2018/19 piano accompaniment and junior fellows announced
Friday 9 November 2018
Royal College of Music Director Professor Colin Lawson CBE has announced the remarkable musicians who will be piano accompaniment and junior fellows for the 2018/19 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 below are holding fellowships for a second year.
Junior Fellows
Mills Williams Junior Fellowship
For students on the Artist Diploma course
Ana de Braga e Alves, viola
Constant & Kit Lambert Junior Fellowship
For students on the Artist Diploma course
Gabriella Jones, violin
Accompaniment Fellows
Lord and Lady Lurgan Piano Accompaniment Fellowship
Hamish Brown, vocal faculty
Gilbert and Eileen Edgar and Anthony Saltmarsh Piano Accompaniment Fellowship
John Cuthbert*, woodwind, brass and percussion faculties
Adami Award for Piano Accompaniment Fellows
Belinda Jones, string faculty
Harpsichord and Continuo Fellowship
Claire Williams*, harpsichord
