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Staff List

Senior Leadership Team

Paul Bambrough

Position:

Principal

Emma Bantock

Position:

Director of Operations

Thomas Burns

Position:

Vice-Principal

Kate Cayley

Position:

Director of Boarding

Paul Hoskins

Position:

Director of Music

Michael Long

Position:

Director of Teaching and Learning

Ziggi Szafranski

Position:

Head of Sixth Form and DSL

Adam Wroblewski

Position:

Bursar

Heads of Music Departments

Charles Sewart

Position:

Head of Strings

William Fong

Position:

Head of Keyboard

Joy Farrall

Position:

Head of Woodwind

Ryan Hepburn

Position:

Head of Percussion, Brass, Harp and Voice

Simon Allen

Position:

Head of Jazz & Head of Commercial and Popular Music

Alison Cox

Position:

Head of Composition

Andrew Williams

Position:

Interim 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)
Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (Violin)
Sascha Boyarsky (Cello)
Sarah-Jane Bradley (Viola)
Tony Cucchiara (Violin)
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)
Gabriele Baldocci (Piano)
Stephen Coombs (Piano)
Ben de Souza (Accordion)
David Gordon (Harpsichord & Improvisation)
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)
Nafis Umerkulova (Piano)

Daniel Swain (Accompanist)

PERCUSSION, BRASS, HARP & VOICE

Ryan Hepburn (HoD, Percussion)
Daphne Boden (Harp)
Tony Cross (Trumpet)
Timothy Ellis (French Horn)
Daniella Ganeva (Percussion)
Tom Marandola (Voice)
Ruth Molins (Trombone)
Mike Poyser (Tuba)
Charlotte Seale (Harp)
Karen Vaughan (Harp)
Jill Washington (Voice)

WOODWIND DEPARTMENT

Joy Farrall (HoD, Clarinet)
Joanna Baillie Stark (Bassoon)
Izzie Couch (Clarinet, maternity leave)
Amy Green (Saxophone)
Graham Hobbs (Bassoon)
Sarah Humphrys (Recorder)
Clare Jefferis (Flute)
Andrew Marriner (Clarinet, Associate Artist)
Melanie Ragge (Oboe)
Mark Taylor (Flute)
James Turnbull (Oboe)
Stephen Williams (Clarinet)

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)
George Hogg (Jazz Trumpet)
John Turville (Jazz Piano)

Composition Department

Alison Cox (HoD)
Jacques Cohen (Composition)
Daniel Fardon (Composition)
Sylvia Lim (Composition)
Gareth Moorcraft (Composition)
Michael Small (Junior Composer in Association)
Simon Speare (Composition)

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)
Chris Draper (Drums)
Jacqui Hicks (Vocals)

ACADEMIC MUSIC DEPARTMENT

Andrew Williams (Interim HoD)
Alison Cox (Composition)
Daniel Fardon
Edward Longstaff
Alberto Martin Entrialgo
Irina Walters

ACADEMIC STAFF

Adriana Blond (English)
John Brookes (Head of PE)
Margaret Brookes (Chemistry, Head of Science)
Svetlana Emelianova (Science)
Aidan Goetzee (Head of Music Technology)
Kinga Kozak (EAL)
Heloise Gille (French)
Michael Long (Head of English, Director of Teaching and Learning)
Seana McEvoy (Artist in Residence)
Robert Matthews (Head of MFL, German)

Arta Nika (Cover teacher)
Craig Nunes (Drama, English)
Ashvin Patel (Science, Chemistry)
Darrell Pigott (Head of History)
Victoria Samuel (Head of Art)
Jyoti Shah (Mathematics)
Adam Simmonds (English)
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

Hilary Austin (School Nurse)
Emma Bantock (Director of Operations)
Tony Bond (Estates Officer)
Charlotte Buck (Development Officer)
Ryan Bunce (Librarian)
Lisa Canosa (Exams Officer)
Susannah Curran (PR & Communications Manager)
Fiona Duce (Music Timetabler)
Caroline Fletcher (Overseas Student Co-ordinator)
Sarah Graham (Executive Assistant to Principal)
Linda Griffiths (School Office)
Chris Harbour (Head of Development and Philanthropy)
Impact Food Group Ltd. (Caterers)
Simon Kingsbury (IT Network Manager)
Charlotte Lee (Concerts Assistant)

Fei Liu (Fairy) (International Partnerships and Recruitment Representative (China))
Marie Lynch (School Office)
Jane McGuinness (Data and Payroll Specialist)
Stephen Mills (Marketing Officer)
Andy Milner (Estates Supervisor)
Carol Morgan (Residential Medical Practitioner)
Hawreen Osman (Science Technician)
Susan Pickard (Assistant Bursar)
Elisabeth Stemson (School Office Administrator)
Helena Thomas (Art Technician)
Sarah Upjohn (Physiotherapist)
Nicole Holmes (Senior Housekeeper)
Natasha Vallance (Executive Administrator)
Tony Whitman (Estates Assistant)
Bethany Wright (Concerts Coordinator)

BOARDING AND PASTORAL STAFF

Susanna Alsey (Resident Graduate Assistant, NBH)
Sophie Baxter (Sunley Practice Supervisor)
Olena Bilash (Pastoral Support for Ukrainian Students)
Adriana Blond (Sunley Assistant Houseparent)
John Brookes (Avison Assistant Houseparent)
Margaret Brookes (Avison Houseparent)
Tiffany Buxton (Resident Graduate Assistant, Sunley)
Kate Cayley (Director of Boarding)
Ross Conquer (Resident Graduate Assistant)
Annette Cook (Avison Assistant Houseparent)
Samuel Cubarsi-Fernandez (Assistant Houseparent)

Lorna Griggs (NBH Houseparent)
Susie Hunter (Sunley House Day Matron)
Katharine Mendes da Costa (NBH Day Matron)
Carol Morgan (Residential Medical Practitioner)
Nicky Morris (Counsellor and Arts Therapist)
Dominika Mrozek (Assistant Houseparent, NBH)
Albert Owen (NBH Practice Supervisor)
Rachel Price (Sunley Houseparent)

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Staff List

Senior Leadership Team

Heads of Music Departments

MUSIC DEPARTMENTS

String Department

KEYBOARD DEPARTMENT

PERCUSSION, BRASS, HARP & VOICE

WOODWIND DEPARTMENT

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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