Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Tutors and Staff (A to Z)
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Dave Holland Visiting Artist In Residence
Guest Artist (Ensemble Coaching, Bass Masterclass, Rhythm class & Composition class)
Amid endless choices, the sound of a Dave Holland bass line compels attention. A master of tone and rhythm, the bassist, composer, and bandleader is now in his fifth decade as a performer and his music possesses a rich and kaleidoscopic history. His path has led him from the frontiers of free improvisation to his modern...
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Kyle Horch
Saxophone Consultant
Kyle Horch studied at Northwestern University in Chicago, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London; his teachers included Frederick Hemke and Stephen Trier. As a student and young professional musician, he won prizes in competitions in Britain, Europe, and the USA. He has made numerous recordings as a soloist,...
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Anthony Howe
Trombone Tutor
Anthony Howe is currently 2nd trombone with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, where he has been a full-time member since 2001. He is also a member of the CBSO brass quintet and occasionally guests with other orchestras. He joined the Brass staff at the Conservatoire in 2003. Between 1991 and 2001, his busy freelance...
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Dr Polly Hudson
Reader in Dance
Dr Polly Hudson is a Reader in Dance. She is also Head of Movement at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Acting, and Associate Director for the Centre for Interdisciplinary Performative Arts (CIPA). Polly is a certified teacher of Skinner Releasing Technique. Her practice focuses on process within artistic making, ethical...
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Jason Huxtable
Percussion Tutor (Solo, Ensemble and Pedagogy)
Jason studied at Birmingham Conservatoire. He graduated with first class honours, an advanced postgraduate diploma with distinction, numerous prizes and became an Honorary member of the institution in 2014. As a Visiting Tutor, he contributes to the department in the areas of solo percussion, percussion ensemble, community...
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Dr Andy Ingamells
Research Assistant and Visiting Tutor
Andy Ingamells is composer-performer of experimental music. His work is rooted in traditional elements of music making and classical concert conventions but implemented in a different way. Traditional elements such as score-reading, performance and improvisation often do not give way to recognisably musical material. His is a...
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Shanti Jayasinha
Visiting Tutor in Jazz
Shanti Jayasinha is a highly sought after Jazz and World multi-instrumentalist and an extremely experienced educator. Based in London since 1986, he has worked in all types of musical situations at the highest level in the Jazz, Latin, Brazilian, African, other World music fields. As a trumpeter he has worked in Reggae, Soca,...
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Edward Jones
Head of Brass and Trombone Tutor
Edward Jones is a former Principal Trombone of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. He was born in Aberystwyth, Wales, in 1984, and began playing the trombone at the age of nine. By the time he was 13, Edward was Principal Trombone of the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain, and he later held the same position with...
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Sharona Joshua
Fortepiano Tutor
Israeli-born Sharona Joshua studied piano with the late Professor Alexander Volkov in Israel, fortepiano with the late Christopher Kite at the Guildhal School of Music and Drama in London, harpsichord with Richard Egarr and David Roblou in London, and historical piano with specialist Sally Sargent in Vienna. Sharona now...
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Toby Kearney
Head of Percussion
Toby Kearney is Principal Percussion and Timpani of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, regularly appears as principal percussion of Britten Sinfonia and is a member of O Duo with Owen Gunnell. Since winning the percussion category of the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition in 2006 Toby has had an extremely...