Our coaching staff

University Music Ensembles and Scholars are supported by a team of freelance coaches and tutors who are leaders in their field. We also welcome additional guests from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham Royal Ballet, and Birmingham Contemporary Music Group to work with our groups.

Coaching staff

Conducting

  • Choral - Mariana Rosas
  • Orchestral – Daniele Rosina

Early Music

  • Baroque Flute - Katy Bircher
  • Harpsichord - Yeo Yat-Soon
  • Natural Horn - Anneke Scott
  • Natural Trumpet and Cornett - Richard Thomas
  • Sackbut - Martyn Sanderson
  • Theorbo and Lute - Lynda Sayce
  • Viols - David Hatcher

Jazz

  • Guitar - Steve Banks
  • Double Bass and Bass Guitar - Nick Jurd
  • Trumpet - Aaron Diaz
  • Drum Kit - Jonathan Silk
  • Piano - Toby Boalch
  • Saxophone - John Fleming
  • Saxophone - Alicia Gardener-Trejo
  • Trombone - Richard Foote
  • Voice - Sara Colman

Orchestral and Classical

  • Woodwind – Oliver Janes, Margaret Cookhorn, Jo Mayne, Philip Brookes
  • Trumpet - Steve Lee
  • Trombone – Martyn Sanderson
  • French Horn – Stephen Roberts
  • Upper Strings - Georgia Hannant, CJ Hughes, Zhivko Georgiev, Michael Jenkinson, Rose Redgrave
  • Cello - Elaine Ackers
  • Percussion – Andrew Herbert
  • Piano - Alexander Boyd, David Quigley and Cinzia Scafetta

Voice

  • Alison Chamberlain, Mark Chambers, Elizabeth Cragg, Piran Legg, Suzzie Vango

Workshop leaders

  • Songwriting - Sara Colman
  • Sound Recording - David Birnie
  • DJing - Luis Manual Garcia
  • Electronic music - Simon Smith