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Welcome
Principal
ProfessorJonathanFreeman-Attwood
BMus, MPhil, Hon RAM
Principal’sPA:
KateMcKiernanHonARAM
Telephone02078737377
Emailk.mckiernan@ram.ac.uk
‘excellent… performed with vigour
and authority by the RoyalAcademy
of Music students’
SundayTimes,February2008
Professor Jonathan Freeman-Attwood Sinceitwasfoundedbackin1822,the ifitiscloselyalliedtothemanyothercultural
BMus, MPhil, Hon RAM
RoyalAcademyofMusichasbecomeone shiftswhichweseearoundus.
StudiedatUniversityofTorontoand
ofthemostrecognisablenamesinmusic.
ChristChurch,Oxford.Recordingproducer
AllofthishappensattheAcademyina
formanyindependentrecordlabels,
Greattraditionsdonotguaranteefuture seeminglyendlessrangeofactivities.
includingChannelClassics,BIS,Chandos,
success,butattheAcademytheydoinspire Orchestralandchambermusic,‘period’and
Naxos,ASV,Hyperion,Simaxetc.,many
ustoachieveanespeciallyhappyblend contemporarymusic,musicaltheatre,
ofwhichhavewonmajorawardsand
ofcontinuityandcutting-edgework.Cherish opera,musicfornewmedia:allareguided
prizes.Asatrumpetplayer,hehas
aswedoourdistinguishedalumni,fine bysomeoftheworld’sgreatestmusicians.
performedwidelywithsolorecitalsand
teachersandenterprisingstudy Wealsodrawincreasinglyonour
discsofsonatas,concerti,including‘Bach
programmes,attheAcademywenever technologicalresources,our‘living
Connections’,‘TheTrumpetsthatTime
simplyrestonourreputation.Everydaywe museum’,ourarchivesandourpeerless
forgot’withJohnWallace,‘LaTrompette
questionthequalityandeffectivenessofour stringedinstrumentsfromCremona.
Retrouvée’and,in2008,‘TrumpetMasque’
work,reappraisingourprimarygoal:how
forLinnRecords.BroadcasterforBBC,
torealisethepotentialofeachandevery Over90%ofourgraduatesfromthelast
NewGrovecontributor,criticandwriteron
musicianattheAcademy.Remainingthe 20yearsaregainfullyemployedinthe
performancefornumerouspublications.
moststimulating,dynamicandfriendly musicprofession.ThroughOpenAcademy,
musicalenvironment,wewantevery studentsengageinground-breaking
AsDeanofUndergraduateStudies1991–5,
student—wherevertheycomefrom — communityprojectsaspartofthecore
hedirectedthefirstcycleoftheBMus
tomaketheirindividualmarkandtoleave curriculum.No-oneneedspersuadingthat
programme.Vice-PrincipalandDirectorof
equippedfortherealitiesofprofessionallife. suchactivitiesarecentraltothetaskof
Studiessince1996,andPrincipalsince
buildingimportantandfulfillingcareers.
July2008.AppointedaProfessorof
Exploringamusicalpersonality,atthesame
UniversityofLondon,2001.
timeas‘tougheningup’foracareer,isan 2009willwitnessmanyfurtherexciting
excitingcollaborativechallengeforstudents developments —includingtheconstruction
andstaffalike.Imyselfthriveonit.There ofnewpracticefacilities,whichwill
isnodogmaticorprescriptive‘school completeabuildingandrefurbishment
ofteaching’attheAcademy;ourstaff programmewhichoverthelastdecade
representmanydifferentpedagogicaland hastransformedtheAcademy.
creativelineagesforstudentstoembrace
astheychoose. Aprospectuscanonlysaysomuch.
ComeandseetheAcademyforyourself,
Butthereisone ‘Academyway’.Itiswhere arrangeconsultationlessonswithour
young21st-centurymusiciansareexpected, professors,cometoconcertsandevents,
asneverbefore,tocommunicatetheirart talktocurrentstudents —andaskall
withablendofpassionateadvocacyand thosedifficultquestions!
entrepreneurialpurpose.Musicwillonly
keeponbeingacentralpartofpeople’slives Youwillreceiveawarmwelcome.
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