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