Woodwind tuition
Robert Manasse
Flute
Robert studied with Kate Hill, Sebastian Bell and Michael Cox. He has been playing regularly with many of the UK's leading orchestras including the BBC Symphony, City of Birmingham Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony and English and Irish Chamber Orchestras, along with English and Welsh National Operas, Britten Sinfonia and London Sinfonietta, etc. He is a member of the New London Chamber Ensemble (wind quintet) and has free-lanced regularly with many leading chamber music groups.
Robert is a committed, motivated and highly experienced teacher. He seeks to help each student find their most productive and enjoyable next steps for their flute in the context of the traditions, language, ways of thinking and culture that he has gained and developed through his learning. He has taught for the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (Junior Department) and for the University of Oxford, as well as giving classes at all the major English conservatoires, at Dartington International Summer School, and the Oxford Flute Summer School and on the Anglo-American Kammermusik course.
Robert has a degree in Applied Biology from Imperial College (London) and a PhD in Plant Biochemistry from the University of Cambridge.
Email: robertmanasseflute@gmail.com
Alison Lambert
Clarinet
Alison enjoys a wide-ranging career in orchestral, chamber and solo performance.
She has appeared as Guest Principal Clarinet with BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Welsh National Opera and holds the position of Principal Clarinet of the English Symphony Orchestra and Longborough Festival Opera. In addition, she has performed with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and further afield as Principal Bass Clarinet of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra.
As a soloist, Alison has performed with the Hallé Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra, Hillel Orchestra, Jerusalem and Collegium Musicum, Heidelberg. Broadcasts include a Radio 3 live performance of Magnus Lindberg’s Clarinet Quintet and orchestral appearances at the BBC Proms.
Alison studied at the Royal Northern College of Music before winning a scholarship to study with Professor Wolfgang Meyer at the Staatliche HochschulefürMusik Karlsruhe, Germany.
As a keen educator of the next generation of musicians, Alison has been Clarinet and Bass Clarinet tutor at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama since 2003.
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