Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Tutors and Staff (A to Z)
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Ian Porthouse
Director of Brass Band Studies & Cornet Tutor
Ian Porthouse began his musical career aged nine with Flimby Saxhorn Silver Band and he was a founder member of the Cumbria Youth Brass Band. Ian became principal cornet of Leyland Vehicles Band aged 17 and also led the National Youth Brass Band for three years. A move to Desford Colliery with James Watson proved to be the...
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Jeremy Price
Head of Jazz
Jeremy Price (born 1970) studied at Birmingham Conservatoire and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has since followed a career as a freelance trombonist and jazz educator. Jeremy has been Head of Jazz at Birmingham Conservatoire since the Jazz Department was established in 1999 and wrote the Conservatoire's first ever...
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Ed Puddick
Lecturer in Jazz
Ed Puddick is an award-winning jazz arranger and composer who has been part of the UK jazz scene since graduating from the Birmingham Conservatoire in 2004. His Ed Puddick Big Band was formed in 2002 and its debut album ‘Guys & Dolls’ was released in 2010 on Diving Duck Records. Ed has written for the BBC Concert Orchestra...
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Michael Pushkin
Language Tutor (Russian)
Michael Pushkin taught Russian Language and Literature at the University of Birmingham for 35 years, and has since taught at the Universities of Bath , Bristol , Manchester and Nottingham . He has been External Examiner in Russian at seven universities (most recently Cambridge ). His special areas of interest are...
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David Quigley
Piano Tutor
Irish pianist David Quigley has performed recitals, concerti and chamber music throughout the world at venues such as the Musikverein Vienna, Carnegie Hall New York and Wigmore Hall London. He studied at Birmingham Conservatoire, Paris Conservatoire and the Franz Liszt Academy Budapest. David has been the recipient of many...
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Rose Redgrave
Viola Tutor
Rose Redgrave studied at the Royal Northern College and Royal Academy of Music where her teachers included Vicci Wardman, John White and Christopher Rowland for chamber music and where she was awarded all of the prizes for viola . She currently performs regularly with The Kings Consort, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Musica...
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Timothy Ridout
Artist in Residence
With recent awards including the inaugural Sir Jeffrey Tate Prize in Hamburg and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship, Timothy Ridout has confirmed his position at the forefront of young European soloists. He has been a BBC New Generation Artist since 2019 and will join the Bowers Program of the Chamber Music Society of the...
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Prof Thomas Riebl
International Chair in Viola
Thomas Riebl was born in Vienna in 1956. He studied viola with Siegfried Führlinger, Peter Schidlof and Sandor Végh. At 16 he made his debut at the Vienna Konzerthaus. Ever since, he has graced some of the most famous concert stages in Europe and the US such as the Vienna Musikverein, Concertgebouw Amsterdam or Carnegie Hall....
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Jonathan Rimmer
Flute Tutor
Jonathan Rimmer is a freelance chamber musician and Principal Flute with RPS-nominated Ensemble Cymru, promoting new and contemporary music by Welsh composers. He has been a guest tutor at specialist flute courses in the USA and Mexico, and was Associate Director of the International Summer School in Stratford for six years. ...
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Dr Helen Roberts
Postdoctoral Research Fellow / Research Assistant
Helen Roberts is a teacher, researcher and historical performer bringing fifteen years of professional freelance playing work to her developing international research profile. She is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Managing Editor of Septenary Editions, and a member of His Majestys Sagbutts and...