Gillian Thoday

Biography

Gillian Thoday has been a cello tutor at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester since 2009 and has taught at Chethams School of Music and the Guildhall School of Music Junior Department for many years. Her experience as a performer encompasses solo recitals, work with chamber ensembles, studio sessions and orchestral work with most of the major orchestras in London.

Her teaching is strongly influenced by her four years of study in Germany with Andre Navarra, one of the greatest soloists and pedagogues of his day, together with the fruits of her own extensive experience as a performer and teacher. Her approach combines a strong emphasis on technical schooling with a recognition of the need to always nurture the invidual voice of the student. She aims to give them the technical, musical and organiational skills to ultimately become their own teachers, and many of her students have gone on to successful performing careers in the music profession.