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Staff List

Senior Leadership Team

Paul Bambrough

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Principal

Emma Bantock

Position:

Director of Operations and Deputy Bursar

Thomas Burns

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Vice-Principal

Chris Harbour

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Director of Development

Paul Hoskins

Position:

Director of Music, Head of Harp and Voice

Michael Long

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Director of Teaching and Learning

Jane Mitchell

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Director of Boarding

Ziggi Szafranski

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Head of Sixth Form and DSL

Adam Wroblewski

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Bursar

Heads of Music Departments

Charles Sewart

Position:

Head of Strings

William Fong

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Head of Keyboard

Mike Cavanagh

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Head of Wind, Brass and Percussion

Paul Hoskins

Position:

Director of Music, Head of Harp and Voice

Simon Allen

Position:

Head of Jazz & Head of Commercial and Popular Music

Alison Cox

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Head of Composition

Andrew Williams

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Head of Academic Music

Aidan Goetzee

Position:

Head of Music Technology

MUSIC DEPARTMENTS

String Department

Charles Sewart (HoD, Violin & Viola)
Richard Jenkinson (Assistant HoD)
Pál Banda (Cello)
Aiste Dvarionaite Berzanskiene (Violin)
Sascha Boyarsky (Cello)
Sarah-Jane Bradley (Viola)
Ben J Davies (Cello)
Alda Dizdari (Violin)
Cathy Elliott (Double Bass)
Tanja Goldberg (Violin)
Sadagat Mamedova-Rashidova (Violin)
Francesco Mariani (Guitar)
Julian-David Metzger (Cello)
Joo Yeon Sir (Violin)
Nathaniel Vallois (Violin)
Jacky Woods (Viola)

KEYBOARD DEPARTMENT

William Fong (HoD, Piano)
Lidia Amorelli (Piano)
Ben de Souza (Accordion)
Caterina Grewe (Piano/Maternity Leave)
Morta Grigaliunaite (Piano)
Gareth Hunt (Piano)
Jianing Kong (Piano)
Alla Kravchenko (Piano)
Ching-Ching Lim (Piano)
Florian Mitrea (Piano)
Tessa Nicholson (Piano)
Vitaly Pisarenko (Piano)
Danielle Salamon (Piano)
Tatiana Sarkissova (Piano)
Deborah Shah (Piano & Accompanist)
Patsy Toh (Piano)
Alexander Ullman (Piano)
Nafis Umerkulova (Piano)
Tom Winpenny (Organ)

Daniel Swain (Accompanist)

WIND, BRASS & PERCUSSION DEPARTMENT

Mike Cavanagh (HoD, Baritone Horn)
Joanna Baillie Stark (Bassoon)
Izzie Couch (Clarinet, maternity leave)
Tony Cross (Trumpet)
Timothy Ellis (French Horn)
Amy Green (Saxophone)
Ryan Hepburn (Percussion)
Clare Jefferis (Flute)
Ruth Molins (Trombone)
Mike Poyser (Tuba)
Melanie Ragge (Oboe)
Naomi Sullivan (Saxophone)
Mark Taylor (Flute)
James Turnbull (Oboe)
Stephen Williams (Clarinet)

HARP & VOICE DEPARTMENT

Paul Hoskins (HoD)
Daphne Boden (Harp)
Tom Marandola (Voice)
Charlotte Seale (Harp)
Karen Vaughan (Harp)
Jill Washington (Voice)

Chamber Choir

Chloë Allison (Choir Leader)

Jazz Deparment

Simon Allen (HoD, Jazz Saxophone)
Sebastiaan de Krom (Jazz Drums)
Sam Dunn (Jazz Guitar)
David Gordon (Jazz Piano)
Oli Hayhurst (Jazz Bass)
Jacqueline Hicks (Jazz Voice)
Martin Shaw (Jazz Trumpet)
John Turville (Jazz Piano)

Composition Department

Alison Cox (HoD)
Jacques Cohen (Composition)
Daniel Fardon (Composition)
Sylvia Lim (Composition)
Gareth Moorcraft (Composition)
Simon Speare (Composition)

Lara Agar (Junior Composer in Association)

AUDIO PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT

Aidan Goetzee(HoD)

COMMERCIAL AND POPULAR MUSIC DEPARTMENT

Simon Allen (HoD)
Pete Billington (Songwriting)
James Clark (Guitar)
Daniel Drury (Electric Bass Guitar)
Jacqui Hicks (Vocals)
Daniel Mullowney (Interim Drums)
Lucy Phillips (Pop Music and Musical Theatre Voice)

ACADEMIC MUSIC DEPARTMENT

Andrew Williams (HoD)
Alison Cox (Composition)
Daniel Fardon
Alberto Martin Entrialgo
Joseph Shiner
Irina Walters

ACADEMIC STAFF

Victoria Hill (Head of History)
Linda Holmes (Maths)
Anisha Kochhar (Maths, maternity leave)
Kinga Kozak (EAL)
Heloise Gille (French, maternity leave)
Michael Long (Head of English, Director of Teaching and Learning)
Robert Matthews (Head of MFL, German)
Anna Mehta (Head of Science, Biology)

Arta Nika (French)
Hannah Noonan (Head of PE and Physical Wellbeing)
Craig Nunes (Drama, English)
Ashvin Patel (Science, Chemistry)
Zara Pradhan (English)
Victoria Samuel (Head of Art)
Aarti Shah (Maths)
Alexandra Stone (Head of Mathematics)
Martina Swift (EAL, PSHEE)
Jim Titmuss (Science, Physics)
Ziggi Szafranski (Drama)
Sally-Ann Whitty (Head of Learning Support)

ADMIN & NON-TEACHING STAFF

Emma Abrahamson (Recruitment and Compliance Officer)
Hilary Austin (School Nurse)
Tony Bond (Estates Officer)
Charlotte Buck (Development Officer)
Rachael Bull (Concerts and Events Manager)
Ryan Bunce (Librarian)
Robin Collingwood (Specialist Art Teaching Assistant)
Susannah Curran (PR & Communications Manager)
Fiona Duce (Music Timetabler)
Jacob Eccles (Music Technology and IT Assistant)
Caroline Fletcher (Overseas Student Co-ordinator)
Sarah Graham (Executive Assistant to Principal)
Linda Griffiths (School Office Administrator)
Impact Food Group Ltd. (Caterers)
Archie John (Librarian)
Simon Kingsbury (IT Network Manager)

Fei Liu (Fairy) (International Partnerships and Recruitment Representative (China))
Marie Lynch (School Office Administrator)
Jane McGuinness (Data and Payroll Specialist)
Becky Menday (Concerts Assistant)
Andy Milner (Estates Supervisor)
Caroline Murphy (Exams Officer)
Hawreen Osman (Science Technician)
Susan Pickard (Assistant Bursar)
Sharanya Senguttuvan (School Office Administrator)
Elisabeth Stemson (School Office Administrator)
Helena Thomas (Art Technician)
Sarah Upjohn (Physiotherapist)
Nicole Holmes (Senior Housekeeper)
Natasha Vallance (Admissions Manager)
Tony Whitman (Estates Assistant)

BOARDING AND PASTORAL STAFF

Olena Bilash (Resident Boarding Assistant, Avison)
Christian Caliendo (Assistant Houseparent, Avison)
Peter Cornish (Assistant Houseparent, Ellington)
Marko Dulovic (Houseparent, Ellington)
Susan Fisk (Assistant Houseparent, Ellington)
Pippa Forbes (Resident Graduate Assistant, Ellington)
Karla Hawkins (Houseparent, Avison)
Simon Hayter (Evening Supervisor)
Kenny Ho (Resident Graduate Assistant, Ellington)
Susie Hunter (Day Matron, Sunley)

Carol Morgan (Residential Medical Practitioner)
Nicky Morris (Counsellor and Arts Therapist)
Ella Pearson (Resident Graduate Assistant, Sunley)
Olivia Roache (Houseparent, Sunley)
Izaac Wong (Resident Graduate Assistant, Ellington)

Staff List

Senior Leadership Team

Heads of Music Departments

MUSIC DEPARTMENTS

String Department

KEYBOARD DEPARTMENT

WIND, BRASS & PERCUSSION DEPARTMENT

HARP & VOICE DEPARTMENT

Chamber Choir

Jazz Deparment

Composition Department

AUDIO PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT

COMMERCIAL AND POPULAR MUSIC DEPARTMENT

ACADEMIC MUSIC DEPARTMENT

ACADEMIC STAFF

ADMIN & NON-TEACHING STAFF

BOARDING AND PASTORAL STAFF

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