Alumni
Academy alumni permeate all areas of the music profession, and lead the way in concert halls, opera houses and theatres across the globe.
Our relationship with former students is lifelong and everyone who attended Senior or Junior Academy is a member of our alumni community.
We are hugely proud of the breadth and diversity of their careers, and the significant contribution our alumni make to the music profession and beyond.
Our alumni network
Alumni Updates: Summer 2026
Cristina Prats-Costa
Violin, 2013 & 2022
Released her debut solo album with Pentatone entitled Spiritillo Mediterraneo.
Benjamin Wallfisch
Composition, 2002
Composed the original score for the Mortal Kombat II Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, released by WaterTower Music.
Stephenson Ardern-Sodje
Musical Theatre, 2018
Has been announced as Alexander Hamilton in the new West End cast of Hamilton.
Nadine Weissmann
Vocal Studies, 1997
Made her debut at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan as Grimgerde in Die Walküre and will also be returning to the Bayreuth Festival for a ninth time, this year as Mary in Der fliegende Holländer.
Desmonda Cathabel
Musical Theatre, 2022
Has been cast as Mary Magdalene at the London Palladium's summer production of Jesus Christ Superstar.
Zheng Xi Yong
Musical Theatre, 2017
Played Lord Barnaby in Season 4 of Netflix's Bridgerton and recently played Luis Carruthers in the Almeida Theatre's production of American Psycho.
Alex Beetschen
Musical Direction and Coaching, 2017
Was Associate Musical Director for Into the Woods at the Bridge Theatre.
Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong
Musical Theatre, 2017
Will play the role of Baroness Tynedale in The Last Ship at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York alongside Sting and Shaggy.