Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Tutors and Staff (A to Z)
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Nathaniel Vallois
Senior Violin Tutor
Nathaniel Vallois is Senior Violin Tutor at the Birmingham Conservatoire and is on the violin and chamber music staff at the Purcell School of Music. Besides his teaching and concert activities in the U.K., he is regularly invited to perform, broadcast and give masterclasses abroad (U.S.A, China, France, Italy, Germany, Spain,...
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Iwan VanHetten
Visiting Tutor
UK based trumpeter, keyboardist, musical director, composer / songwriter and producer Iwan VanHetten has worked & toured with artists including Sister Sledge, Candy Dulfer, Paco Sery, The Pointer Sisters, Jools Holland, Jimmy Haslip, Will Kennedy, Russell Ferrante. He is one of a rare breed of musicians who have stellar...
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Helen Varley
Tenor Horn Tutor
Helen Varley is solo horn of the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, well known as the band from the film ‘Brassed Off’, and plays in concerts and competitions across the UK. Helen is the specialist tenor horn tutor at Birmingham Conservatoire and Junior RNCM, and has previously held similar posts at Chetham’s School of Music and...
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Eduardo Vassallo
Cello Tutor
Eduardo Vassallo began his studies in his native Buenos Aires, Argentina, and by the age of 17 he was a founder member of the String Quartet of the National Radio, and the solo cellist of the National Symphony Orchestra. He then came to Europe to continue his studies at the International Menuhin Music Academy in Gstaad,...
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Tamsin Waley-Cohen
Chair in Violin
Born in London, Tamsin Waley-Cohen enjoys an adventurous and varied career. In addition to concerts with the Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Hallé, Liverpool Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, Royal Northern Sinfonia and BBC orchestras, amongst others, she has twice been an associate artist...
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Errollyn Wallen
Composition Tutor
Errollyn Wallen is an award-winning composer and lyricist. Her works include symphonies, ballets, operas and chamber music. Recent large-scale commissions include two works featuring the London Symphony Orchestra for the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games – PRINCIPIA, for massed choirs and orchestra, and...
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Robin Ward
Early Harp Tutor
New Zealander Robin Ward, a graduate of Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand, is the first New Zealander to complete post-graduate studies in historical harp performance at a New Zealand University. Since completing his studies Robin had performed numerous recitals throughout Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, France, Germany...
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Jeremy Watt
Visiting Double Bass Tutor
Graduating in 1999 with an Honours degree in Performance on double bass, from the Queensland Conservatorium, Jeremy Watt spent two years freelancing with a number of symphony orchestras in Australia before relocating to London. Through 1998 and 1999, Jeremy attended programs at the Australian National Academy of Music, and in...
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Mr Andrew Watts
Baroque & Classical Bassoon Tutor
Baroque bassoonist and multi-instrumentalist Andrew (Andy) Watts is a founder member and Associate Principal Bassoon of The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and founder and director of folk/early music group The Carnival Band. After graduating from Cambridge University he studied bassoon and recorder at the Guildhall...
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Nicholas Wearne
Visiting Tutor and Junior Fellow
Nicholas Wearne is a prize-winning organ recitalist who has performed in venues which include Suntory Hall, Tokyo; St Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York; and at Cathedrals in Berlin, Canterbury and Washington. He combines his playing career with the post of Organ Tutor at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, where he enjoys...