Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Tutors and Staff (A to Z)

Grahame King

Percussion Tutor (Timpani)

Grahame has been Principal Timpanist with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, the orchestra of the Birmingham Royal Ballet since 1998. Additionally, he regularly plays as guest Principal Timpanist with most of London’s top orchestras, touring extensively throughout Europe, America and Asia. On the concert platform and in recording...

Miriam Kitchener

Percussion Tutor

Miriam Kitchener is a percussionist, educator and animateur based in Birmingham. She graduated with Distinction from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in 2018, with a Masters degree in Percussion Performance. Since then, she has gone on to perform regularly with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Opera North, The Royal...

Annabel Knight

Head of Recorder

A graduate of the RCM in London, Annabel Knight has established a successful performing and teaching career as a recorder player and historical flautist, which has taken her across the UK, Europe and America. She has given recitals at the Wigmore Hall and South Bank and many radio broadcasts and CD recordings, notably with the...

Anette Kormann

Dalcroze Eurythmics Tutor

Anette Kormann studied flute, first with Ingeborg Axner-Franzen at Kapellsberg Musicskola in Sweden, and then at RBC with Colin Lilley. At RBC, she won the Concerto Prize and the Ludlow Philharmonic Prize, and was runner up in the BMI Woodwind Competition. Alongside flute, Anette studied recorder with Annika Lyne, and...

Roman Kosyakov

Piano Tutor

Roman Kosyakov is a winner and laureate of many international competitions: Third Prize and The Bridget Doolan Prize for the best performance of a piece by Mozart of The 12th Dublin International Piano Competition (Ireland, 2022); First Prize, Orchestra Prize and an Audience Prize of the XV Campillos International Piano...

Ronny Krippner

Specialist Lecturer in Improvisation

Bavarian-born Ronny Krippner is in the unique position of having been formed in both the German and British choral traditions. He studied organ playing and improvisation with Prof. Franz-Josef Stoiber at the Hochschule für Kirchenmusik in Regensburg while at the same time working as Assistant Choirmaster of the Regensburger...

Katharine Lam

Senior Tutor in Piano and Piano Pedagogy Lecturer

Katharine Lam has established a distinguished profile throughout the UK and abroad as recitalist, concerto-soloist, chamber musician, accompanist and music educator. Following her London recital debut in 2003, she made her debut as soloist with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in 2004 at Symphony Hall, Birmingham....

Andrew Lane

Piccolo Tutor

Andrew Lane was Principal Piccolo and flautist in the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra for 38 years. “My time in the CBSO covered performances of a vast amount of superb music, coinciding with the whole of the CBSO’s renowned affiliations with Sir Simon Rattle, Sakari Oramo, Andris Nelsons, and the start of its...

Steven Lee

Trumpet Tutor

Steve Lee, an award-winning trumpet player with over 25 years of freelance experience, is renowned for his versatility and excellence across diverse musical genres. Since graduating from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in 2001, he performs regularly in settings that range from orchestras and brass chamber music ensembles to...

Monica Leiher

Clarinet Tutor

Monica has had a long and varied career as an orchestral musician, playing in cities from New York to New Zealand and working with conductors such as Leonard Slatkin, Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa and Marius Constante. She studied at Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada), Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, and Boston...