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Undergraduate Programme: BMus

Head of Undergraduate Programmes:
Jeremy Summerly MA, MMus, Hon RAM

Telephone 020 7873 7352
Email academic.studies@ram.ac.uk

Jeremy Summerly MA, MMus, Hon RAM

(Picture: Photo of Jeremy Summerly)

Undergraduate at New College, Oxford and postgraduate musicology student at King’s College, London. Founded Oxford Camerata in 1984, and conductor of Schola Cantorum of Oxford 1990–6. Has conducted over 40 CD recordings spanning music from Gregorian chant to the present day and toured Europe, USA, Japan, Southern Africa; received European Cultural Prize in 1995 and made his Proms conducting début in 1999, and his début at the Berlin Philharmonie in 2005. Freelance record producer and writer/presenter for BBC Radios 3 and 4. BBC Studio Manager 1982–9. Academic Studies Lecturer since 1989, Head of Academic Studies since 1996, and Head of Undergraduate Programmes since 1999.

Tutor and Academic Co-ordinator of BMus Studies:
Timothy Bowers BMus, DPhil, ARAM, ARCM

BMus Tutor (First year):
Hannah Riddell BMus, MMus, LRAM


TheTeachers
Liam Abramson BSc,
Dominic Alldis Hon ARAM,
Christopher Atkinson MA, PPRNCM,
George Biddlecombe MA, PhD, GRSM, LRAM, ARCM, ARAM,
Timothy Bowers DPhil, BMus, ARAM,
Paul Brough MA,
Ruth Byrchmore MMus, BMus, ARAM,
Sarah Callis PhD, BA, Hon ARAM
Jeremy Filsell MA, FRCO,
Costas Fotopoulos MMus, MMus, BMus,
Amanda Glauert MA, PhD, ARCM,
Neil Heyde PhD, MMus, BMus, Hon ARAM,
Alexander Hills MMus, BMus, PGDip, DMA
Colin Huehns PhD, MA, ARAM,
Daniel-Ben Pienaar MMus, BMus,
Hannah Riddell MMus, BMus, LRAM,
Patrick Russill MA, Hon FGCM, Hon RAM,
Peter Sheppard Skærved LRAM, ARAM (Research Fellow),
Jeremy Summerly MA, MMus, Hon RAM

Supporting Studies
Roderick Chadwick MA, MMus, LRAM, ARAM (Head of Supporting Studies),
John Drinkwater GTCL, LTCL (Technology),
Denise Ham GTCL, LTCL, ARCM, Hon ARAM (Conducting),
David Pettit MA, BMus, FRCO, Hon ARCM, Hon FTCL, Hon ARAM (Aural Training),
Antony Pitts BA (Creative Technology),
NicholasWalker LRAM, ARAM (Keyboard Skills)

Introduction

All Academy graduates are awarded with University of London degrees.

The Academy collaborates closely with King’s College London. Shared lectures and classes enable students from both institutions to benefit from a range of activities and facilities.

Principal Study

This is the focal point of a student’s musical development and is taught to a professional level on both an individual and group/class basis.

Each student receives one hour of one-to one tuition per week in Principal Study. In some cases students may take an additional Second Study (e.g. piano for an oboist) and in most cases students will take a Related Study (e.g. piccolo for a flautist). Students are assessed by an annual examination in May/June.

The Tutor System

Three BMus Tutors are available to discuss the performance and academic options available to students, timetabling, progress, and any other aspects of their programme of study. With responsibility for both academic and pastoral welfare, Tutors monitor the overall progress of a student and act as an effective and important representational link between the student and the institution. International students may refer to the International Students Officer for help with any specific problems, including those arising from cultural differences.

‘Of the nine top music colleges in the UK only one recognizes the importance of a business-like approach within the music world: the Royal Academy of Music’
Pip Pirie, Muso, August 2005