Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Tutors and Staff (A to Z)
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Mr Andrew Watts
Baroque & Classical Bassoon Tutor
Baroque bassoonist and multi-instrumentalist Andrew (Andy) Watts is a founder member and Associate Principal Bassoon of The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and founder and director of folk/early music group The Carnival Band. After graduating from Cambridge University he studied bassoon and recorder at the Guildhall...
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Nicholas Wearne
Visiting Tutor and Junior Fellow
Nicholas Wearne is a prize-winning organ recitalist who has performed in venues which include Suntory Hall, Tokyo; St Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York; and at Cathedrals in Berlin, Canterbury and Washington. He combines his playing career with the post of Organ Tutor at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, where he enjoys...
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Chamari Wedamulla
Research Assistant
Chamari Wedamulla is a PhD researcher in music education at Kingston University. Having worked as a music teacher in mainstream and special needs schools in the UK and in Sri Lanka, her research focuses on interdisciplinary, intercultural and inclusive music teaching practices. Her current research areas include studying the...
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John Wesley-Barker
Music Technology Tutor
In 1961 John moved to Australia. In 1965 he studied recorder & violin, then flute with David Cubbin at the Elder Conservatorium, Adelaide University and composition with Richard Meale. In 1971 he moved to London and attended the Central Tutorial School For Young Musicians (the Purcell School) and performed two compositions, 6...
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Dan West
Bass Trombone Tutor
Bass trombonist Dan West has established himself as a busy & versatile musician since moving to London in 2005. Dan performs & is often recorded with London’s top orchestras, has played on major Hollywood soundtracks, and from 2015 until 2020 was trombonist in the West End production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the...
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Pauline Wetherell
Alexander Technique Tutor
Pauline studied singing at the Welsh College of Music and Drama and at the Royal Academy of Music. Career highlights include Buxton Festival Opera, a BBC recital, and creating the role of Eugene Dessenne in A Foreign Field by Eric Wetherell in 2010. As a singer herself, Pauline works to help performers find freedom and...
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Amanda Whiting
Jazz Harp Tutor
With a Classical degree in Harp and Masters in Jazz, Amanda Whiting is pioneering Jazz harp in the UK. After supporting a concert with Jamie Cullum and consequently recording with Dannii Minogue, she has gone on to headline at Edinburgh Harp Festival as well as tour internationally with Matthew Halsall and the Gondwana...
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Dr Adam Whittaker
Associate Professor in Music and Head of Pedagogy
Adam is Associate Professor in Music and Head of Pedagogy at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, having previously worked as a Research Fellow in BCU’s CSPACE, and at the University of Nottingham. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is an internationally recognised scholar in musicology and music education, having...
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Mr Julian Wilkins
Director of RBC Chamber Choir and RBC Camerata, and Visiting Lecturer in Choral Conducting
Julian Wilkins is a versatile, dynamic and inspiring conductor, organist and pianist, working throughout the UK and overseas with prestigious musical organisations including the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) and its choruses, BBC Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Swan, Mozart Festival Orchestra, London Concert...
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Oliver Wille
International Chair in Chamber Music
Oliver Wille was born in Berlin and studied at several universities in Germany (Berlin and Cologne) and USA (Indiana University and New England Conservatory). As a co-founder of the international acclaimed Kuss-Quartet he started a very active chamber music life at fairly young age. Among his teachers were Eberhard Feltz,...