Junior Academy teachers are leading professional musicians who combine active performing careers with the challenge of helping young players, singers and composers to fulfil their potential and musical ambitions. Many also teach on the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at the Academy and bring enormous experience of teaching and performance to their Junior Academy students.

Full list of Junior Academy teachers with biographies

Violin

Susan Collier GRSM, LRAM, ARAM, ARCM
Antonio Cucchiara GRNCM
Erica Grajner De Sa LRAM
Julia Jasinski LTCL, Hon ARAM (on sabbatical 2011-12)
Nina Martin ARAM
Lorraine McAslan PerfDip (Juilliard)
Chika Robertson PhD (Lond), Hon ARAM
Kathryn Spencer BMus (Hons), MMus
Yumi Sasaki ARAM, ARCM, Dip Toho Mus Sch
Gemma Sharples BA (Hons)
Rafael Todes BA (Hons)
Ben Wragg BMus (Hons), LRAM

Viola

Jonathan Barritt PPRNCM, Hon RAM
Yuko Inoue BA, PPRNCM, Hon ARAM
Robert Turrell FTCL
Jacquelyn Woods PPRNCM, Hon RAM

Cello

Ben Davies BSc, ARCM
Heather Harrison LRAM, DipRAM, ARAM
Alexandra Mackenzie MMus, BMus (Hons), DipRAM, LRAM
Robert Max GRSM, LRAM, DipRAM, PPRNCM, ARAM
Robin Michael BMus, LRAM
Bozidar Vukotic BA (Hons)
Tony Woollard BMus, MA

Double Bass

Ana Cordova Andres BMus, MMus GSMD
Hugh Sparrow BMus, LRAM

Piano

David Alexander BMus (Hons), AdvPerf RCM
Nadine Andre BMus (Hons), MMus RNCM
Timothy Barratt ARAM, GRSM, LRAM, ARCM, LTCL
Krystyna Budzynska GRSM, LRAM, ARAM
Graham Caskie BA (Hons), DipRAM, ARAM, ABSM, HonBC
Eva Doroszkowska BMus (Hons), DipRNCM
Fiona Harris BMus, MMus
Eleanor Hodgkinson BMus RNCM, PGDipRNCM, LRAM
Annabelle Lawson BA (Cantab), BMus, ATCL
Tessa Nicholson Hon ARAM, LRAM
Antonietta Notariello ARAM
Sarah Pickering BA LRAM ARCM
Druvi de Saram Dip Moscow Cons.
Andrew Smith GRSM, LRAM, ARCM
Adam Swayne DM, MMus, MusB (Hons), GRNCM (on sabbatical 2011-12)
Marissa Thornton-Wood MM, MusB (Hons)
Patsy Toh FRAM

Guitar

Michael Lewin FRAM

Harp

Miriam Keogh ARAM

Jazz
Simon Colam
Gareth Lockrane MA, BMus, LRAM, ARAM (Director)

Flute

Anna Pope MA (Oxon), Hon ARAM, ARCM
Susan Torke BMus, DipRAM

Recorder

Barbara Law LLCM

Oboe

Josephine Lively AGSM

Clarinet

Elizabeth Drew AGSM
Pauline Ismay ARCM
Andrew Smith GRSM, LRAM, ARCM

Saxophone

Andrew Smith GRSM, LRAM, ARCM

Bassoon

Peter Harrison DipRCM, ARCM, Hon ARAM
Jo Stark BA (Cantab)

Horn

Beth Randell GRSM, ARCM, LRAM
Simon de Souza GMus, CertMus

Trumpet

David Price LRAM
John Young AGSM

Trombone

David Whitson LRAM, ARCM, ARAM

Tuba

Stephen Wick BMus (Hons)

Percussion

Matthew Dickinson BA (Hons), GGSMD
Giles Harrison GRSM, LRAM, Dip RAM

Voice

Ciara Burrows ATCL, LTCL
Anthea Dwyer BMus (Hons)
Sara Reynolds BA (Hons), Hon RAM
Giles White BMus(Hons), LRAM, FGMS

Composition

Steven Berryman BMus, MMus, FRSA
Charlotte Bray BMus, MMus (on sabbatical 2011-12)
John Cooney BMus
Edmund Jolliffe MA (Oxon), MMus, PGCE
David Knotts MA (Cantab), D Phil
Cyril Lloyd BMus (Wales), MA (Lond), ARAM
Matthew Taylor MA (Cantab), DipRAM, ARAM

Classical Accordion

Owen Murray Hon RAM, GRAM, DipRAM (Copenhagen)

Musicianship Classes

Steven Berryman BMus, MMus, FRSA
William Carslake MA, MMus
David Chernaik BA (Cantab)
John Cooney BMus
Fiona Harris BMus, MMus
Edmund Jolliffe MA (Oxon), MMus, PGCE
David Knotts MA (Cantab), D Phil
Gemma Sharples BA (Hons) Oxon
Matthew Taylor MA (Cantab), DipRAM, ARAM
Alexander Walker BA (Hons)
Anthony Weeden BA (Hons)
Fiona Williams

Alexander Technique

Judith Kleinman AGSM, LGSM, ASTAT

Orchestras and Choirs

Susan Collier GRSM, LRAM, ARCM
Kate Comberti MMus, Cr Ldr RCM
Peter Harrison DipRCM, ARCM
Julia Jasinski LTCL, Hon ARAM (on sabbatical 2011-12)
David Knotts MA (Cantab), D Phil
Anthony Weeden BA (Hons)
David Whitson LRAM, ARCM, ARAM

Staff Accompanists

Lynn Carter BA (Hons, Cantab), LRSM, LRAM, PGDip
Dominic John BMus (Hons) PG Dip Adv Perf
David Knotts MA (Cantab), DPhil
Deborah Shah ARCM, ARAM