Performance tutoring
Our tutors' expertise spans numerous musical styles and areas of study. See below for a list of our current tutors and what they offer.
If you take a performance module for credit as part of any music degree in your first instrument or voice, you will have your lessons paid for by the music department.
We have tutors in a range of other instruments and styles.
If you can't find what you are looking for here, this does not mean that we do not teach it.
Drums and percussion
Head of Studies: John Hirst
Please note that the links below will take you to each tutor's personal website.
- Orchestral Percussion: Alan Fearon, Steven Moore
- Drums: Jason Huxtable, Adam Stapleford, John Hirst
Guitar, DJ, electronica, music production and songwriting
Head of Studies: Mick Wright
Please note that the links below will take you to each tutor's personal website.
- Guitar: Mick Wright, Athol Cassidy, Matt Price, Adam Soper
- Classical Guitar: Brian Arthur
- Bass Guitar: Neil Harland
- Live Electronics/Multi-media:Rob Blazey, James Hall
- Songwriting: Kieran Rafferty, Tobias Illingworth
- Music Production: Phil Begg
Folk and traditional
Head of Studies: Nancy Kerr
Please note that the links below will take you to each tutor's personal website.
- Fiddle, Cello: Nancy Kerr, Claire Mann, Kathryn Tickell, Niles Krieger, Grace Smith, Merle Harbron, Sam Baxter, Imogen Gunner, Rachael McShane, Mark Carroll, Ceitidh Mac, Sophy Ball
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Voice: Nancy Kerr, James Fagan, Holly Clarke, Jon Doran, Sam Baxter, Emily Portman, Aimée Leonard, Katie Doherty
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Accordion, Concertina, Melodeon: Alistair Anderson, Amy Thatcher, Julian Sutton, Karen Tweed, Dave Gray, Saul Rose, Heather Ferrier
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Flute, Pipes, Whistle, Recorder: Sam Partridge, Jordan Aikin, Claire Mann, Andy May, Kathryn Tickell, Greg Bealing
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Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin: Andy Watt, Mick Wright, Dan Walsh, Matt Price, Tom Kimber, James Fagan, Bertie Armstrong, Alasdair Paul, Bevan Morris, Jon Doran
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Keyboard, Harp/Clarsach: Andy May, Grace Alexander, Alys John, Rachel Newton
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Clog: Jane Garbutt, Grace Smith, Heather Ferrier
Indian music
Please note that the links below will take you to each tutor's personal website.
- Voice: Vijay Rajput
- Tabla: Shahbaz Hussain, Dalvir Bajwa
Keyboards
Head of Studies: Adam Johnson
Please note that the links below will take you to each tutor's personal website.
- Classical piano: Adam Johnson, Venera Bojkova Brown, Eileen Bown, Yoshie Kawamura, David Murray
- Jazz piano: Stuart Collingwood, Gerry Richardson, Paul Edis, Andy May, Tobias Illingworth
- Organ: Kris Thomsett, James Parsons
Strings
Head of Studies: Iona Brown
Please note that the links below will take you to each tutor's personal website.
- Violin: Iona Brown, Sasha Raikhlina, Jane Nossek, Ed Cross
- Viola: Christine Slater, Mike Gerrard
- Violoncello: Gabriel Waite, Gemma Kost, Katie Tertell
- Double Bass: Sian Hicks, Tony Abbell
- Harp: Rhodri Davies, Maíre Ní Chathasaigh, Rachel Newton, Venera Bojkova
- Lute: Jacob Heringman
- Viols: John Finnon
- Cello: Katie Tertell
Voice
Head of Classical Vocal Studies: Miranda Wright and Anne-Marie Owens
Please note that the links below will take you to each tutor's personal website.
Classical vocal tutors:
- Lawrence Zazzo
- Miranda Wright
- Anne-Marie Owens
- Andri Bjorn Robertsson
Head of Vernacular Vocal Studies: Cath Stephens
Vernacular vocal tutors:
- Cath Stephens
- Ruth Lambert
- James Hedges
- Phil Davids
Woodwinds
Head of Studies: Rachel Jeffers
Please note that the links below will take you to each tutor's personal website.
- Flute:Brian Stewart, Rachel Jeffers, Jess Lee, Helena Gourd
- Oboe: Philip Cull, Michael O'Donnell, Rebecca O'Donnell
- Clarinet: Jennifer Murray, Dov Goldberg
- Bassoon: Robin Kennard, Stephen Reay, Lawrence O'Donnell
- Saxophone (Classical): Keith Robinson, Andrew Smith, Sue Ferris
- Saxophone (Jazz): Andy Scott, Phil Bancroft, Faye MacCalman, Lewis Watson, Sue Ferris
- Recorder: Laura Hird, Pamela Thorby, Rosanna Whitton, Rebecca O'Donnell