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Brass
Artistic Director and Head of Brass:
Professor JamesWatson FRAM
Brass Department Administrator:
Louise Foley BMus
Telephone 020 7873 7320
Email
brass@ram.ac.uk
Kira Doherty: Horn (MMus)
(Picture: Photo of Kira Doherty)
When I first started my postgraduate studies at the Academy, I was struck by how compact and intimate the place was. You get to know all the students and teachers in such a short time and before you know it, it starts feeling less like a college and more like a second home. For me, having that friendliness and support coupled with an extremely high level of performance has made for such a great atmosphere in which to develop and progress.
In the brass department, we get lots of the top players in town coming in to give master-classes and hold auditions. As a result, quite a few of us get professional work in and around London when we’re still students. You get given so many opportunities here and receive such a good preparation for working in the profession; I can’t imagine myself being anywhere else.’
‘For the Royal Academy Soloists, conducted by James Watson, no sonority or dynamic jolt could be too extreme: they are obviously primed for anything, including Judgment Day.’
The Times, November 2004
‘The success of the department speaks for itself, as does the enthusiasm and fondness with which its graduates speak of it.’
The Brass Herald, August 2006
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