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Junior Guildhall Staff

Leadership
Director of Guildhall Young Artists and Safeguarding
Alison Mears BMus (Hons) PGCE FGS FISM
Head of Junior Guildhall
Rosie Whitfield ARCM DipRCM PGCE BIFF
Head of Junior Music Courses
David Wallace BMus (Hons), LRSM, PGDip (Roeh), MMus (GSMD), MISM
Head of Academic Studies
Paul Whitmarsh MA MMus
Head of Strings
William Bruce ARCM
Head of Wind, Brass & Percussion
Robert Porter GGSM LRAM
Brass Coordinator & Brass Training Programme Coordinator
Spencer Down BMus
Brass & String Training Programmes Class Coordinator
Michael Spence BA (Hons) PGCE MTeach
Composition Coordinator
Jeffery Wilson GRSM
Drama Coordinator
Alasdair Middleton
Jazz Coordinators
Jonathan Taylor BA MA
Oliver Weston BA PDMPerf
Percussion Coordinator
Adam Morris
Piano Coordinator
Shelagh Sutherland ARAM LRAM MSTAT
String Chamber Music Coordinator
Peter Esswood ARCM
Vocal Coordinator
Marilyn Rees BMus
Teaching Staff
*Indicates a teacher who teaches Junior Guildhall students during the week but not on Saturdays
Strings
Violin
Gonzalo Acosta
Patricia Birchall ARCM BMus
Eulalie Charland BMus MMus
Ralph de Souza*
Vanessa David AGSM ARAM
Alda Dizdari BMus MMus
Nigel Goldberg
Ruth Hahn AGSM Advanced Solo Studies
Boris Kucharsky* ARCM MM AD
Sebastian Müller BMus
Itamar Rashkovsky BSocSc
Krzysztof Smietana* FGS
David Spencer BMus GRNCM
Ivo Stankov LRAM PGDipRAM RCSM (Madrid)
Sara Trickey BA PGDip
Robert Turrell FTCL LTCL
Faith Whiteley LRAM
Viola
Eulalie Charland BMus MMus
Boris Kucharsky* ARCM MM AD
Sebastian Müller BMus
Ivo Stankov LRAM PGDipRAM RCSM (Madrid)
Robert Turrell FTCL LTCL
Stephen Upshaw
Faith Whiteley LRAM
Cello
William Bruce ARCM
Oliver Gledhill PhD MA(Mtpp) PGCA ARCM
Selma Gokcen BMus MMus DMA
Tim Lowe* BMus MMus
Alfia Nakipbekova PhD, MMus, MA, BMus, BA
Stefan Popov* FGS
Margaret Powell DSCM ASCM
Gillian Thoday LRAM
Daisy Vatalaro BA MA
Double Bass
Elizabeth Hosford GGSM LGSM
Colin Paris*
Eloise Riddell MA BMus LRAM ATCL
Harp
Ruth Faber ARCM
Charlotte Seale ARCM Premier Prix
Guitar
Matthew Robinson BMus MPerf
Chamber Music Coaches
Gonzalo Acosta
Patricia Birchall ARCM BMus
Rebecca Breen BMus MPerf
Emanuela Buta MA DipRAM LRAM
Eulalie Charland BMus MMus
Peter Esswood ARCM
Belinda McFarlane BMus
Alfia Nakipbekova PhD, MMus, MA, BMus, BA
Maureen Parrington ARCM
Margaret Powell DSCM ASCM
John Rogers LRSM LTCL BSc DipRCM (T & Perf) MMus
David Spencer BMus GRNCM
Robert Turner*
String Chamber Music Consultant
Jeremy Menuhin
Woodwind, Brass & Percussion
Flute/Piccolo
Caroline Li BMus PGDip LRAM
Lisa Nelsen BMus PGDip
Oboe/Cor Anglais
Rachel Broadbent BMus
Rebecca Wood BMus PGDip Orch Training
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet
Neyire Ashworth AGSM Advanced Solo Studies Dip
Michael Collins*
Derek Hannigan AGSM LRSM
Bassoon/Contra Bassoon
Rosemary Cow BMus MMus
Robert Porter GGSM LRAM
Saxophone
Christian Forshaw* BMus
Sarah James BMus LRAM DipRAM ARAM
Alastair Penman* BA MEng MMus
Trumpet/Cornet
Eleanor Lovegrove BMus
Andrew Mitchell ARCM
Gerry Ruddock AGSM
French Horn
David Bentley GGSM ARCM
Euphonium
Spencer Down BMus
Trombone
Rob Burgess GGSM
Susan White BMus MMus
Tuba
Martin Knowles AGSM
Percussion
Adam Morris
Glyn Matthews AGSM
Piano
Frances Angell MusB LRAM PGCert (RCM)
Katarzyna Borowiak MA (Fr Chopin Cons) Premier Prix GSM
Andrew Bottrill GGSM Premier Prix MA
Alexander Boyd AGSM
Joan Havill* FGSM ARCM LRSM
Chenyin Li DMA MMA MMus Premiere Prix PGDip BMus
Zoë Mather AGSM
Sanae Nakajima AGSM BA(Oxon)
Gareth Owen BMus PGDip MMus
Lucy Parham* AGSM Premier Prix (Concert Recital Diploma)
Helen Reid* MA ARCM
Laura Roberts* AGSM
Melanie Spanswick MMus GRSM DipRCM ARCM (PG)
Shelagh Sutherland ARAM LRAM STAT
Accompanists
Jane Beament LRAM GRSM
John Flinders BA LGSM
Louisa Lam BMus MMus LRSM
Krystal Tunnicliffe MPerf BMus LMusA AMusA
Vocal
Voice
Marilyn Rees BMus
Rachel Sherry BA MA LRAM ARAM ProfCert TLHPE FHEA
Academic Studies
Conducting
Scott Wilson BMus MMus
Composition
Michael Christie ARCM
Marek Maryniak DipMusTh ALCM MSc BA PGCE
Rhiannon Randle MA (Cantab) MA(GSMD) MPhil
Dr Susannah Self ARCM MPhil PhD
Paul Whitmarsh MA MMus
Jeffery Wilson GRSM
Musical Awareness
Michael Christie ARCM
John Dack BA PhD PGDipMIT MSc MMus MA
Joy Ellis Cert GSMD(P), BA, MMus
Marek Maryniak Dip Mus Th ALCM MSc BA PGCE
Adam Osmianski
Rhiannon Randle MA(Cantab) MA(GSMD) MPhil
Dr Susannah Self ARCM MPhil PhD
Paul Whitmarsh MA MMus
Electronic Studio
Seth Scott BMus
Alexander Technique
Jane Gregory BA MSTAT ATEUK
Ensemble Conductors
Brass Band & Wind Orchestra
Spencer Down BMus
Choirs
Marek Maryniak Dip Mus Th ALCM MSc BA PGCE
Daniel Turner MA(Oxon) MMus
String Ensembles
Gonzalo Acosta
Julian Clayton
Symphony Orchestra
Julian Clayton
Spencer Down BMus Associate Conductor
Jazz Saxophone
Oliver Weston BA PDMPerf
Jazz Trumpet
Byron Wallen*
Jazz Trombone
Trevor Mires* BMus
Jazz Drum Kit
Adam Osmianski
Jazz Piano
Joy Ellis CertGSMD BA MMus
Jonathan Taylor BA MA
Jazz Bass
Florence Moore BMus
Jazz Voice
Joy Ellis CertGSMD BA MMus
Jazz Choir
Joy Ellis CertGSMD BA MMus
Jazz Musical Awareness
Adam Osmianski
Jonathan Taylor BA MA
Oliver Weston BA PDMPerf
Big Band Conductor
Oliver Weston BA PDMPerf
Rhythmics
Kaye Barker BA MA PGCE ARCM Licence Dalcroze Eurhythmics (UK)
Anita Memmott BA MA
Mary Price-O’Connor BA
Kodály
Lucy Barlow BA (Hons) Oxon
Emma Harding BMus MA
Esther Hargittai MA
Michael Spence BA (Hons) PGCE MTeach
Choir
Esther Hargittai MA
Violin
Patricia Birchall ARCM BMus
Rachel Cooper BA MSc
Vanessa David AGSM
Rachel Good AGSM CKME
Salome Rateau DE, DSNPM, MA
Julia Stewart AGSM
Viola
Rachel Cooper BA MSc
Vanessa David AGSM
Rachel Good AGAM CKME
Salome Rateau DE, DSNPM, MA
Cello
Sheida Davis BMus MMus
Dr Oliver Gledhill PhD MA(Mtpp) PGCA ARCM
Josephine Hughes-Chamberlain LRAM
Double Bass
Elizabeth Hosford GGSM
Eloise Riddell MA BMus LRAM ATCL
Harp
Ruth Faber ARCM
Anneke Hodnett BMus MMus
Charlotte Seale ARCM Premier Prix
Guitar
Jens Franke BMus PGDip MMus
Trumpet
Robert Domingue BMus MA
Eleanor Lovegrove BMus
Gerry Ruddock AGSM
Euphonium
Spencer Down BMus
Trombone
Rob Burgess GGSM
Susan White MMus BMus
Piano
Lorraine Augustine Dip ABRSM perf, Dip ABRSM CTABRSM MISM
Daria Bitsiuk BMus MMus PGCert (GSMD)
Jack Lambert BMus MMus LRAM
Riyad Nicolas BMus MA LRAM
Elenlucia Pappalardo BMus MMus PGDip
Rhythmics
Rosalind Ridout MA MMus
Kodály
Emma Stansfield
Violin/Viola
Sarah Harris DipRAM ProfCertRAM
Ronan MacManus BMus MMus
Daniel Pukach BMus
Cello
Sylvia Mann LRAM PGCert (MT)
Piano
Julia Johnson BA HUM DIP (Pianoforte) DIP (Music Theory)
Antonina Suhanova
Drama Course Tutors
Alasdair Middleton
Maggie Zolinsky
Administrative Manager
Christopher Poon
Executive Assistant to the Director of Guildhall Young Artists & Safeguarding/Senior Junior Guildhall Administrator
Paula Duff FGS
Music Officer
Edward Deakins BMus (Hons)
Brittany Farren BA (Hons)
James Wilson BA
Administrative Assistant
Helen Jorgensen BA (Hons) PGDip
GYA Administrator
Daniel Phillips BMus MPhil(Cantab)