance Teaching.

Carlos Lopez-Real

Carlos is the Programme Leader for the PGCert Performance Teaching. He has taught at the Guildhall since 2005, having previously studied at postgraduate level at Guildhall and the Institute of Education. He is at the forefront of developing collaborative and transformative teaching and learning approaches, having also launched and led the multi-disciplinary BA Performance and Creative Enterprise (PACE) in 2015. He is a saxophonist, composer, and improviser who has recorded and toured extensively, and curated several club venues. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts. He also holds a BA in Psychology and Philosophy from Oxford, and a postgraduate diploma in Coaching and Mentoring from the Institute of Leadership and Management. A lifelong learner, he is also currently studying for a Masters in Composition and Orchestration for media.

Professor Helena Gaunt

Helena is Vice-Principal & Director of Guildhall Innovation, providing strategic leadership in academic development, research, enterprise and internationalisation. She is a National Teaching Fellow (2009), Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Director of the international Reflective Conservatoire Conference, and Chair of the Innovative Conservatoire (ICON) partnership, providing pioneering professional development internationally for conservatoire teachers. She has served on several working groups for the European Association of Conservatoires (AEC), and is a Visiting Professor at the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki. She is co-editor of Music Performance Research, a member of the Editorial Board of the British Journal of Music Education, and an associate editor for Arts and Humanities in Higher Education.

Richard Hallam MBE

Richard has a lifetime's experience in all aspects of music education including as a teacher, Advisor and Inspector, Head of Music Service, professional trumpet player, conductor and Government music education adviser. He is currently Chair of the Music Education Council, Executive board member of the International Society for Music Education (ISME), Chair of the ISME National Affiliate Council, member of the Department for Educations' Hub Advisory Group, and member of advisory board for Sistema Global. Richard is also a past president of the Incorporated Society of Musicians and past chair of the ISME Sistema. From 2008 to 2011 he was the National Music Participation Director and subsequently National Music Education Grant Director.

Natasha Zielazinski

Natasha is a London based cellist and composer. She enjoys working collaboratively in dance, theatre and visual arts, most recently composing and touring with Kate Tempest in the theatre show Brand New Ancients. Natasha has performed at Sadler's Wells, the Southbank Centre, the Barbican Centre, the Melbourne International Festival, and Madison Square Gardens. She leads the Barbican Creative Learning ensemble Future Band, and additionally has worked with the New York Philharmonic, the Tokyo College of Music, Peabody Institute of Music, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Orchestra among others. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Kenneth Rea

Ken Rea is professor of theatre at Guildhall, and has initiated many ground-breaking collaborations between actors and musicians there. He works on what makes a performer (actor or musician) stand out from the rest, especially with regard to the projection of presence and charisma. His book The Outstanding Actor: Seven Keys to Success identifies the values and traits that characterise the greatest actors, and it gives a framework for producing more exciting work and having a more successful career as an actor. His research with classical musicians has shown the positive effects produced when musicians have applied certain acting techniques to their playing, or have worked alongside actors. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Endy McKay

Endy is co-founder and creative director of Outspoken Arts, and has over 13 years’ experience as an actor and facilitator using the arts to respond to social issues. After training in acting at Mountview Theatre Academy, she worked nationally and internationally in theatre, television, film and radio and is a regular in Channel 4’s Bafta award winning comedy series Peep Show. She has run a variety of workshops for numerous institutions including the BRIT School, Hackney Learning Trust, Lyric Hammersmith, Arcola Theatre, The RSC, The Barbican, Hackney Empire, and various schools and universities nationwide. Endy also runs regular workshops with ESOL and Refugee groups and directs for Tricycle Young Company at Tricycle Theatre.

Detta Danford

Detta is a flute player, composer and project leader whose work involves collaborating, performing and creating new work with ensembles and orchestras and within theatre, film and the visual arts. She is co-founder of contemporary music ensemble Jetsam, whose most recent projects involved collaborations with writer and blogger Gareth E. Rees and actor, poet and director Tanroh Ishida. She has recently worked with the Southbank Centre, Barbican Centre, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Aside from PACE she teaches Masters in New Audiences and Innovative Practice programme at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Neil Paris

Neil works as a choreographer, director, performer and teacher. He is artistic director of SMITH dancetheatre and was a core member of Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre whose work received three Olivier nominations and toured internationally. He explores voice and it’s connection to the body and movement. He uses dance, theatre and yoga practices to explore imaginative ways of making connections and pathways through the body to the voice. He combines playful exercises designed to free the body and spark the imagination with disciplined quiet practices that connect us with our breathing and our own unique interior worlds.

Alison Teale

Alison is the Principal Cor Anglais player with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and has done much to expand the Cor Anglais repertoire and bring the instrument to the fore. Winning the Isle of Wight International Oboe competition in 2001 led to her Purcell Room debut and numerous concertos for BBC radio 3 broadcasts, notably Quiet City with Alison Balsom and Spaghetti Western with BBC NOW. In addition to teaching at Guildhall, Alison freelances with both British and International orchestras, performs solo and chamber recitals and is regularly asked to give masterclasses throughout the UK and Europe. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Jamie Matthewman

Jamie is a voice coach and actor. As a professional actor his roles included Hamlet, Oedipus, and Edmund (King Lear) for the stage and Emmerdale, Casualty and Holby City for television. He has directed and taught acting and voice all over the world including Malaysia, Malta, Brazil, the Michael Howard Studios (New York), and the Royal Shakespeare Company (Stratford Upon Avon and London). He also regularly teaches at Guildhall, London College of Music, International Acting Academy and coaches many private clients including celebrated performers and anyone who wishes to explore their voice.

Helen Reid

Helen is currently professor of piano at the Guildhall School and Trinity College of Music, and has given masterclasses at most of the leading UK conservatoires. She also has much experience working with the elderly and children with special need, as well as primary school groups. She is currently particularly focused on early years settings, having founded Blackbird Early Years Music in Bristol. She has performed extensively nationally and internationally, with a wide-ranging repertoire. Helen also has a strong research interest in music and health, in particular issues around injury prevention in musicians. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Ned Glasier

Ned is a theatre director and the artistic director of Company Three (originally Islington Community Theatre), a company of 75 young people aged 11-19 who make theatre through long-term, intensive collaboration with professional theatre-makers. They are trained as theatre-makers, helping them to understand themselves and the world around them, and to create work that allows them to express who they are. They make plays through a process of research and development, early-stage scratch (experimental performances) and professional productions. Their work has been seen at the National Theatre, the Royal Albert Hall, Battersea Arts Centre, The Yard Theatre, on Channel 4 and the BBC.

Sigrun Saevarsdottir-Griffiths

Icelandic singer and multi-instrumentalist, Sigrun facilitates creative and collaborative music projects in a vast range of community contexts for various arts and higher education organizations across England, Europe and Asia, including: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, English National Ballet, Bath International Music Festival, BBC, ITV, Tokyo Collage of Music, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (Singapore), Casa da Musica (Portugal), European Music Council and Reykjavik Arts Festival. One of her most treasured projects is the Messengers, a band made up of Guildhall students and service users from St Mungo’s Homeless Charity. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Cecelia Bruggemeyer

Cecelia is in much demand in the freelance world of Historically Informed Performance. Over the last 25 years she has been a regular member of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE), English Baroque Soloists and (since it’s foundation) the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, as well as being Principal bass for the London Handel Orchestra and Classical Opera, and receiving regular invitations from the Academy of Ancient Music and English Consort as Guest Principal. Cecelia has been teaching at Guildhall since 2008, and is very involved in the OAE’s education work; devising projects for under 5s, leading workshops in schools, and presenting concerts on stage. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Maureen Hanke

Maureen is a Music Education Trainer and Workshop Leader. She was Head of Norfolk Music Service for 17 years prior to which she was Head of Continuing Professional Development and Music Education at Trinity College of Music, working with musicians, music leaders and music teachers delivering accredited professional development and leading an MA course in Music Education. Her career to date also includes PGCE teacher training in music for CfBT and UEA and she continues to deliver workshops nationally. She was Chair of the Federation of Music Services and now sits as a trustee for Music Mark and is chair of governors for an outstanding school. She is the Co-author of Music Express, the award winning and highly-regarded series of books/resources including lesson plans, recordings, activities and photocopiables and a training manager for the award winning on-line music platform, Charanga.

Donald Wetherick

Donald studied music at Edinburgh, musicology at Cambridge, and music therapy at the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre, working as a music therapist since 1992. He has worked with children with autism and communication difficulties, children with learning disabilities and emotional/behavioural problems, and adults with long term health problems, including HIV/AIDS. He works at the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre and teaches on the Masters in Music Therapy both there and at Guildhall. He has presented at the World Congress of Music Therapy, the BSMT Annual Conference, and writes and reviews for LINK music education magazine. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.