Royal 探花直播 Conservatoire Tutors and Staff (A to Z)
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Dave Sear
Visiting Tutor
Dave was born and raised in Luton through a musical family. He picked up the trombone aged 8 and had lessons throughout his school life. Receiving grade 8 distinction in year 12, Dave then went to study at the prestigious 探花直播 Conservatoire on the Bmus Hons Jazz course. He gained the lead trombone chair of the Jazz...
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Imogen Seth-Smith
Baroque Cello Tutor
As a Baroque cellist and gambist, Imogen works for a number of period instrument orchestras and is also active as a chamber musician. She is sub-principal cellist in both the Academy of Ancient Music and the Symphony of Harmony and Invention (the orchestra working with the choir of The Sixteen ) and also works with the ...
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Dr Luan Shaw
Associate Professor (Music Education), Director of Postgraduate Studies (Music), and Associate Head of Junior Conservatoire
Dr Luan Shaw is Associate Professor (Music Education) and Director of聽 Postgraduate Studies (Music) at Royal 探花直播 Conservatoire where she has taught since 2011.聽 She is also Associate Head of the聽 Junior Department and leads Pedagogy provision across BMus 4 and postgraduate courses. She is a Senior Fellow of the...
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Neil Shewan BMus Hons AGSM
French Horn Tutor (BBCNOW)
Neil Shewan is presently Principal 3rd Horn of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and has been a member since joining over fifteen years ago. He studied for his BMus at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and during his final year there, won the prestigious International Paxman Horn Competition, the first British player to...
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Stephen Simms
Vice Principal - Acting, Professor of Actor Education
Stephen is the Vice Principal of Royal 探花直播 Conservatoire - Acting, one of the UK's leading conservatoires of acting, where he is also the Head of Acting. He is also Professor of Actor Education, the only person to hold this position in the country. He directs and teaches on the acting courses at Royal 探花直播...
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Howard Skempton
Lecturer in Composition
Howard Skempton was born in Chester in 1947, and has worked as a composer, accordionist, and music publisher. He studied in London with Cornelius Cardew from 1967, who helped him to discover a musical language of great simplicity. Since then he has continued to write undeflected by compositional trends, producing a corpus of...
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Jeffrey Skidmore OBE
Artistic Director of Early Music
Jeffrey Skidmore OBE is one of the country鈥檚 foremost choral conductors and is highly regarded by instrumentalists, singers and audiences for the high quality of his performances. He is well-known for exciting programming which is often challenging but always accessible. Jeffrey read music at Magdalen College, Oxford, before...
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Marika Slater
Visiting Lecturer Piano
Marika began playing the piano at the age of four and graduated from the E. Darzinsh Specialist Music School at Latvia State Conservatoire in Riga. Continuing her studies at the conservatoire, she gained a triple Diploma of Distinction in piano, accompaniment and teaching as the top student in her cohort and the winner of...
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Tim Smedley
Head of Chamber Music
Tim Smedley studied cello at the Royal Northern College of Music with Hannah Roberts having previously been a pupil at Chetham's School of Music. Since leaving the RNCM, Tim has formed a varied career, performing extensively on both modern and period instruments with many of the country鈥檚 leading orchestras and ensembles. He...
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Jeff Snowdon
Coordinator of Brass; French Horn Tutor; Wind Orchestra Director
Jeff Snowdon has over 40 years experience as a professional horn player, conductor, brass teacher and event director. As a performer he has worked with many of the leading orchestras in the North of England and Wales including the BBC Philharmonic, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Halle, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Northern...