Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Tutors and Staff (A to Z)
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Mr Paul Saunders
Multi-Instrumental Consultant
After graduating from the Royal College of Music as a Clarinettist in 1991, Paul has since become one of the busiest woodwind players on the West End circuit. A relatively new addition to the professorial staff, Paul represents a different sphere of the profession to the traditional orchestral or solo route. As a...
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Mary Savva
Visiting Lecturer
Mary Savva is a dance artist and educator based in the UK. Mary develops and makes work with vulnerable communities, children and youths in varied social sites and environments. Mary is interested in community dance making, somatics and re-appraising ideas on what dance is and can be for all bodies; recently contributing to a...
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Cinzia Scafetta
Vocal and Language (Italian) Tutor
Cinzia Scafetta has been an Italian vocal coach at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire since 2007. Her teaching focuses on: developing awareness of the Italian language sound by means of a correct physical articulation of the phonetic apparatus; merging the socio-linguistic properties of the Italian language with the features of the...
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Rita Schindler
Principal Harp Tutor
Hungarian harpist Rita Schindler pursues a varied career as a musician and teacher. Her playing has been described as ‘beguiled with a broad range of colours’, and in 2019 she was appointed principal harp tutor at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. As an orchestral musician, Rita performs regularly with Birmingham Royal Ballet...
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Philippe Schwartz
Euphonium Tutor
Born in Luxembourg in 1985, Philippe began playing the Euphonium at the age of eight at the Conservatoire de Musique de la Ville de Luxembourg. In 2004 he decided to further his musical education at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester where he completed both a Bachelor and a Master’s degree with distinction...
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Joanne Sealey
Head of Piano Accompaniment in Wind and Brass Studies
As well as her role as Head of Piano Accompaniment in Wind and Brass Studies, Joanne Sealey is also a Senior Tutor in Accompaniment and Coaching. Jo has become widely recognised in the UK as a specialist in woodwind and brass accompaniment and currently holds the position of Head of Accompaniment in Wind and Brass Studies at...
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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 Birmingham 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
Director of Postgraduate Studies (Music)
Dr Luan Shaw is Director of Postgraduate Studies (Music) at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire where she has taught since 2011. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and was made an Honorary Member of RBC in 2001. In her former role as RBC’s first Head of Pedagogy (2011-2018), she led the significant...
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Stephen Simms
Vice Principal - Acting, Professor of Actor Education
Stephen is the Vice Principal of Royal Birmingham 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 Birmingham...