Staff in Music

The staff of the Music Department is comprised of internationally recognised scholars, composers, and performers. 

Academic staff

Emeritus and Honorary Academic Staff

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Support staff

• Simon Smith: Studios Manager
  Email: s.b.smith@bham.ac.uk
• Sue Miles: Taught Programme Administrator
  Email: s.miles@bham.ac.uk

University Music and Concerts Team

• Jo Sweet: Head of University Music and Concerts
  Email: j.e.sweet@bham.ac.uk
• Christina Hancock: Orchestral Projects and Planning Officer
• Email: c.hancock@bham.ac.uk
• Gavin Allsop: Choral Music Coordinator 
• Email: g.m.allsop@bham.ac.uk
• Lucy Baker: Concerts and Marketing Administrator
• Email: l.v.baker@bham.ac.uk

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Practical teachers

Music students at the University of Birmingham are entitled to instrumental/vocal lessons.

• our current visiting tutors

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Honorary Professors and Research Fellows

• Graham Vick - Honorary Professor. Opera producer, artistic director of Birmingham Opera.
• Koen Kessels -  Honorary Professor. Music Director, Birmingham Royal Ballet and Artistic Director of the HERMESensemble.
  
• Lewis Foreman - Honorary Senior Research Fellow. Musicologist.
• John Joubert - Honorary Senior Research Fellow. Composer.
• Andrew Parrott - Honorary Senior Research Fellow. Conductor and musicologist.
• Jim Berrow - Honorary Research Fellow. Musicologist.
• Jeffrey Skidmore - Honorary Research Fellow. Conductor and artistic director of Ex Cathedra, a professional chamber choir and orchestra specialising in Renaissance and Baroque music.
• Paul Spicer - Honorary Research Fellow. Conductor and musicologist.
• Paula Chateauneuf - AHRC Funded Research Fellow. Lutenist, theorbist, baroque guitarist.
• Monika Hennemann - Honorary Research Fellow and Visiting Lecturer.  Musicologist.