Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Tutors and Staff (A to Z)

Hervé Goffings

Hervé Goffings is a native French speaker living in London. He specialises in providing French language coaching to singers. Hervé studied classical singing at the Royal Northern College of Music, followed by a n MA in Musical Theatre (Performance) at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He is a French language coach for...

Beetung Goo

Assistant Director of Postgraduate Studies (Director of International Student Support Programme)

Beetung is the  Assistant Director of Postgraduate Studies (Director of International Student Support Programme)  at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. She joined the staff as International Student Mentor in 2014, soon after completing her master’s degree here. The learning experience of international students is central to...

Andrew Gough

Classical Guitar Tutor | Theory Tutor

Andrew Gough studied classical guitar at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire with Simon Dinnigan throughout his undergraduate BMus (Hons) course. He then continued his Master of Arts postgraduate studies at RBC with Mark Ashford. During his time at the Conservatoire Andrew also won numerous competitions including the RBC Guitar...

Owen Gunnell

Percussion Tutor (Solo and Ensemble)

Owen graduated from the Royal College of Music in 2003 and then became a Junior Fellow from 2004-2006. Since, Owen has had an extremely varied career, appearing as a soloist with orchestras such as the BBC Symphony, BBC Concert, Melbourne Symphony, BBC Philharmonic, Philharmonia, Sinfonia Viva, Macedonian Symphony, Britten...

Jonathan Gunthorpe

Associate Head of Vocal and Operatic Studies

Jonathan Gunthorpe has had an eclectic singing career with extensive performance and recording experience in opera, concert, recital and choral repertoire, in works ranging from baroque to contemporary music. He has performed as a soloist at venues across the world including the Royal Opera House, La Monnaie, La Scala,...

Dr Andrew Hamilton

Composition Tutor

Andrew Hamilton was born in Dublin in 1977 and studied in Ireland, England and The Netherlands. His composition teachers included Kevin Volans, Anthony Gilbert and Louis Andriessen. Awards include first prize in the 2001 Opera Prima Europa competition in Rome and the 2002 prize at the 8th International Young Composers Forum in...

Selina Hamilton

Violin Tutor

Selina grew up in Greater London and was inspired by her local music service to study music at university. She has worked as a violin teacher since 1989, in Devon, Norfolk, Birmingham and Herefordshire. She has completed all five levels of Suzuki training.

Lionel Handy

Cello Tutor

As a scholarship student at the Royal Academy of Music, Lionel Handy won all the prizes for cello and chamber music, including the prestigious Moir Carnegie Recital Diploma prize and Principal's Prize. He was awarded first prize in the Muriel Taylor Competition by Jacqueline du Pre and with several other important scholarship...

Matthew Hardy

Percussion Tutor (Timpani)

Matthew Hardy studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama with ‪ Steve Barnard, Chris Stock and Phil Girling, graduating in 2010 and winning the Gemma Sharp Memorial Award.  Matt has been Principal Timpanist of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra since January 2018, having previously held the position of...