Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Tutors and Staff (A to Z)
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Daniel Browell
Associate Head of Keyboard
Daniel Browell enjoys a busy and varied performing career.  Described as a pianist of “considerable intelligence and grace� ( Tim Ashley , The Guardian), he has given concerts throughout the UK, Europe, China, and North America.  His recital at London’s Purcell Room in the Southbank Centre and his concerto performance at...
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Christopher Bucknall
Conductor and harpsichordist Christopher Bucknall, is at home both on the concert platform and in the opera house, sharing his passion for bringing music from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries alive. Christopher has conducted critically acclaimed productions of Handel, Alcina (Den Norske Opera), Handel, Agrippina,...
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Dr Joanna Bullivant
Lecturer in Music
Joanna joined RBC in September 2023, having previously worked at the University of Oxford, the University of Nottingham, and King’s College London. Joanna’s research centres on nineteenth- and twentieth-century British music, particularly musical and cultural histories of minority groups. She has published widely on British...
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Cormac Byrne
Percussion Tutor (Rhythm & World Percussion)
Cormac Byrne is a bodhrán player and percussionist from Waterford, Ireland and is now based in the UK. He has received many awards for his work including The BBC Young Folk Award and was winner of the BBC Fame Academy Education Bursary in 2006. Cormac has appeared at numerous festivals around the world and has toured...
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Emmet Byrne
Oboe Tutor
Emmet Byrne is from Waterford, Ireland and studied at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. After graduating in 2003, he gained a scholarship from the German Government (DAAD), enabling him to pursue postgraduate studies at the Hochschule fur Musik in Cologne. Emmet has been Principal Second Oboe with the City of...
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Professor George Caird
Oboe Tutor
George studied the oboe with Janet Craxton and Evelyn Barbirolli at the Royal Academy of Music, with Helmut Winschermann at the Nordwestdeutsche Musikakademie, and privately with Neil Black. He gained an MA in music at Peterhouse, Cambridge, graduating to pursue a freelance career as an oboist. He worked with many of London’s...
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Peter Campbell-Kelly
Violin Tutor
Violinist Peter Campbell-Kelly has enjoyed a varied career as both a prominent orchestral, solo and chamber musician and an enthusiastic and respected teacher. An ABRSM scholar, he studied the violin at the RNCM with Yossi Zivoni and György Pauk, and chamber music with Eli Goren. He also performed in masterclasses with the...
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Tanna Chamberlain
Tanna is an interdisciplinary artist, composer, and choreographer. Within the Composition Department, she supports students in experimentation, collaboration, and interdisciplinary work. Her current research explores humour in immersive music and performance. Tanna has been commissioned for original works by organisations...
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Jiafeng Chen
Violin Tutor
Violinist Jiafeng Chen was hailed in the English press who is "not only technically brilliant but also subtle, deeply felt and astonishingly mature" (Nottingham Evening Post). He has been heard as a soloist with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Opera National de Nancy,...
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Dr Carrie Churnside
Associate Professor in Music & Research Degrees Coordinator
Carrie Churnside is Associate Professor in Music and Research Degrees Coordinator. She is also Director of the Forum for Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Music , and leads Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s Athena Swan Self-Assessment Team. Carrie specialises in Italian Baroque music, particularly vocal music,...