Advisory Panels

 

      

 

Academic Advisor to the Academy:

Professor Reinhard Strohm Ph.D (KU Berlin) FBA, HonFASC. Heather Professor of Music at the University of Oxford.

Educational Advisor to the Academy:

John McIntosh OBE, MA, FRSA, HonFCP, HonFASC. Headmaster Emeritus of the London Oratory School.

      

Early Music Advisory Panel

Rt Rev Dom Cuthbert Brogan OSB, MA (Oxon), Hon FASC
Dom. Cuthbert is Abbott of St Michael's Abbey in Farnborough and will answer enquiries on Gregorian Chant and Liturgical History. Farnborough Abbey has an extensive library on the subject.

Andrew Carwood, MA (Cantab), Hon FASC
Andrew is Director of The Cardinalls Musick and is an international soloist/consort singer who has sung and recorded with The Tallis Scholars, The Sixteen, the Gabrieli Consort, Westminster Cathedral Choir and the Parley of Instruments. He is an expert on late 15th and 16/17th century choral repertoire, the Liturgy and the Chant. Andrew was also Director of Music at Brompton Oratory from 1995-2000.

Neil Coleman, BMus (Edin), LRAM, Hon FASC
A freelance harpsichord and clavichord soloist, Neil specialises in early keyboard music, ornamentation and continuo realisation..

Dr Kate Eckersley, BA, DPhil (Oxon), Hon FASC
A freelance singer and lecturer, Kate has recorded a number of Scarlatti cantatas and is an expert on the 18th century Italian Cantata, D. Scarlatti and Vivaldi. Kate is a member of the Choir at St James' Church, Spanish Place.

Ruth Holton, MA (Cantab), LRAM, Hon FASC
A freelance singer and former member of the Tallis Scholars, Ruth has very many early music recordings to her credit. She has recorded with the choir of St Thomas' Leipzig and performed with them in Westminster Abbey and on BBC Radio 3 to wide acclaim. Ruth is available as a teacher and coach based in the London area.

Richard King, BMus, MMus, PhD(Stanford), Hon FASC
Richard is a Professor of Music at the University of Maryland (USA) and President of the American Handel Society. He has written extensively and is an authority on the "Life and Works of G F Handel

Nicholas Mitchell, MA (Oxon), Hon FASC
Nicholas is an acclaimed expert on early pitch and has written and published extensively, namely the Galpin Society Magazine 1995 and 2001, Harpsichord and Fortepiano Magazin e Vol.9 No. I . Philip Pickett has had a harpsichord made especially to Nicholas' specifications.

Emma Murphy, BMus (Birm), MMus (Lond) FTCL, Hon FASC
Emma is a freelance singer and recorder player. She is a member of the Kings Consort directed by Robert King. Enquiries can be made on all aspects of the recorder, its repertoire, style and performance.

Nicholas O Neill BA (Oxon) FRCO HonFASC
Organist at St George's Cathedral in Southwark, head of Musical Techniques and Contextual Studies lecturer at Trinity College of Music in London.

Hans-Peter Retzmann, Hon FASC
Hans-Peter is Organist in Monchengladbach-Hardt in Germany. He is a renowned improvisor on the organ and is Editor of Musikkultur at the Robert Schumann Hoffeschule. He has expertise on the works of J. S. Bach and Reger (who he is researching for his Ph. D.). Hans-Peter can also answer any enquiries regarding improvisation.

David Sanger, FRAM, FRCO, ARCM, Hon FASC
David has an international reputation as an organ recitalist and is an authority on 18th century European organ music. He is visiting Professor at the Royal Academy of Music and was Guest Professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Music for two years. David is also organ teacher at Cambridge University. He has over twenty highly regarded CD recordings to his credit covering the whole organ repertoire.

Dom Daniel Saulnier OSB, Hon FASC
Dom Daniel is Director of Music Palaeography at the Abbey of St Pierre at Solesmes in France. He has written extensively and is an authority on Plainchant. The Solesmes editions of plainchant are in use throughout the world today.

Jeremy Summerly, MA (Oxon), MMus (Lon), Hon ARAM, Hon FASC
Jeremy is Head of Academic Studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He is also Director of the early music group, The Oxford Camerata which have made many highly acclaimed recordings. Jeremy's field of expertise is English Church Music 1485-1650.

Robert Woolley, GRSM, ARCM, Hon FASC
Robert is Professor of Harpsichord, Fortepiano and Clavichord at the Royal College of Music in London. His recordings have received excellent reviews worldwide. Robert is available for enquiries regarding performance of 17th and 18th century solo keyboard repertoire and continuo playing.

Terry Worroll, BA, GTCL, DMus, ARCO, FCCM, Hon FASC
Director of Music at St James' Church Spanish Place in London. Terry directs a fully professional choir in traditional Catholic liturgy. His expertise covers plainsong, 16th century Polyphony and 15th - 16th century dance music.

 

 

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