Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Tutors and Staff (A to Z)
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Alan Thomas
Trumpet Tutor
Alan is a former Principal Trumpet of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. He is now proud to be serving in the Royal Air Force Music Services and is a member of Onyx Brass and a founder member of Septura Brass Septet. As well as being a Trumpet Tutor at RBC Alan is also a Trumpet...
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Dr Gareth Thomas
Senior Lecturer and Assistant Course Director (Undergraduate)
Dr Gareth Thomas is a full-time lecturer at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. He completed his BMus and MA degrees at Cardiff University before moving to the University of Birmingham to complete his PhD on ‘The impact of Russian music in Britain 1893-1929’. He has been part of the teaching staff at RBC since 2001. His interests...
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Emma Thompson
Scenic Designer in Stage Management
Emma graduated in 2001 in Theatre design from University Of Central England and went on to have a freelance career for over 20 years. During that time she worked not only as a theatre designer but also scenic artist, commercial artist, prop maker, wardrobe mistress, puppet maker and artist tutor. During her freelance career...
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Kate Thompson
Staff accompanist
Kate Thompson studied with Ryszard Bakst and Renna Kellaway at the RNCM, where she won the Peter Frankl Award and took part in masterclasses with Paul Badura-Skoda, Bernard Roberts, Ralph Kirshbaum and the Vermeer Quartet. She also received guidance from Nina Milkina, Roger Vignoles and Denis Matthews. She has subsequently...
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Professor Shirley Thompson
Vice Principal (Music)
Shirley Thompson is a graduate of Hull University (BMus, 1987; PhD, 1998). She took up her post at Birmingham Conservatoire in 2001, and was promoted to her present role as Director of Postgraduate Studies in 2009. This role combines the management of the Conservatoire’s taught postgraduate courses with teaching (at both...
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Roy Thompson
Alexander Technique Tutor
Roy grew up in Birmingham and attended the Junior Department of the Birmingham School of Music (now the Conservatoire) where, as an external candidate, he gained a Performer's Diploma in clarinet from Trinity College of Music, London. While studying for a degree in music at London University he became increasingly interested in...
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John Thwaites
Head of Piano
Professor John Thwaites is best known for his collaborative work with strings and as a founder member of the Primrose Piano Quartet. The Primrose have commissioned and recorded important new work by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Anthony Payne, Sally Beamish, Steve Goss and John Casken, and have recorded the earlier twentieth...
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Dr Andrew Toovey
Composition Tutor
Dr Andrew Toovey was born in London in 1962, and studied composition with Jonathan Harvey, Michael Finnissy and briefly with Morton Feldman. He took an MPhil from the University of Sussex. He has won a series of prestigious composition prizes including the Tippett Prize, Terra Nova Prize, the Bernard Shore Viola Composition...
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Jean Toussaint
Jazz Saxophone Tutor (Ensemble Coaching & Transcription class)
Since Toussaint left Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers in the mid eighties, he hasn’t looked back. Nor has he spent a career trying to repeat the past. The experiences gained in that world-class hothouse have enabled him to push forward and embrace challenging, and often high profile, musical collaborations in many different jazz...
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Sara Trickey
Violin Tutor
Sara Trickey enjoys an exciting and diverse career as a solo violinist and chamber musician. Noted for her “fiery and passionate” performances (The Strad) and her “beautifully refined tone” (Musical Opinion), she performs at many of the major UK festivals and venues, including in the Presteigne, Alwyn, Oxford May Music,...