Guests & Tutors 2026

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Sir Thomas Allen

Baritone & Guest Masterclass Tutor

Harriet Burns

British Soprano

Iain Burnside

Pianist & award-winning Broadcaster

David Cowan

Head of Music, Opera North

Dave Doidge

Freelance repetiteur, ENO, WNO & Glyndebourne

Richard Farnes CBE

Conductor & Guest Masterclass Tutor

Alessandro Fisher

Tenor & Italian Language Coach

James Garnon

Associate Artist, Shakespeare’s Globe & Samling Leader

Christopher Glynn

Pianist & Artistic Director, Ryedale Festival

Ashok Gupta

Pianist & Conductor, Danish National Opera & Salzburg Mozarteum

Richard Hetherington

Head of Music, Royal Ballet & Opera, Covent Garden

James Holmes

Conductor & Lifetime Achievement Award, Kurt Weil Foundation for Music

Brenda Hurley

Vocal coach & former Director, International Opera Studio, Zurich

Audrey Hyland

Head of Vocal & Opera, Royal College of Music

Jane Irwin

Head of Vocal Performance & Opera, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Professor Janis Kelly

Soprano & Chair of Vocal Performance, Royal College of Music

Wilma MacDougall

Soprano & Vocal Pedagogue, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Ann Murray DBE

Mezzo Soprano & Guest Masterclass Tutor

Mary Nelson

Soprano & Professor of Singing, Royal Academy of Music & Royal College of Music

Dylan Perez

Pianist, chamber musician & vocal coach

Jo Ramadan

Vocal repertoire coach, Royal College of Music

Prof. Stephen Robertson

Teacher & Vocal Pedagogue, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Andrew Smith

Vocal coach, Royal Academy of Music and ENO

Nicky Spence OBE

Tenor & Guest Masterclass Tutor

Ian Tindale

Pianist & Artistic Director, Shipston Song

Lada Valešová

Conductor & Language Coach, Guildhall School of Music & Drama

William Vann

Conductor, Pianist and Chorus Master

Roderick Williams OBE

Baritone & Guest Masterclass Tutor