Julie Ainscough at the Frobenius organ of
All Saints' Parish Church Kingston-upon-Thames Surrey (U.K.).
Photograph: © Copyright 2000 Michael Harrold Artist Management.
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Julie Ainscough at the Frobenius organ of All Saints' Parish Church Kingston-upon-Thames Surrey (U.K.). Photograph: © Copyright 2000 Michael Harrold Artist Management. |
Julie Ainscough (whose surname is pronounced as in though and not as in cough!) is a capable and highly-respected freelance professional musician based in the South-East of England. Numerous fellow instrumental musicians, choral singers and pupils have expressed their appreciation of her abilities, not only as a performing musician, but also as a perspicacious and pragmatic manager. Today - in her several professional specialisations - she is available (from her base near the M25 London orbital motorway, the A3 London-Portsmouth Road and A24 London-Worthing Road, several convenient railway stations and less than thirty minutes' drive from Heathrow and Gatwick airports) to perform, teach, and advise on matters musical. Organ recitals, direction of choirs and choral societies, direction of music at weddings, funerals and memorial services, regular church service organ-playing, organ and piano teaching, together with music theory tuition and advanced composition lessons, plus musical arrangement and composition are all within the range of her abilities.
Julie Ainscough may be able to help you. Please contact her to discuss your musical requirements. Fees are based on the standard professional scales stipulated by the Royal School of Church Music, the Royal College of Organists and the Incorporated Society of Musicians (which latter organisation has elected her as an accredited member of its Register of Private Professional Teachers after exhaustive scrutiny of her modus operandi and having obtained thoroughly-validated references from within the profession). The ISM, founded in 1882, is the UK's professional body for all musicians. It promotes the art of music and upholds the honour and interests of the musical profession by protecting the interests of musicians, raising professional standards, and providing legal advice and other benefits to its 5,000 members, who include performers, teachers, composers, conductors, organists, writers and others involved in professional musical work. Information can be supplied to you on request.
NEWS
Organ teaching page revised 29/09/2009 with news of the appointment of James Buchanan as Organ Scholar-elect
at University College, University of Oxford. This appointment will take effect from the Michaelmas Term of 2010.
Organ teaching page revised 24/09/2009 with news of the appointment of Henry Chandler as Organ Scholar-elect
at Pembroke College and of Edward Buchanan as Organ Scholar-elect at Balliol College, University of Oxford.
These appointments will take effect from the Michaelmas Term of 2010.
Links page modified 21/09/2009 with further links to interesting and useful websites.
Links page added 17/09/2009 with graphic hyperlinks.
Organ teaching page revised 21/07/2009 with news of Christopher Breeze, Organ Scholar-elect at Twickenham
Parish Church, who has distinguished himself at the Oundle for Organists' "Exploring New Repertoire" course.
Organ teaching page revised 03/07/2009 with news of Lawrence Thain, Organ Scholar at New College,
Oxford, plus details of summer concerts at the Three Choirs' Festival in Hereford and at Blenheim Palace.
Organ teaching page revised 28/04/2009 with news of successes at the 2009 Croydon Music Festival and at
ABRSM Grade Eight (organ). The appointment of William Round as Organ Scholar at the Chapel Royal,
Hampton Court Palace is announced, as is the opening of a new teaching base for Julie Ainscough at the
Parish Church of St. Mary in Twickenham, Middlesex, with its fine Harrison & Harrison organ.
Composition page revised 24/03/2009 with news of the première of Julie Ainscough's Sonata
for Piano at the 2009 Guildford International Music Festival on the 20th of March.
Organ teaching page revised 28/09/2008 with news of Tim Burke's appointment as
Chorus Master of Opera North.
Organist page revised 30/05/2008 with news of Julie Ainscough's activity as an organist since her
resignation from the post of Director of Music at Ewell Parish Church.
Organ teaching page revised 07/05/2008 with news of success at the Croydon Music Festival and of
some interesting but premature publicity for a pupil.
Organ teaching page revised 13/03/2008 with news of the conferment of ARCO diplomas to
Lawrence Thain and Tim Lambourn at Southwark Cathedral on Saturday the Eighth of March 2008.
Composition page revised 29/09/2007 with news of Julie Ainscough's successful
M.Phil/Ph.D. upgrade at the University of Surrey.
Organ teaching page revised 24/09/2007 with news of the appointment of Tim Lambourn to Jesus College,
Cambridge University, as Organ Scholar-elect. This will take effect from the Michaelmas Term of 2008.
Organ teaching page revised 26/09/2006 with news of the appointment of Lawrence Thain to New College,
Oxford University, as Organ Scholar-elect. This will take effect from the Michaelmas Term of 2008.
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Organist, Accompanist & Ensemble Player
This fine English organist has
received critical acclaim for her performances of organ music from the
late Renaissance and Baroque eras and has particular affinity with the
music of the Spanish French and North German schools. She is also
highly-reputed as a performer of organ music by the major French
romantic and Twentieth Century composers - César Franck and
Jehan Alain in particular.
"...a carefully-articulated performance of real
stature and authority..."
(DORKING ADVERTISER, Surrey)
"This occasion was very special...the
instrumental playing was particularly fine".
(MALCOLM SINGER, Yehudi Menuhin School, Surrey).
Choral Director
The choral repertoire which this able conductor encompasses can range from plainsong and music of the polyphonic era (and the Spanish masters in particular) via the Baroque period and the Viennese classical school, onwards to the leading composers of the Romantic age and the Twentieth Century. Both music for the Church year and music for the choral society concert are catered for with equal understanding and skill.
"Thank you very much for all your help on
Saturday at the IDWAL service. Your choir was splendid and the
anthem was just right for the occasion. I am so glad that St.
Mary's choir will be singing the morning services at the Cathedral on
Sunday 28th August. I myself will be away on holiday, and so it
is a relief to know that the music will be in good hands".
(CANON ADRIAN LEAK, retired former Canon
Præcentor of Guildford Cathedral).
Teacher Of Pipe Organ
Julie Ainscough is a much sought-after
teacher of pipe organ. Prize-winning organ pupils have attained excellent examination results (up to Royal College of Organists professional diploma level) plus a number of organ scholarships, including the 2010-2013 Organ Scholars at Balliol, Pembroke and University colleges, the 2008-11 Organ Scholar at New College and the 2001-2004 Organ Scholar at Exeter College (all University of Oxford), plus the 2008-11 Organ Scholar at Jesus College, University of Cambridge.
"...I just wanted to say how excellent I found
Timothy Burke. I think he's a really splendid fellow and he's been
exceedingly well-taught. Many congratulations Julie..." (DAVID SANGER, International concert organist and
Professor).
"The (organ) scholars at the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace, are usually gap year (or older) musicians, so (for Lawrence Thain) to be awarded the scholarship at 14 he must have a pretty good teacher."
(HAMPTON SCHOOL PARENT, Monday 15/08/2005).
Teacher Of Piano
Piano tuition - at all levels from
beginner to advanced (up to Performer's Certificate and University/Conservatoire entrance) - has occupied this inspiring teacher successfully for some thirty years and is given on a superb grand piano by one of the world's greatest piano makers: the Viennese firm of
L. Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik GmbH. Excellent examination
results are backed-up by conspicuous success in competitive music festivals.
Julie Ainscough is able - with some thirty-seven years' experience of Anglican and Roman Catholic church musicianship at Parish and Cathedral levels - to offer a great deal of musical talent and practical ability on a human level.
"Take it from me: I've been coming to this church for the past
forty years or so but we have never had a Carol Service as good as this before." (Parishioner, Christ Church, London SW20).
Advice & suggestions about wedding music
Choosing the music for your wedding may seem a perplexing task: Julie Ainscough can offer well-informed advice based on many years of directing the music on this most special of days.
Prize-winning Composer
Julie Ainscough studied Composition with Professor Antonín Tučapský at Trinity College of Music London (and won the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Prize for Composition in the year before her admission to Fellowship there). Post-graduate study followed at the University of London (Goldsmiths' College Degree of Master of Music in Composition). Julie Ainscough has been awarded the University of Surrey's David Lovatt Prize for Composition in November 2005.
"The finest composition student I have ever had".
(Professor Stanley Glasser, now retired as Professor Emeritus of Goldsmiths' College, University of London).
"I was very delighted with your music, with your progress, with your perseverance, with your devotion...".
(Professor Antonín Tučapský, now retired as Professor Emeritus of Trinity College London).
"Well done! This (the David Lovatt Prize for Composition) is exciting news".
(Professor Sebastian Forbes, University of Surrey - 11/11/2005).
Curriculum Vitae
Julie Ainscough's professional credentials and career history in detail.
Links Page
A page of useful and interesting links to other websites.
Please contact Julie Ainscough for more information or to inquire about her availability. She can be contacted via E-mail at ainscough-at-organum.org.uk (replacing "-at-" with the usual @ symbol in the "Mail To" field of your E-mail window: this helps to keep her inbox clear of junk E-mails, etc.). She can be contacted also by telephone on (+44) (0)1372 375728 and may be contactable by mobile telephone on (+44) (0)7736 419416; you may write to her by conventional "snail-mail" post addressed to:
Value-Added Tax (VAT/TVA) may be applicable to fees: this will be clarified in prior negotiations. Travel expenses and subsistence allowances may be requested if long journeys to and from engagements are involved. Julie Ainscough speaks some German and Spanish in addition to her native English. She can usually deal with written enquiries in other major languages if allowed a little time.
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Website Issue: 54
Issue Date:
Tuesday 29th September 2009