Teaching Staff

Wissam Boustany's international career as a concert artist and teacher has taken him to South and North America, Europe and the Middle and Far East. In 1995 Boustany founded Toward Humanity, an international initiative which uses music as a catalyst to support humanitarian projects on an international scale. Born in Lebanon, Boustany began his musical studies with his stepfather. He moved to Britain in 1977 where he studied at Chetham's School of Music & the Royal Northern College of Music, with Trevor Wye. He has received many awards, notably the Silver Medal in the 1982 Madeira International Flute Competition and (in the same year) the woodwind prize in the Royal Overseas League Competition. He received the silver medal in the Shell/LSO competition and won the 2nd prize in the woodwind section of the first BBC Young Musician of the Year.
In 1997 he was awarded a knighthood by the Lebanese government (Chevalier de l'Ordre du Cedre) in recognition of his music and peace work. On 3rd February 1998 he was presented with the Crystal Award at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Wissam continues to use his music as a powerful healing force to 'open the doors of inspiration between people and nations, and help us reflect on our common humanity'. He recently stood down from his teaching at Trinity College of Music, to take up his new role as Chairman of the British Flute Society.

Mike Mower works as a composer, mainly writing newly commissioned works. His music is published by Itchy Fingers Publications for which he has also written a series of very successful books of educational standard music. Mike also works as an arranger for commercial music in a wide range of styles and combinations.
Mike originally studied classical flute at the Royal Academy of Music, London and was later awarded the ARAM (Associate of the Royal Academy of Music). He also plays the saxophone and clarinet, and has led numerous Jazz ensembles, playing his own compositions, from quartet to big band. In 1985 Mike founded and led Itchy Fingers, the internationally renowned jazz saxophone quartet which toured the world until disbanding in 1997.
As a freelance musician, Mike has played and recorded with jazz, rock and classical artists as diverse as Gil Evans, Tina Turner, Paul Weller, Björk, James Galway and Ryuchi Sakamoto.
Mike's playing and writing careers have always run side by side. As a composer and arranger, he has written for numerous Big Bands including the BBC Big Band and Radio Orchestra, NDR Radio Big Band, the Stockholm Jazz Orchestra, The University of Kentucky and the Texas Tech Wind Orchestra. Individual artists such as James Galway, Airto Moreira and Flora Purim, Clare Southworth and the Safri Duo have commissioned works from Mike as well as numerous ensembles from saxophone quartets to string quartets. He has arranged orchestral pop scores for styles as diverse as for "Pop Boy Bands", MOR covers, and for the Eurovision Song Contest. Mike has edited and mastered dozens of CDs for artists from his studio as well as producing records for both classical and jazz ensembles. He has produced two albums for James Galway, "Tango Del Fuego" and "Unbreak My Heart" using his compositions and arrangements.
He frequently performs and demonstrates his music at colleges, universities and music conventions worldwide. Mike plays a Powell flute and is currently a Powell endorsee.

Camilla Hoitenga travels extensively, concertizing in the established Western music centers of Paris, Berlin or New York as well as in more out-of-the-way places like the Kremlin in Moscow, the Forbidden City in Beijing, or Tongyeong, Korea. She is particularly at home in Japan, where she has been a regular guest for over twenty years. Her performances, whether with orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony or the London Philharmonic, or alone on stage with solo repertoire, have been acclaimed by the press as "brilliant" "vivacious and alluring" and "charismatic" as well as "ideally transparent and precise."
Her international repertoire reflects her eclectic interests: from concertos by Kaija Saariaho, Pèter Koeszeghy or Toshio Hosokawa to Jean-Baptiste Barriere's state-of-the art piece for live video and electronics Deux songes de Maeterlinck d'après Brugel, from solo evenings with Stockhausen's theatrical Zungenspitzentanz for solo piccolo and new solos by young composers Raminta Serksnyte or Jakub Sarwas, to traditional recitals featuring the works of Bach, Telemann, Mozart, Hindemith, and Reinecke. In addition to her intensive collaborations with Kaija Saariaho, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Shoko Shida, Anne LeBaron, and, more recently, with and Yoshiro Kanno, other composers who have dedicated pieces to her include , Miyuki Ito, KenIchiro Kobayashi , Harue Kondoh, Takehito Shimazu, Mart Siimer, and Bryan Wolf. Her recordings, in particular those with Kaija Saariaho, have won awards in France, Great Britain and in North America.
C ommissions for her own music and improvisation have come from painters and sculptors (e.g. Peter Drake, Mutsumi Okada, Jörg Immendorff) as well as from galleries and museums (e.g. "for Yves Klein"in the Museum Ludwig, Cologne). The sculptor Ansgar Nierhoff created for her a three-dimensional "score" out of iron, a piece called Anlehnen ("to lean on"), which she has interpreted in various environments.
Camilla Hoitenga has taught at the State University of New York and at the Folkwang Hochschule Essen and continues give masterclasses and workshops on various subjects for musicians of all ages. Her own flute teachers were Darlene Dugan, Alexander Murray, Peter Lloyd and Marcel Moyse. Further inspiration came in the course of studies with philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorf at Calvin College (B.A), and with early-music expert George Hunter, composer Ben Johnston and ethnomusicologist Bruno Nettle at the University of Illinois (M.Mus., D.M.A.).
Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (USA), Camilla Hoitenga now lives in Cologne, Germany.

Jennifer Hutchinson completed her studies in 1998 at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Paul Edmund-Davies and Philippa Davies after gaining a 1st Class Honours Degree and many prizes at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. A successful and varied musical life ensued with a busy schedule of concert and recording work with groups such as The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, BBC Symphony, London Chamber Orchestra and The Nash Ensemble.
Jenny was appointed to the position of Principal Piccolo with the BBC Philharmonic in 2005 and continues to enjoy the rigours of international touring, Live Radio 3 Broadcasts and CD recordings.

Alexander Murray Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois. Formerly principal flute with the London Symphony and Covent Garden Opera, he has taught at the Royal College, Royal Academy, and Royal Northern College, the Royal Dutch Conservatory, Michigan State University, and the National Music Camp Interlochen. Recorded extensively with the London Symphony Orchestra and solo albums for Pandora Records. Since 1959, designed flutes made by Albert Cooper and Jack Moore with advice from physicists Arthur Benade, John Coltman and Ronald Laszewski. Premier Prix, Paris Conservatoire (1952). Founder-director of the National Flute Association. Taught and performed for several years at the Oxford Flute Week, Queen's College, and was principal flute in the Sinfonia da Camera until 2005. With his wife Joan, Co-Director of the Alexander Technique Centre Urbana, trained over 100 Alexander teachers, including several flutists. Editor of a series of booklets on the Alexander Technique and philosopher John Dewey.Teaching member of the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique.

Simon Gilliver (course accompanist) read music at the University of Birmingham. He subsequently studied flute at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Philippa Davies, Ian Clarke, Sarah Newbold and Sharon Williams. Subsequent successes have included winning the Albert Cooper International Flute Competition in 2006, and world premiere performances of flute works by David Horne and Vic Hoyland. His orchestral work has included a year as co-principal flute with Southbank Sinfonia in 2008, and various television and radio broadcasts. He is a member of a number of chamber ensembles, including Prima Volta, an ensemble devoted to classical improvisation.
Although primarily trained as a flautist, Simon is now equally in demand as a piano accompanist. He works regularly as an accompanist for music festivals and competitions, and recent recital work has included an appearance at St Martin in the Fields. As well as having a number of private students on flute and piano, Simon also teaches Classical Improvisation for the Guildhall School.

Abigail Burrows studied at the Purcell School and Royal College of Music. She works primarily as a soloist, teacher and chamber musician. Recent concerto performances include the Nielsen Flute Concerto with the Milton Keynes Sinfonia, the Thomson Flute Concerto with the Grampian Concert Orchestra, and the Mozart Flute & Harp Concerto with Daniel DeFry and the Cornerstone Chamber Orchestra. She has been heard as a soloist on Classic FM and last year she played at The Barbican Hall, performing a solo slot and a duet with the legendary rock-flautist, Ian Anderson. Abbie plays in a flute & piano duo with Daniel Swain, and a flute & guitar duo with Tom McLauchlan, performing for various music societies and festivals. Abbie is on the Live Music Now! and Music in Hospitals schemes, giving regular outreach concerts and workshops across the UK. She teaches at Hill House School and also works for Flutewise, as a contributor to their magazine and tutor on their residential courses in the UK, Slovenia and Croatia Abbie is a Pearl Flutes Artist and also plays a gold Brannen-Cooper flute kindly awarded to her by the Austin & Hope Pilkington Trust. She is recording her first CD later this year and is currently freelancing and studying with Mike Cox.

Ian Mullin Born in Bristol in 1977, Ian Mullin began flute lessons at the age of nine. Two years later he won a music scholarship to Bristol Cathedral School. During his school years Ian won places in both the National Youth Wind Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. In 1996 he was awarded a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music where he studied under the tutelage of Sebastian Bell, Jaime Martin and Keith Bragg (piccolo). In 1999 Ian joined the European Union Youth Orchestra for two years. In 2000 he made his professional debut with Chamber Orchestra of Europe. He also met the film composer Michael Kamen performing "The Old Moon in the New Moon's Arms"a work for solo flute, cello and symphony orchestra. It was conducted by Leonard Slatkin in Dukes Hall RAM. Since leaving college Ian has performed as guest Principal Flute with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Mozart Players, English National Opera, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, HalléOrchestra, RTE Concert Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, English National Ballet and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed with London Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia and London Metropolitan Orchestra. Ian is one of the most exciting flautists of his generation and is a dynamic and inspirational teacher. Through his professional career Ian has toured extensively all over the world, including Europe, US, China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea and Jordan. Ian has just achieved the rank of Nikyu (2nd degree Brown belt) in Danzan Ryu Ju-Jitsu and trains three times a week (when he can find the time). The physical and mental aspects of martial arts enhances and is a perfect marriage with the disciplines and challenges of being a professional flautist.

Jacqueline Vann (Dalcroze) studied music, dance & drama at Middlesex University. After teaching for a number of years and then discovering Dalcroze Eurhythmics she was invited to train at the Jaques Dalcroze Institute in Geneva. Her three-year course lead to her gaining the Diplôme Supérieur in 1997 and prizes for improvisation, teaching and a special award for her Diploma work. Since returning to London she has taught rhythmics & solfa at Canterbury Christchurch College (1997-99), Birmingham Conservatoire (1997-99) and Guildhall School of Music & Drama (1999-2003). She has been a Dalcroze examiner in Rome for the Associazione Italiana Jaques Dalcroze as well as examining regularly in England. She has taught twice at the Showa Academy of Music summer school and at the International Congress in Tokyo, Japan and has given workshops in Europe and America. Jacqueline teaches regularly at the Dalcroze Society International Summer School in Canterbury and is tutor for the Foundation Year on the Dalcroze Certificate training programme. She regularly gives workshops in rhythmics around England for teachers, musicians, drama students, children and adults. Jacqueline worked, until 2009, at Fairley House School, a pioneering school for children with Specific Learning Difficulties, in London.
In Dalcroze Eurhythmics, virtually every musical concept is taught and experienced through movement of all parts of the body. This is a very effective way to enhance musicianship as well as improving co-ordination, concentration and other skills needed to be a good performer. This in turn increases confidence and the ability to feel music with the whole body, allowing development of auditory memory, communication, expression and creativity.

Dr. Sanchita Farruque (MBBS) As Health Promoter for Musicians at BAPAM (The British Association for Performing Arts Medicine) Sanchita Farruque's work involves primarily amalgamating recommendations of health prevention from healthcare professionals in the field of Performing Arts Medicine (PAM). Most of the work focuses on students and teachers of music performance, but also includes those performers who have been educated OUTSIDE of the formal academic system, including professionals of all shapes and sizes. Dr. Farruque trained as a doctor at The UMDS of Guys and St.Thomas's and Kings, but left medicine after acquiring her degree to follow a career as a touring musician in World, Gospel, Folk and Soul music. She is a vocal and music technology tutor as well as a singer/song writer and producer and continues to perform and tour on a semi-professional basis. This places her in a unique position to help increase her credibility in terms of healthier practices, among her peers. An essential element in helping health prevention issues to be taken seriously.

Founder teachers

Janna Hüneke studied the flute with Averil Williams at the Guildhall School. She was also taught by Geoffrey Gilbert, Peter Lloyd, Kate Lukas & Patricia Morris (piccolo). Janna works mostly as a freelance player in London for opera and symphony orchestras and small touring companies. She regularly plays with her chamber group Harmoniemusik of which she is a founder member, and as a soloist in recitals and with various orchestras. She has appeared on BBC Radio 3 and made recordings for the WDR in Germany. Janna teaches the flute at The Hall School and at Belmont School, Mill Hill, and privately. This year Janna is also teaching at the Woldingham Summer Flute course with Clare Southworth and Ian Clarke. She is co-founder & coach of The Flute Ensemble of London.

Kate Grace studied the flute with Chris Lloyd, Derek Honner and later with Ann Cherry and John Bowler (piccolo) at Trinity College of Music where she won first prizes for chamber music and for extemporisation. Since graduating Kate has worked with orchestra and opera companies throughout the UK and has toured in Barbados, Central America and Europe. From 2003 - 2007 Kate was co-principal flute with the Yucatan Symphony Orchestra in Mexico. From 2007-08 Kate had the job of sub-principal flute with the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra. Kate has played regularly for live broadcasts and recordings for both radio and television. She is currently freelancing the UK as well as performing regularly with her flute and string trio, Atlantic Trio. She teaches flute at Hill House International School in London, Blackheath Conservatoire of Music and is co-founder and coach of the new adult education group the Flute Ensemble of London.

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