Junior Guildhall Staff
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Leadership
Leadership
Director of Guildhall Young Artists and Safeguarding
Alison Mears BMus (Hons) PGCE FGS FISM
Head of Junior Guildhall
Rosie Whitfield ARCM DipRCM PGCE BIFF
Head of Junior Music Courses
David Wallace BMus (Hons), LRSM, PGDip (Roeh), MMus (GSMD), MISM
Head of Academic Studies
Paul Whitmarsh MA MMus
Head of Strings
William Bruce ARCM HonARAM
Head of Wind, Brass & Percussion
Robert Porter FGS GGSM LRAM
Brass Coordinator & Brass Training Programme Coordinator
Spencer Down BMus
Brass & String Training Programmes Class Coordinator
Michael Spence BA (Hons) PGCE MTeach
Composition Coordinator
Jeffery Wilson GRSM
Drama Coordinator
Alasdair Middleton
Jazz Coordinators
Jonathan Taylor BA MA
Oliver Weston BA PDMPerf
Percussion Coordinator
Adam Morris
Piano Coordinator
Shelagh Sutherland ARAM LRAM MSTAT
String Chamber Music Coordinator
Peter Esswood ARCM
Vocal Coordinator
Marilyn Rees BMus
Teaching Staff
*Indicates a teacher who teaches Junior Guildhall students during the week but not on Saturdays
Brass Band & Wind Orchestra
Spencer Down BMus
Choirs
Marek Maryniak Dip Mus Th ALCM MSc BA PGCE
Daniel Turner MA(Oxon) MMus
String Ensembles
Gonzalo Acosta
Julian Clayton
Symphony Orchestra
Julian Clayton
Spencer Down BMus Associate Conductor
String Chamber Music Consultant
Jeremy Menuhin
Chamber Music Coaches
Gonzalo Acosta
Patricia Birchall ARCM BMus
Rebecca Breen BMus MPerf
Peter Esswood ARCM
Nigel Goldberg ARCM FISM
Alfia Nakipbekova PhD MMus MA BMus BA
Maureen Parrington ARCM
Margaret Powell DSCM ASCM
John Rogers LRSM LTCL BSc DipRCM (T & Perf) MMus
Charles Sewart AGSM
Julia Kim-Shin BMus (Hons) MMus MEd.Policy
Ralph de Souza*
David Spencer BMus GRNCM
Robert Turrell FTCL LTCL
Violin
Gonzalo Acosta
Patricia Birchall ARCM BMus
Eulalie Charland BMus MMus
Vanessa David AGSM ARAM
Alda Dizdari BMus MMus
Nigel Goldberg ARCM FISM
Ruth Hahn AGSM Advanced Solo Studies
Boris Kucharsky* ARCM MM AD
Itamar Rashkovsky BSocSc
Charles Sewart AGSM
Krzysztof Smietana* FGS
Ralph de Souza*
David Spencer BMus GRNCM
Ivo Stankov LRAM PGDipRAM RCSM (Madrid)
Sara Trickey BA PGDip
Robert Turrell FTCL LTCL
Faith Whiteley LRAM
Viola
Rebecca Breen BMus MPerf
Eulalie Charland BMus MMus
Vanessa David AGSM
Boris Kucharsky* ARCM MM AD
Ivo Stankov LRAM PGDipRAM RCSM (Madrid)
Robert Turrell FTCL LTCL
Stephen Upshaw BMus MMus
Faith Whiteley LRAM
Cello
William Bruce ARCM HonARAM
Dr Oliver Gledhill PhD MA(Mtpp) PGCA ARCM FISM
Selma Gokcen BMus MMus DMA
Alfia Nakipbekova PhD MMus MA BMus BA
Margaret Powell DSCM ASCM
Gillian Thoday LRAM
Daisy Vatalaro BA MA
Double Bass
Elizabeth Hosford GGSM LGSM
Eloise Riddell MA BMus LRAM ATCL
Harp
Harriet Adie BA (Oxon.) PGDip TCM
Charlotte Seale ARCM Premier Prix
Guitar
Matthew Robinson BMus MPerf
Flute/Piccolo
Caroline Li BMus PGDip LRAM
Lisa Nelsen BMus PGDip
Oboe/Cor Anglais
Rachel Broadbent BMus
Rebecca Wood BMus PGDipOrchTraining
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet
Neyire Ashworth AGSM UM Rotterdam PGCert ILMCert (Level7)
Derek Hannigan AGSM LRSM
Bassoon/Contra Bassoon
Rosemary Cow BMus MMus
Robert Porter FGS GGSM LRAM
Saxophone
Christian Forshaw* BMus
Sarah James BMus LRAM DipRAM ARAM
Alastair Penman* BA MEng MMus
Josie Simmons BMus
Trumpet/Cornet
Eleanor Lovegrove BMus
Andrew Mitchell FGS ARCM
Gerry Ruddock AGSM
French Horn
David Bentley GGSM ARCM
Euphonium
Spencer Down BMus
Trombone
Rob Burgess GGSM
Susan White BMus MMus
Tuba
Martin Knowles AGSM
Percussion
Glyn Matthews AGSM
Adam Morris BA (Hons) MMus (GSMD)
Piano
Frances Angell MusB LRAM PGCert (RCM)
Daria Bitsiuk BMus MMus PGCert (GSMD)
Katarzyna Borowiak MA (Fr Chopin Cons) Premier Prix GSM
Andrew Bottrill GGSM Premier Prix MA
Alexander Boyd AGSM
Joan Havill* FGSM ARCM LRSM
Jack Lambert BMus MMus LRAM
Chenyin Li DMA MMA MMus Premiere Prix PGDip BMus
Zoë Mather AGSM
Sanae Nakajima AGSM BA(Oxon)
Riyad Nicolas BMus MA LRAM
Gareth Owen MMus Concert Recital Diploma (Premier Prix)
Lucy Parham* AGSM Premier Prix (Concert Recital Diploma)
Maria Razumovskaya PhD MMus BMus (Hons) FHEA
Helen Reid* MA ARCM
Laura Roberts* AGSM
Melanie Spanswick MMus (RCM) GRSM (Hons) DipRCM ARCM (PG)
Shelagh Sutherland ARAM LRAM STAT
Vocal
Marilyn Rees BMus
Rachel Sherry BA MA LRAM ARAM ProfCert TLHPE FHEA
Conducting
Scott Wilson BMus MMus
Composition
Michael Christie ARCM
Marek Maryniak DipMusTh ALCM MSc BA PGCE
Rhiannon Randle MA(Cantab) MA(GSMD) MPhil
Susannah Self PhD ARCM MPhil
Paul Whitmarsh MA MMus
Jeffery Wilson GRSM
Musical Awareness Resources Coordinator
Michael Christie ARCM
Musical Awareness
Michael Christie ARCM
John Dack BA PhD PGDipMIT MSc MMus MA
Joy Ellis CertGSMD(P) BA MMus
Marek Maryniak DipMusTh ALCM MSc BA PGCE
Adam Osmianski MM
Rhiannon Randle MA(Cantab) MA(GSMD) MPhil
Susannah Self PhD ARCM MPhil
Paul Whitmarsh MA MMus
Electronic Studio
Fergus Brignall BMus
Alexander Technique
Jane Gregory BA MSTAT ATEUK
Accompanists
Jane Beament LRAM GRSM
John Flinders BA (Hons) LGSM
Louisa Lam BMus MMus LRSM
Krystal Tunnicliffe MPerf BMus LMusA AMusA
Jazz Saxophone
Oliver Weston BA PDMPerf
Jazz Trombone
Trevor Mires* BMus
Jazz Drum Kit
Adam Osmianski MM
Jazz Bass
John Williamson BSc MA PhD LRAM DipRAM
Jazz Guitar
Tommy Emmerton
Jazz Piano
Joy Ellis CertGSMD BA MMus
Jonathan Taylor BA MA
Jazz Voice
Joy Ellis CertGSMD BA MMus
Jazz Choir
Joy Ellis CertGSMD BA MMus
Jazz Musical Awareness
Adam Osmianski MM
Jonathan Taylor BA MA
Oliver Weston BA PDMPerf
Big Band Conductor
Oliver Weston BA PDMPerf
Rhythmics
Kaye Barker BA MA PGCE ARCM Licence Dalcroze Eurhythmics (UK)
Anita Memmott BA MA
Mary Price-O’Connor BA
Kodály
Lucy Barlow BA (Hons) Oxon
Emma Harding BMus MA
Esther Hargittai MA
Michael Spence BA (Hons) PGCE MTeach
Choir
Esther Hargittai MA
Michael Spence BA (Hons) PGCE MTeach
Violin
Patricia Birchall ARCM BMus
Rachel Cooper BA MSc
Vanessa David AGSM
Rachel Good AGSM CKME
John Rogers LRSM LTCL BSc DipRCM (T & Perf) MMus
Julia Stewart AGSM
Viola
Rachel Cooper BA MSc
Rachel Good AGAM CKME
John Rogers LRSM LTCL BSc DipRCM (T & Perf) MMus
Cello
Sheida Davis BMus MMus
Dr Oliver Gledhill PhD MA(Mtpp) PGCA ARCM FISM
Josephine Hughes-Chamberlain LRAM
Double Bass
Elizabeth Hosford GGSM LGSM
Eloise Riddell MA BMus LRAM ATCL
Harp
Harriet Adie BA (Oxon.) PGDip TCM
Anneke Hodnett BMus MMus
Charlotte Seale ARCM Premier Prix
Guitar
Jens Franke BMus PGDip MMus
Trumpet
Robert Domingue BMus MA
Eleanor Lovegrove BMus
Gerry Ruddock AGSM
Horn
Jonathan Harris BMus (Hons) BSc (Hons)
Euphonium
Spencer Down BMus
Trombone
Rob Burgess GGSM
Susan White BMus (Hons) MMus
Piano
Lorraine Augustine DipABRSM CTABRSM PGCert(GSMD) FISM
Daria Bitsiuk BMus MMus PGCert(GSMD)
Jack Lambert BMus MMus LRAM
Riyad Nicolas BMus MA LRAM
Elenlucia Pappalardo BMus MMus PGDip
Rhythmics
Rosalind Ridout MA(Cantab) MMus
Kodály
Emma Stansfield BMus MMus
Ensemble
Oliver Farrant BMus (Hons)
Sarah Harris DipRAM ProfCertRAM
Ronan MacManus BMus MMus
Violin/Viola
Yana Burova MMus
Sarah Harris DipRAM ProfCertRAM
Ronan MacManus BMus MMus
Cello
Oliver Farrant BMus (Hons)
Piano
Lewis Kesterton BMus MISM
Antonina Suhanova BMus (Hons) MMus ArtDip (GSMD)
Drama Course Tutors
Alasdair Middleton
Maggie Zolinsky
Acting Administrative Manager
Helen Jorgensen BA (Hons) PGDip
Executive Assistant to the Director of Guildhall Young Artists & Safeguarding/Senior Junior Guildhall Administrator
Paula Duff FGS
Music Officer
Edward Deakins BMus (Hons)
Brittany Farren BA (Hons)
James Wilson BA
Administrative Assistant
Ursula Perks MA (Cantab)
GYA Administrator
Liam Forster BMus (Hons) MPerf
