Strings

Head of Strings: Louise Lansdown

Associate Head of Strings: Nicholas Stringfellow

First Study Administrator: strings@bcu.ac.uk


Bowed Strings

Chair in Violin 
Tamsin Waley-Cohen

International Chair in Viola
Thomas Riebl

Visiting Artist in Cello
Hannah Roberts

International Chair in Cello
Jian Wang

International Chair in Double Bass
Giuseppe Ettore

International Chair in Chamber Music
Oliver Wille

Artist in Residence
Timothy Ridout

Strings Department Consultant
Julian Lloyd Webber

Senior Violin Tutor
Nathaniel Vallois

Head of Chamber Music
Tim Smedley

Violin
Zoe Beyers
Jiafeng Chen 
Roman Mints
Caroline Pether
Ivo Stankov
Susanne Stanzeleit
Sara Trickey
Oliver Wille

Baroque Violin Consultant
Lucy Russell

Baroque Violin and Viola
Kate Fawcett

Viola
Louise Lansdown
Lucy Nolan
Rose Redgrave

Cello
Ben Davies
Lionel Handy
Ulrich Heinen
Peggy Nolan
Jane Salmon
Matthew Sharp
Nicholas Stringfellow

Baroque Cello 

Visiting International Chair in Double Bass Giuseppe Ettorre

Double Bass
Anthony Alcock
Damián Rubido

Double Bass Orchestral Training
Julian Atkinson


String Duo Coaches
Jonathan French
Dr Robert Markham
Charles Matthews

Chamber Music
Jonathan Martindale
Lucy Nolan
Peggy Nolan
Jane Salmon
Oliver Wille
Robin Ireland
Susanne Stanzeleit
Damián Rubido
Jeremy Watt

Junior Fellows
Gildas String Quartet

Associate Ensembles
Cassia Quartet 
Fitzroy Quartet
Quartet 

Ensemble-in-Residence
Heath Quartet
Schubert Ensemble

 

Plucked Strings

Principal Harp Tutor
Rita Schindler

International Chair in Harp
Catrin Finch

Harp Tutor
Ruth Faber
Eleanor Turner

Early Harp Tutor
Robin Ward

Jazz Harp Tutor
Amanda Whiting

International Guitar Chair
Xuefei Yang

Head of Classical Guitar
Mark Ashford

Classical Guitar Tutor
Mark Eden

Lute and Theorbo
Elizabeth Pallett

Electric Guitar and Bass
Fred T Baker


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