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The Music Department Team

Music Staff

Director of Music:
 
Mr Stephen Threlfall,
GRNCM, FRSA, HonARAM
Director of Music 's PA:
  Mrs Julie Scott
Head of Academic Music:
  Dr Sam King, PhD, MA, MPhil
Head of Brass & Percussion :
  Mr David Chatterton, GRNCM
Head of Keyboard:
  Mr Murray McLachlan, MA(Cantab), LRAM, FRSA
Head of Composition & Music Technology
  Dr J. Pike, PhD, MA(Cantab), LRAM
Head of Strings:
  Mr Nicholas Jones,
ARCM, HonARAM
Assistant Head of Strings:
  Mrs Cathrine Perkins, GRNCM
Head of Woodwind:
  Ms Belinda Gough,
ASCM, BMus, MMus
Joint Heads of Piano Accompaniment
  Miss Brenda Blewett, MA, ARCM
Mr Nicholas Oliver, GRSM, PGRNCM, LRAM

Academic Music:
*Dr S. King, PhD, MA, MPhil
Mr M. Bussey, MA
Mr A. Dean, MA, FRCO
Mr I. Hunt, BA(Hons)
Mr S. Jacobs, MusB(Hons)
Mr J. Legrove BA(Hons), FRCO, MMus
Mr D. Mason, BA
Mrs S. Noon, BA(Hons), MA
Mr P. Sanderson, BA Hons.(Oxon), MSt. (Oxon)

Music Technology
*Dr J. Pike, PhD, MA(Cantab), LRAM
Mr S. Chaplin
Mr A. Horn, BMus(Hons)

Brass and Percussion
Euphonium Tutors:
Bill Millar
David Thornton

Horn Tutor:
Elizabeth Davis

Tenor Horn Tutor:
Lesley Howie

Trombone Tutors:
Andrew Berryman
Robert Burtenshaw
Les Storey
Philip Goodwin

Trumpet Tutors:
David Chatterton, GRNCM, MusB(Hons)
John Dickinson
Murray Greig
Tracey Redfern
Gareth Small

Tuba Tutors:
Brian Kingsley

Percussion Tutors:
David Hext
Paul Patrick

Keyboard
Piano Staff:
Murray McLachlan, MA(Cantab), LRAM, FRSA
Susan M. Bettaney, ARMCM(Teachers/Performers/Accomp)
Simon Bottomley, GRNCM
Peter Lawson, GRSM, ARMCM

Piano Tutors:
Pauline Alston
Alison Beeson
Hazel Fanning
Norma Fisher
Marta Karbownicka
Helen Krizos
Jeffrey Makinson
Jonathan Middleton
Bernard Roberts
Marie-Louise Taylor
Kathleen Uren

Visiting Piano Tutors:
Kathryn Stott
John Lill

Accordion Tutors:
Murray Grainger
Nigel Waterhouse

Harpsichord Tutor:
Sharon Gould

Jazz Piano Tutor:
Les Chisnall

Organ Tutors:
Christopher Stokes
Andrew Dean
Jeffrey Makinson

Strings
Chamber Music Consultant:
Graham Oppenheimer

Violin Staff:
Cathrine Perkins, GRNCM

Violin Tutors:
Benedict Holland
Eyal Kless
Adrian Levine
Wen Zhou Li
Maciej Rakowsk
Maya Rasooly
Jan Repko
David Vernon
Deirdre Ward

Viola Tutors:
Adrian Levine
Graham Oppenheimer
Cathrine Perkins, GRNCM
David Vernon

Cello Staff:
Nicholas Jones, ARCM, HonARAM
Stephen Threlfall, GRNCM, FRSA, HonARAM

Cello Tutors:
Barbara Grunthal
Sue Lowe
David Smith
Gillian Thoday

Double Bass Tutors:
Yi Xin Salvage
Steve Berry (Jazz)

Harp Tutor:
Eira-Lynn Jones

Guitar Tutors:
Wendy Jackson

Lute Tutor:
Hugh Cherry

Chamber Music Tutors:
Catherine Yates

Woodwind
Recorder/Baroque Ensembles Tutor:
Alan Davis

Baroque Flute:
Martin Shaw

Oboe Tutors:
Rachael Clegg
Valerie Taylor
Stephane Rancourt

Flute Tutors:
Katherine Baker
Rachel Forgreive
Belinda Gough, ASCM, BMus, MMus
Laura Jellicoe
Claudia Lashmore
Linda Verrier

Orchestral Tutor:
Richard Davis

Clarinet Tutors:
Rosa Campos
Neville Duckworth
Jim Muirhead
Jo Patton
Andrew Wilson

Saxophone Tutors:
Iain Dixon (Jazz)
Neville Duckworth
Jim Muirhead
Andrew Wilson

Bassoon Tutors:
Graham Salvage
Anthea Wood

Contra-Bassoon Tutor:
Steve McGee

Vocal Department
Tutors:
Helen Francis
Christian Immler
Diana Palmerston

Consultant:
Jane Highfield

Staff Accompanists
Brenda Blewett, MA, ARCM
Silvia Fraser
Nicholas Oliver, GRSM, PGRNCM, LRAM
Martyn Parkes, BMus(Hons), LTCL, ALCM
Max Ritchie, GRSM, ARMCM

Big Band
Richard Iles
Jim Muirhead

Improvisation
Steve Berry
Les Chisnall
Iain Dixon

Alexander Technique
Margaret Heaton

Practice Assistants
Head:
Gavin Wayte

Assistant:
Teleri-Sian Barker