AIMS 2012 Tutors

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Please note that we expect the classes and tutors to be as specified, but reserve the right to make any necessary changes that might be required. At the time of going to press the following tutors had agreed to take part (please click on any tutor's name for more information):

TERENCE ALLBRIGHT
composer of about 50 scores for BBC Radio Drama and Director of Music at Seaford College. (more..)

EUGENE ASTI
the recipient of numerous awards including the Megan Foster Prize and the Ferdinand Rauter Memorial (more..)

ANSY BOOTHROYD
who works regularly with Mayfield Chamber Opera and has toured the UK, France and USA. (more..)

JAMES BOWMAN CBE (RETURNS IN 2012)
one of the world's leading counter-tenors for nearly 30 years. (more..)

EMMA BURNETT
is in great demand as a teacher, conductor and musical director and made her debut directing opera for AIMS 2010 with the operas 'The Telephone' and 'A Hand of Bridge' and has co-directed the Musi (more..)

MARGARET CABLE
has sung at the major music Festivals throughout the world including Lucerne, Utrecht, Edinburgh, Aldeburgh, Three Choirs and the Proms. (more..)

CHARLES CORP
a concert, oratorio and recital singer who has sung throughout the UK and abroad. (more..)

DANIEL DOONER (NEW IN 2012)
a Staff Director at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and has worked extensively in Britain and Europe.  (more..)

MICHAEL FIELDS
who has been accompanying singers for over 40 years. (more..)

HILARY FISHER
who has led classes in classical repertoire at Goldsmith's College and the City Literary Institute. (more..)

JACQUELYN FUGELLE
Jacquelyn Fugelle studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama she was a prize winner in the Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Competition. (more..)

THERESA GOBLE
has appeared with major opera companies in the United Kingdom and is an internationally acclaimed voice teacher, examiner and adjudicator. (more..)

AMERAL GUNSON
has appeared at Covent Garden, Alter Oper Frankfurt, Turin, Helsinki & Amsterdam opera houses; and the Almeida Theatre, London. (more..)

ROBERT HAMMERSLEY
inaugurated the Music Department at Guildford Technical College and was the first conductor of the national youth string players Pro Corda (more..)

JOHN HANCORN
has enjoyed a long and illustrious career in the world of opera, oratorio, recitals and consort singing. (more..)

STEPHEN HOPE
has worked extensively both as pianist and conductor with a number of societies and orchestras. (more..)

COLIN HUNT
an organist and choral director with over thirty years experience (more..)

BRYAN HUSBAND
Bryan Husband has wide experience of singing, from opera to Music Theatre, and from Cathedral Lay Clerkship to oratorio. (more..)

RICHARD JACKSON
has sung opera for ENO, Opera North, Glyndebourne, Almeida Opera and the Monnaie in Brussels. (more..)

PAMELA JOLLEY
has toured Europe, Mexico & the USA as lead singer in /Riverdance. (more..)

BRIAN KAY
divides his working life between the broadcasting studio and the concert platform. (more..)

DELIA LINDON
works with the major opera companies and colleges, as well as running courses on the continent. (more..)

PENELOPE MACKAY (AGSM, HonARAM)
has spent most of her professional career in opera and was responsible for coaching French Song at the Royal Academy of Music. (more..)

MORAG MCLAREN
has performed in principal roles with Welsh National and Scottish Opera, plus music theatre in the West End, cabaret and concerts. (more..)

BRIAN PARSONS
has sung in recital and concerts in festivals both at home and abroad, has broadcast for the BBC and French Radio and Television and featured as soloist on many recordings. (more..)

IAN PARTRIDGE CBE
is one of Britain's leading lyric tenors and his wide repertoire has encompassed the music of Monteverdi, Bach and Handel, the Elizabethan lute songs, German, French and English songs and first perfo (more..)

NIGEL PERRIN
Nigel Perrin's musical life began as a boy chorister at Ely Cathedral, from where he won a choral scholarship to King's College, Cambridge. (more..)

WILLIAM POOL
has sung roles for Glyndebourne & Covent Garden, La Scala, Milan, and worldwide with the Monteverdi Choir. (more..)

JOHN RAMSTER
a freelance opera director and Drama Lecturer for the Opera Department at the Royal Academy of Music. (more..)

STEVEN RICKARDS
Steven Rickards has received international acclaim as one of America's finest countertenors. (more..)

GREGORY ROSE
Music Director of the Jupiter Orchestra and Singers and CoMA London Ensemble. (more..)

LESLEY-ANNE SAMMONS
has worked as a répetiteur with all the major British Opera Houses including Scottish Opera, Opera North, English National Opera and both Glyndebourne Festival and Touring Operas.  (more..)

STEPHEN VARCOE
Stephen Varcoe is one of Britain's most distinguished baritones, especially acclaimed in the field of Baroque music and in the song repertoire.  (more..)

ROGER VIGNOLES
Roger Vignoles was inspired to pursue a career as a piano accompanist by the playing of Gerald Moore.  (more..)

RICHARD WILKINS
a regular member of the Summer Music team for nearly 30 years and a teacher of great experience. (more..)

DAVID WILLISON
has enjoyed a diverse musical career as pianist-partner to some of the finest soloists. (more..)

CATHERINE WYN ROGERS (Guest Soloist in 2012)
Catherine Wyn-Rogers appears with the major British orchestras and at the Three Choirs, Edinburgh and Aldeburgh Festivals and at the BBC Proms. (more..)