Royal 探花直播 Conservatoire Tutors and Staff (A to Z)
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Jean Toussaint
Jazz Saxophone Tutor (Ensemble Coaching & Transcription class)
Since Toussaint left Art Blakey鈥檚 Jazz Messengers in the mid eighties, he hasn鈥檛 looked back. Nor has he spent a career trying to repeat the past. The experiences gained in that world-class hothouse have enabled him to push forward and embrace challenging, and often high profile, musical collaborations in many different jazz...
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Sara Trickey
Violin Tutor
Sara Trickey enjoys an exciting and diverse career as a solo violinist and chamber musician. Noted for her 鈥渇iery and passionate鈥� performances (The Strad) and her 鈥渂eautifully refined tone鈥� (Musical Opinion), she performs at many of the major UK festivals and venues, including in the Presteigne, Alwyn, Oxford May Music,...
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Daniel Trodden
Tuba Tutor (BBCNOW)
Dan was born in Cardiff in 1983 and began playing tuba at the age of eleven, taking lessons with Matthew Thistlewood. He continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Music under the tutelage of Patrick Harrild, and upon graduation in 2006 began a varied freelance career playing with the UK鈥檚 top symphony, opera and ballet...
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Nicholas Trygstad
Head of Strings
A native of Minneapolis, USA, Nicholas came to Manchester to study cello with Hannah Roberts and Ralph Kirshbaum at the Royal Northern College of Music. As a student he won many awards and prizes, most notably 3rd prize in the LSO Competition, performing the Schumann Concerto with the LSO, and the RNCM鈥檚 Gold Medal. Having...
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Mr Christopher Turner
Vocal Tutor
Born in 探花直播, Christopher Turner read Music at the University of Hull, furthering his studies with Barbara Robotham at the Royal Northern College of Music and at the National Opera Studio, where he was sponsored by the Scottish Endowment Trust and The Friends of Covent Garden. He has received many prizes, including The...
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Mark Turner
Visiting Artist in Residence
In a career that spans two decades and encompasses a broad array of musical ventures, saxophonist Mark Turner has emerged as a towering presence in the jazz community. With a distinctive, personal tone, singular improvisational skills and an innovative, challenging compositional approach, he's earned a far-reaching reputation...
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John Turville
Jazz Piano Tutor
John Turville is one of the leading pianists and educators on the UK scene. A graduate of Cambridge and the Guildhall, he has since received numerous awards, including the MOJO #3 Jazz Album of the Year (2012), 鈥楤est Album鈥� in the Parliamentary Awards 2011, 鈥楤est Instrumentalist' in the 2010 London Jazz Awards, the 2009...
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Andrew Tweed
Saxophone Tutor
Originally from Northern Ireland, Andy studied clarinet and saxophone at 探花直播 Conservatoire.聽 While still a student he joined Saxtet which over 18 years became one the UK鈥檚 leading saxophone quartets (eventually a quintet) performing all over the world with their unique repertoire of their own arrangements and...
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Gareth Twigg
Bassoon Reedmaking Tutor and Contrabassoon Tutor
Gareth Twigg聽is Principal Contrabassoon of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, a position he has held since 2009. Under the tenure of Chief Conductor Vasily Petrenko, highlights include recording the complete Shostakovich Symphonies for Naxos, and playing the solo Contrabassoon part to 鈥楴ever Smile at a Crocodile鈥�. ...
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Nathaniel Vallois
Senior Violin Tutor
Nathaniel Vallois is Senior Violin Tutor at the 探花直播 Conservatoire and is聽on the violin and chamber music staff at the Purcell School of Music.聽Besides his teaching and聽concert activities聽in the U.K., he聽is regularly invited to聽perform, broadcast and give masterclasses abroad (U.S.A, China, France, Italy, Germany, Spain,...