Staff

Senior Leadership Team

Paul Bambrough Principal

Paul Bambrough was previously the Vice-Principal at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire where he had responsibility for all aspects of the day-to-day running of the institution, the artistic programme, curriculum and collaborative partnerships. He is a devoted teacher and also taught...

Emma Bantock Director of Operations and Deputy Bursar

Thomas Burns Vice-Principal

Chris Harbour Director of Development

Chris trained and worked as a broadcast journalist after studying Multi-Media Journalism at Bournemouth University. He started his career on the news desk at several radio stations for Global Media, mainly in the East of England. At the same time,...

Paul Hoskins Director of Music, Head of Harp and Voice

Paul Hoskins studied French, German and Music at Cambridge University, and conducting at the Royal College of Music with Norman del Mar and Christopher Adey. Since 2018 he has been Director of Music at the Purcell School, where he is...

Michael Long Director of Teaching and Learning

Jane Mitchell Director of Boarding

Jane Mitchell started her career as a French, German and PE teacher at St Christopher School in Letchworth and has a wealth of pastoral expertise having worked in boarding education both in the UK, Dubai and Germany. Whilst at Christ’s...

Ziggi Szafranski Dyer Head of Sixth Form and DSL

Adam Wroblewski Bursar

Adam Wroblewski joined The Purcell School in 2019, shortly after the appointment of the current Principal, and serves as Bursar and a member of the Senior Leadership Team. He leads all of the School’s non-teaching services, overseeing finance, IT, HR,...

Alex Redington Head of Strings

Described as one who plays with “both exuberance and quiet lyrical charm” by Classical Source and as “someone who makes it all look so easy” by The Strad, Alex Redington is the first violinist and a founder member of the...

William Fong Head of Keyboard

William’s international career was launched in 1984 when he won the first prize, gold medal and Rosa Sabater prize at the Concurso Internacional de Piano in Jaén, Spain. His concerto début at St. John’s Smith Square with the Philharmonia Orchestra...

Mike Cavanagh Head of Wind, Brass and Percussion

Professor of Baritone Horn and Tutor in Chamber Music at the Royal Northern College of Music, Mike Cavanagh is also Solo Baritone of the world-famous Black Dyke Band, a member of the highly acclaimed chamber ensemble A4 Brass Quartet and...

Paul Hoskins Director of Music, Head of Harp and Voice

Simon Allen Head of Jazz & Head of Commercial and Popular Music

Simon began his career with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra and the Pendulum Jazz Orchestra, performing alongside the likes of Jazz Stars Art Themen, Gerard Presencer, Jamie Cullum and Peter King. After being a winner in the Daily Telegraph ‘Young Jazz’ competition,...

Alison Cox Head of Composition

Alison Cox OBE is a British composer, educator, project manager and founder of numerous innovative musical initiatives recognised in the UK and internationally. In 1974, she became the first female composition student at the Royal Northern College of Music, studying...

Andrew Williams Head of Academic Music

With a teaching career spanning almost twenty years, Andrew Williams is an established educator with extensive experience in the UK’s specialist music education sector. Alongside his role at the Purcell School, Andrew is Head of Aural and Musicianship at the...

Aidan Goetzee Head of Music Technology

Aidan began his professional life as an orchestral flute player after studying at the Royal College of Music and Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He won a French Government scholarship and several Arts Council awards for further studies in...

String Department

Alex Redington (HoD, Violin)
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)
Charles Sewart (Viola)
Joo Yeon Sir (Violin)
Nathaniel Vallois (Violin)

Keyboard Department

William Fong (HoD, Piano)
Lidia Amorelli (Piano)
Sam Armstrong (Piano)
Caterina Grewe (Piano)
Morta Grigaliunaite (Piano)
Gareth Hunt (Piano)
Jianing Kong (Piano)
Alla Kravchenko (Piano)
Florian Mitrea (Piano)
Tessa Nicholson (Piano)
Vitaly Pisarenko (Piano)
Danielle Salamon (Piano)
Tatiana Sarkissova (Piano)
Deborah Shah (Piano & Accompanist)
Mayumi Stone (Piano)
John Thwaites (Piano)
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)
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)
Mark Taylor (Flute)
James Turnbull (Oboe)
Stephen Williams (Clarinet)

Harp & Voice Department

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

Chamber Choir

Chloë Allison (Choir Leader)

Jazz Department

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

Commercial and Popular Music Department

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

Composition Department

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

Audio Production Department

Aidan Goetzee (Head of Music Technology)

Academic Music Department

Andrew Williams (HoD)
Chloë Allison (Choirs)
Pete Billington
Alison Cox
Daniel Fardon
Alberto Martin Entrialgo
Joseph Shiner
Irina Walters

Staff

Academic Staff

Heloise Gille (French)
Victoria Hill (Head of History)
Linda Holmes (Maths)
Kinga Kozak (EAL)
Michael Long (Head of English, Director of Teaching and Learning)
Robert Matthews (Head of MFL, German)
Anna Mehta (Head of Science, Biology)
Hannah Noonan (Head of PE and Physical Wellbeing)
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 Dyer (Drama)
Sally-Ann Whitty (Head of Learning Support)

Admin & Non-Teaching Staff

Emma Abrahamson (Recruitment and Finance Officer)
Tony Bond (Estates Officer)
Charlotte Buck (Development Officer)
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 (International Student Co-ordinator)
Sarah Graham (Executive Assistant to Principal)
Linda Griffiths (School Office Administrator)
Natasha Hodes (Exams Officer)
Sanae Honda (Concerts Manager)
Mariya Hristova (Finance Manager)
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)
Rosie McManus (School Nurse)
Becky Menday (Concerts Assistant)
Andy Milner (Estates Supervisor)
Hawreen Osman (Science Technician)
Sharanya Senguttuvan (School Office Administrator)
Louise Sloman-Hughes (Receptionist)
Helena Thomas (Art Technician)
Sarah Upjohn (Physiotherapist)
Natasha Vallance (Admissions Manager)
Tony Whitman (Estates Assistant)