We strive to offer specialist tutors wherever possible. The long weekend summer courses are where you are most likely to work with them. Please see below for some of the tutors we have been delighted to work with in recent years.
Flute Tutor - Abigail Burrows
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Abigail Burrows is an internationally renowned flautist and educator. A passionate teacher, she has been a guest artist for numerous courses and events across the UK, Switzerland, Holland, Hong Kong, Germany, Portugal, Croatia, Australia and Kenya; leading masterclasses, flute choirs and workshops for flute players of all ages and standards, as well as working as an ensemble coach and adjudicator. She has been a tutor for Flute School London for six years and is a teaching deputy at the junior departments of the Royal Academy of Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Royal College of Music.
As a soloist and chamber musician Abigail performs extensively throughout the UK, playing at concert venues including The Southbank, Wigmore Hall, The Anvil, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Cadogan Hall, Birmingham Symphony Hall, and Bridgewater Hall, as well as internationally throughout Europe, Africa, Australasia and the U.S. Career highlights include playing the solo flute part of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no.5 with The Philharmonia Orchestra in Switzerland (2013), and performing a solo slot and a duet with the legendary rock-flautist Ian Anderson at a Jethro Tull concert at The Barbican in 2009. Abbie freelances for several orchestras and west-end shows and was the flautist on the UK & Ireland Tours of Wicked and The King and I. She currently plays a gold Brannen-Cooper Flute awarded by the Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust and lives in London with her husband and fellow flautist, Gareth McLearnon. For more information please visit: www.abigailburrows.com |
Horn Tutor - Uwe Radok
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Uwe Radok was born in Germany, and lived in Australia and the United States before coming to Britain in 1972, and as a student in New York, studied the horn with Ranier DeIntinis (New York Philharmonic). After arriving in the UK, Uwe spent 26 years teaching brass instruments for the Bedfordshire Music Service, the last ten years as Head of Brass, before retiring in 2003. He is also a conductor (Luton Symphony Orchestra and the Bedfordshire County Youth 3rd Orchestra), composer and arranger, and regularly performs with the Bedford Symphony Orchestra, Bedford Sinfonia, Hunts Philharmonic, Cambridge Sinfonia, and with Stowe Opera.
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Clarinet Tutor - Julia Munn
Julia Munn studied at the University of Surrey, specialising in performance of twentieth century solo and chamber music for clarinet.
She was co-director of the ensemble ‘Quorum’, which secured commissions from many composers and which was also the resident ensemble with the dance company ‘Dance Advance’, touring with them extensively in the UK, Europe and China. Julia’s interest in dance and music theatre also encouraged her to take lessons in tap dance, which she incorporated into her acclaimed interpretation of Stockhausen’s “Little Harlequin”. Julia has played several on-stage musical roles for theatre, including at London’s Royal National Theatre. She has recorded for radio, film and television and continues to play with the six-piece ensemble ‘HarmonieBand’, which specialises in performing new scores to silent movies.
As well as a performer, Julia is committed to music education and is Instrumental Manager for Tower Hamlets Arts and Music Education Service in East London.
She was co-director of the ensemble ‘Quorum’, which secured commissions from many composers and which was also the resident ensemble with the dance company ‘Dance Advance’, touring with them extensively in the UK, Europe and China. Julia’s interest in dance and music theatre also encouraged her to take lessons in tap dance, which she incorporated into her acclaimed interpretation of Stockhausen’s “Little Harlequin”. Julia has played several on-stage musical roles for theatre, including at London’s Royal National Theatre. She has recorded for radio, film and television and continues to play with the six-piece ensemble ‘HarmonieBand’, which specialises in performing new scores to silent movies.
As well as a performer, Julia is committed to music education and is Instrumental Manager for Tower Hamlets Arts and Music Education Service in East London.
Pianist - Simon Marlowe
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Simon Marlowe enjoys a busy career with frequent concert appearances in Britain and abroad. He has appeared with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, broadcasted and made several recordings. Simon has worked for many years with the Medici Quartet violist, Ivo-Jan van der Werff, with whom he has toured and recorded - most recently a disc of Britten's Lachrymae and the Shostakovich Sonata. Simon has also established a recital and recording partnership with the violinist Shulah Oliver, with a particular emphasis on the many marvellous works by English composers. Recently Simon took part in a Dutch project to perform and record music composed by Nietzsche which also included works by other composers inspired by his philosophy.
He has been joining us on our summer courses with his uniquely supportive piano accompaniment for many years. |