Shelagh Sutherland ARAM LRAM STAT

Key details:

Department:
Music | Academic Studies | Guildhall Young Artists | Junior Guildhall
Role:
Piano Teaching Staff
Photo of Shelagh Sutherland

Shelagh Sutherland is established as one of Britain’s leading and most versatile pianists, freelancing with the Philharmonia, the London Sinfonietta and the Nash Ensemble.

On a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music she gained diplomas in piano, singing and violin, and several prizes; afterwards travelling on a British Council Research Scholarship to specialise in Czech music in Prague.

She has performed as a pianist in all major British festivals including the Proms, where she was a soloist in John Adams’ ‘Grand pianola music’ with the London Sinfonietta, and has toured Europe, USA, Canada and South America. She recorded regularly for BBC Radio 3 and has made several CD’s.

Shelagh co-ordinates the Piano Dept. of Junior Guildhall, the Aural skills course at senior Guildhall, is a qualified teacher of Alexander Technique and teaches piano at St. Paul’s Girls’ School, Citylit and on the Music therapy course at Guildhall.

For hobbies, she is a qualified pilot and enjoys windsurfing and other water sports.