2017/18 piano accompaniment and junior fellows announced

Friday 22 September 2017

Royal College of Music Director Professor Colin Lawson CBE has announced the remarkable musicians who will be piano accompaniment and junior fellows for the 2017/18 academic year. 

Piano accompaniment and junior fellows make a vital contribution to life at the RCM in a wide variety of ways: putting on concerts and lectures, undertaking special research projects, coaching and accompanying RCM students and providing them with support through their transition to professional careers.

Selected via a competitive audition process, the following list comprises some of today’s most talented young performers and academics. Those marked with asterisks are holding fellowships for a second year:

MILLS WILLIAMS JUNIOR FELLOWSHIP for students on the Artist Diploma Course
Jonathan Radford (saxophone)

CONSTANT & KIT LAMBERT JUNIOR FELLOWSHIP for students on the Artist Diploma Course
Jaymee Coonjobeeharry (flute)

PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT FELLOWS

LORD AND LADY LURGAN PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT FELLOWSHIP
John Cuthbert (vocal faculty)*

GILBERT AND EILEEN EDGAR AND ANTHONY SALTMARSH PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT FELLOWSHIP
Eleanor Kornas (woodwind, brass and percussion faculties)

ADAMI AWARD FOR PIANO ACCOMPANISTS FELLOWSHIP
Craig White (string faculty)*

FELLOWSHIP IN HARPSICHORD/CONTINUO
Claire Williams*

Find out more about these musicians by visiting the junior fellows website.