He holds the Academy’s LRAM teaching diploma. Her work is noted for its emotional impact, depth of craft and brilliant colouring and orchestration. Herbert Fryer (1877–1957), pianist. Appointed Director of Music of St Peter's College, University of Oxford. In recent years, Ashfield's stand-out performance as Elder McKinley in The Book of Mormon in the West End and on Broadway has won him an Olivier Award, and both WhatsOnStage and BroadwayWorld Awards. She is an extremely enthusiastic chamber musician and has performed across Europe and in Japan with numerous distinguished artists such as Quatuor Debussy, François Le Roux and Lindsay String Quartet, as well as with her sister, flautist Emily Beynon. Bertie Baigent is Assistant Conductor of the Colorado Symphony and Music Director of Waterperry Opera Festival. In this context she is normally to be found giving some dozen performances in four days, ranging from the complete Schubert song cycles in 2019 (partnering Jonathan Lemalu, Nicholas Mulroy and Marcus Farnsworth), and annual commissions from living composers, to performances for pre-schoolers. She later gained a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, where she continued to study with Boden and also Skaila Kanga. Released solo album That's the Berries! Subcategories. Performs as a soloist with some of the world’s most famous orchestras, Principal Flute, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Conductor, Colorado Symphony and Music Director, Waterperry Opera Festiva, Principal Timpanist, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Principal Harp, Orchestre Philharmonie de Luxembourg, One of the leading European figures in contemporary music, Composer, vocalist and artistic director specialising in theatre, multi-disciplinary work and opera, One of the world’s most sought-after British dramatic sopranos, Prize-winning accompanist and chamber musician, Director of Music, Peterborough Cathedral, Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Internationally acknowledged specialist performer on early keyboard instruments, Principal Cor Anglais, Royal Scottish National Orchestra. The opportunity to work with so many different singers and instrumentalists, all in one concentrated bubble, was extraordinary. Birtwistle has received many honours including the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, Wihuri Sibelius Prize, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and a British knighthood. She was President of the MTA (2015-2016), the UK's largest and longest established association of music teaching professionals, and in 2017 gained the National Professional Qualification in Senior Leadership (NPQSL). In recent years, he has developed a particularly close affinity with the clavichord and is currently recording 20th- and 21st-century music, including his own compositions. was simply exquisite.’ - The Guardian, January 2020, ‘Yende’s partner for this recital, fellow South African James Baillieu, was extraordinary, showing all the makings of an exceptional vocal accompanist: his vivid playing never upstaged his partner, and he followed her beautifully, his choices responding to hers in real time…Baillieu might become one of the few pianists to achieve real fame as a vocal accompanist." Eleanor Alberga is a highly regarded British composer with commissions and premieres from the BBC Proms and The Royal Opera. She has featured on several award-winning CDs and is much in demand as a principal and solo oboist. After Studying for her BA in Music at Queen’s College, University of Oxford and a postgraduate diploma from the Royal Academy of Music, Alexandra Bellamy completed her training with a stint as Principal Oboe of the European Union Baroque Orchestra. She met with music education faculty at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, where Samuel Leong (MM ’87) is professor and head of the Department of Cultural and Creative Arts. Only eligible for one who received awards from the Honours Committee of the Royal Academy of Music. Our relationship with former students is lifelong and everyone who attended Senior or Junior Academy is a member of our alumni … Appointed Vice Principal Cello of the Korean Symphony Orchestra. He later worked closely with Sir Clifford Curzon in London. Castledine is also the Musical Director of Peterborough and Ramsey Choral Societies and currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Church Music Society. She has worked as an actress and singer/multi-instrumentalist at Shakespeare's Globe theatre, been choreographed by Cathy Marston (former Associate Artist of the Royal Opera House) and her rendition of the French folk song, Auprès de ma blonde, was chosen for the closing credits of legendary director André Téchiné’s 2017 film, Nos années folles. He is currently based in London and Denver. We're excited to discover who’s next. Accepted on the 2020 Salzburger Festspiele Young Singer's Programme and joining the studio of the Vienna State Opera for two years from September 2020. His work for solo alto recorder, Diaries of the Early Worm, won the Solo or Duo category at the Ivors Composer Awards 2020. While still a student at the Academy, Clay began freelancing with various orchestras including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Bowler completed her BMus (Hons) at the Royal Northern College of Music and Sibelius Academy, Finland, followed by her MMus and PhD at the Royal Academy of Music. A regular presence on the stage of the Royal Opera House, Bell's most recent appearances there have included Eva, Madame Lidoine and her highly acclaimed Elisabeth in Tannhäuser, about which The Times wrote ‘her timbre has always been unique but now Bell shows so much more: perfect intonation, tenderness, subtle variation, compelling acting’. He has also been busy creating the role of Hamish McLarnon in the new Broadway-bound British musical, Becoming Nancy, which was recently previewed in Atlanta. She has since established herself as one of the leading lights in the world of historical performance, having played with many of the UK’s period instrument orchestras. Won the 'Best Mystery' Audie award for his audiobook narration of The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup. Awarded the Mozaik Philanthropy Future Art Awards prize for his multimedia video installation piece Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free which was written in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA. Debut album Mellow Mind released in August 2020. At 14, Chaney won a joint-first piano and voice scholarship to Chetham's School of Music, where she focused on classical repertoire. Won second prize at Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin. Born and growing up in Jamaica, her cultural inheritance is wide including performing with the Jamaican Folk Singers and as a dancer with an African Dance company. Winner of the Ferrier Loveday Song Prize at the 2020 Kathleen Ferrier Award competition. Following the impact of these festivals, New Paths was additionally asked to take on the long-running Beverley Chamber Music Festival, of which Burgess and international pianist Martin Roscoe are now Co-Artistic Directors. She is highly regarded as a chorus master, vocal coach, chamber music tutor, writer, adjudicator and masterclasses leader, and was previously Head of Keyboard at Eton College. Other major works include Theseus Game, Neruda Madrigales, Angel Fighter and In Broken Images. As a percussionist, Bedewi appears frequently with the Colin Currie Group, an internationally-acclaimed ensemble founded in 2006 specialising in the music of Steve Reich. Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Olivia Chaney has appeared on BBC Two’s Later…with Jools Holland, CBS This Morning; performed live sessions on KCRW’s Morning becomes Eclectic, BBC Radio 1 with Gilles Peterson and BBC Radio 2 with Mark Radcliffe; and in 2019 was nominated BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year. - New York Classical Review, December 2019. Nominated in the category of 'Best Performer in a Musical' for The Stage Debut Awards for her performance as Maria in West Side Story at The Curve, Leicester. Much in demand as a choral conductor and music education consultant, she began her studies at the University of Oxford prior to gaining her MMus in Choral Direction and Church Music at the Royal Academy of Music. Royal Academy of Music Alumni, London, United Kingdom. Registered members include: CHANG, Chiao-Ying ARAM piano. Castledine is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists (FRCO) and in 2013 she was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music for distinguished service to the choral music and education professions. In between these festivals, she is to be found on recital stages across the country, prestigious and obscure. A deeply passionate and sensitive pianist, Christian Blackshaw is celebrated for the incomparable musicianship of his performances. She has given recitals in venues across the country, such as St John's Smith Square, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Wigmore Hall and Colston Hall. Tansy Castledine is Director of Music at Peterborough Cathedral. He was made an Associate of the Academy in 2015. Ventris appeared as Peter Grimes at Opernhaus Zürich and Deutsche Oper Berlin, Florestan in Fidelio at Washington National Opera, Sergei in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk in Geneva, Madrid, London and Brussels, and Jimmy Mahoney in Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at both Staatsoper Berlin and Wiener Staatsoper. He has performed in Jenůfa for The Metropolitan Opera and Opernhaus Zürich, Der Freischütz at Teatro alla Scala and Palestrina at Bayerische Staatsoper. He was Founder Director of the Hellensmusic Festival, which was established in 2013. Andrea very much enjoyed her studies at the Royal Academy of Music, undertaking the Choral Conducting MA as a sabbatical giving her the opportunity and space to further develop technique and skills. She also studied for an MA in Theatre Directing at RADA. 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