During your time at the Academy, you will be supported by outstanding teachers who will challenge you to find your own voice

Neil Heyde

Academic Studies

Head of Postgraduate Programmes

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Rubens Askenar

Composition & Contemporary Music

Professor of Composition

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Sarah Callis

Academic Studies

Senior Postgraduate Tutor

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Philip Cashian

Composition & Contemporary Music

Head of Composition

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Roderick Chadwick

Academic Studies

Associate Professor and Postgraduate Tutor

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Jonathan Clinch

Academic Studies

Lecturer

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Briony Cox-Williams

Academic Studies

Lecturer and Postgraduate Tutor

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Edmund Finnis

Composition & Contemporary Music

Professor of Composition

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David Gorton

Academic Studies

Senior Postgraduate Tutor & Associate Head of Research

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Helen Grime MBE

Composition & Contemporary Music

Professor of Composition

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Anthony Gritten

Academic Studies

Head of Undergraduate Programmes

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Roy Howat

Academic Studies

Keyboard Research Fellow

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Elizabeth Kenny

Historical Performance

Professor of Lute and Theorbo

Academic Studies

Dean of Students

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Emily Kilpatrick

Academic Studies

Lecturer and postgraduate tutor

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Daniel-Ben Pienaar

Academic Studies

Curzon Lecturer in Performance Studies

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David Sawer

Composition & Contemporary Music

Professor of Composition

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Nick Smart

Jazz

Head of Jazz Programmes

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Jessica Walker

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Tutor

Academic Studies

Lead and Senior Lecturer in Artist Development

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For a listing of all research people at the Academy, including the Research Management Team and the Research Office, see Research People.