Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Tutors and Staff (A to Z)
-
Mr Julian Wilkins
Director of RBC Chamber Choir and RBC Camerata, and Visiting Lecturer in Choral Conducting
Julian Wilkins is a versatile, dynamic and inspiring conductor, organist and pianist, working throughout the UK and overseas with prestigious musical organisations including the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) and its choruses, BBC Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Swan, Mozart Festival Orchestra, London Concert...
-
Oliver Wille
International Chair in Chamber Music
Oliver Wille was born in Berlin and studied at several universities in Germany (Berlin and Cologne) and USA (Indiana University and New England Conservatory). As a co-founder of the international acclaimed Kuss-Quartet he started a very active chamber music life at fairly young age. Among his teachers were Eberhard Feltz,...
-
Mike Williams
Jazz Saxophone Tutor (Jazz Musicianship, Ensemble Coaching, Repertoire classes)
Emerging from the Leeds College and Guildhall jazz programmes in 1990, Mike enjoyed over a dozen years working on the London scene, highlights including extended stints with the various bands of Simon Purcell, Ricardo Dos Santos, Kjell Berglund and Hans Koller to name a few amongst many in addition to leading his own bands. ...
-
Paul Wingfield
Head of Vocal and Operatic studies
British conductor, Paul Wingfield took up the post as Head of Vocal and Operatic Studies in September 2017, having previously worked in the department as a Visiting Lecturer. He has worked as a conductor and assistant conductor at the Royal Opera House, where he was a Jette Parker Young Artist from 2012 to 2014. He has worked...
-
Dr Michael Wolters
Professor in Composition
Michael Wolters (born 1971 in Mönchengladbach, Germany) has maintained the position of an “other” in the world of contemporary music with works that queer traditional concert and performance situations. He has written music for traditional ensembles like Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and prefers to challenge conventional...
-
Professor Ronald Woodley
Emeritus Professor of Music
After graduating with first-class honours from the University of Manchester, specializing in Musical Palaeography and Performance, and with Distinction in clarinet from the Royal Northern College of Music, Professor Ronald Woodley completed his DPhil in 15th-century music theory from Keble College,...
-
Alex Woods
Visiting Tutor
Alex Woods is an accomplished and multi award winning saxophonist, composer and arranger from the United Kingdom. As a performer, he has collaborated with multiple Grammy award winning artists such as Jamie Cullum and Charlotte Church. Alex has toured extensively throughout Europe and has performed in some of the world's top...
-
Elizabeth Wrighton
Flute Tutor
Liz is a flautist and educator based in the Midlands. She studied at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, where she won the Conservatoire Woodwind Prize, and received funding from the Royal Philharmonic Society Sir John Barbirolli Memorial Foundation. She was also a National Finalist in the Lyons European Young Musician Competition...
-
David Wynne
Choral Director | Vocal Co-ordinator | Choral Conducting Tutor | Singing Tutor | Aural Tutor
David graduated with an MMus from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in Vocal and Operatic Performance. Whilst studying he also received a full scholarship to study Choral Conducting. David mixes his time between conducting, educating and freelance singing. Away from RBC, David works as Music Director for two large-scale choruses...
-
Peter Wynne-Willson
Early Years Specialist Tutor
Peter is a highly experienced Applied Theatre practitioner, who before taking up his current post has had more than thirty years experience as a writer, director and performer in Young People’s Theatre, Theatre-in-Education and Community Theatre.