Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Tutors and Staff (A to Z)
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Matthew O'Malley
Studio Manager & Audio Technician
Matthew developed an interest in studio production after spending many years as guitarist and vocalist in a progressive rock band. Matthew studied pop music production techniques through various diploma courses, and also took part in training at the BBC in post-production for TV after which he secured the post of Recording...
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Dr Rebeca Omordia
Piano Tutor
Hailed as an 鈥淎frican classical music pioneer鈥� (BBC World Service) and 鈥渁 classical music game changer鈥� (Classical Music), London-based award-winning pianist Rebeca Omordia is an exciting virtuoso with a wide-ranging career as soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and artistic director. Rebeca鈥檚 many recordings include...
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Chris Orton
Recorder Tutor
Chris Orton is active as a recorder player, Dalcroze Eurhythmics teacher, and conductor. He studied recorder, viola, and composition at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, where his recorder teachers were Ross Winters and Annabel Knight, and then took further lessons with Anneke Boeke in Amsterdam. He studied orchestral...
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Ms Elizabeth Pallett
Lute, Theorbo and Early Guitar Tutor
Elizabeth Pallett studied at The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and went on to complete a postgraduate course in Historical Performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, under the tutelage of world-renowned lutenist Nigel North. She has since gone on to work with a significant number of well-known early...
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Rachael Pankhurst
Oboe Tutor
Born in Wiltshire, Rachael initially wanted to learn the cello but, as there wasn鈥檛 one in the school cupboard, she took up the oboe at the age of eight instead. As a sixth form pupil at Wells Cathedral School in Somerset, Rachael had lessons with Irene Pragnell. Whilst studying for a joint degree at Manchester University and...
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Joanna Patton
Clarinet & Eb Clarinet Tutor
Joanna Patton comes from the Wirral. She studied at Chetham's School of Music before gaining her honours degree and performance diploma at the Royal Northern College of Music . She has performed numerous concertos with various orchestras including the Tomasi concerto as part of the Aix-en-Provence festival, the Mozart...
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Sean Pepper
Trumpet Tutor
Sean studied trumpet at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire under Alan Thomas (CBSO, BBC Concert Orchestra), holding the position of principal trumpet with the college Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia, Brass Ensemble, and Wind Orchestra throughout his undergraduate study, and graduating in 2011. After winning a scholarship for...
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Chloe Percy-Smith
Saxophone Tutor
Chloe is a Midlands-based saxophonist who studied for her undergraduate and Master鈥檚 degrees at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Upon graduating with distinction, she was awarded the Musicians Union Bill Warman Award and the Postgraduate Pedagogy Award. Chloe is currently the Saxophone Tutor for the Junior Department of...
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Dr Martin Perkins
Head of Historical Performance, Senior Lecturer and Instrument Curator
Martin Perkins started his undergraduate studies at Birmingham Conservatoire in 1993 where he studied composition and French Horn. However, his interest in Early Music soon led him to the harpsichord and, after studies with Lucy Carolan, he graduated with an MA in 1998. For his聽MPhil, at the University of Birmingham, he studied...
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Elliott Perks
Viola Tutor
Elliott grew up in Surrey, UK where he was home educated with his siblings until the age of nine. In 2001 he was awarded a place at the Yehudi Menuhin School, where he studied with Suzie Meszaros, Rosemary Warren-Green and Loutsia Ibragimova on the violin until 2008, when he changed to first study viola. Elliott was a...