Strings

The Strings Department is staffed by teachers who enjoy professional careers alongside their Academy teaching. The size of the department means that students receive regular contact hours and individual attention from staff, whilst also benefiting from their professional experience and contacts.

  

Peter Lissauer - LTCL, MMus (Yale) - Head of Department

  

Ilya Gringolts – International Fellow

Ani Batikian – Junior lecturer

Bill Chandler - Co-Leade,r, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Ruth Crouch – Assistant Leader, Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Gerard Doherty - Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Tamas Fejes – Assistant Leader – Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Andrea Gajic- Freelance, St Mary’s Music School, Edinburgh

Joanne Green - Principal, Scottish Ensemble

Katie Hull - Assistant Leader, Scottish Opera

Angus Ramsay – Principal, Scottish Opera

Ruth Slater- ± Amsterdam Baroque

Justine Watts –Leader, Scottish Ballet

 

Lev Atlas – Principal, Scottish Opera

Andrew Berridge - Principal, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Jane Atkins - Principal, Scottish Chamber Orchestra

  

Robert Irvine -Senior Lecturer

Johannes Goritzki- International Fellow

Alison McGillivray- ± Principal, English Concert

Rudi de Groote – Principal, Scottish Opera

Donald Gillan - Scottish Chamber Orchestra

David O'Connell

  

Tom Martin – International Fellow

Iain Crawford - Assistant Principal, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

John van Lierop Sub-Principal, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

David Peller - Principal, Orchestra of Scottish Opera

Ninian Perry – Paragon Ensemble

  

Alina Bzhezhinska - Harp Lecturer

   

Allan Neave - Senior Lecturer

Pavel Steidl - International Fellow

Dr Peter Argondizza - Lecturer

Philip Thorne - Lecturer

Malcolm MacFarlane – Jazz Guitar

Douglas Whates - Bass Guitar

Tomasz Zawierucha - Guest Lecturer

Barbara Pommerenke Steel - Mandolin

    

Hester Dickson - MusBac LRAM FRSAMD

  

Robert Irvine – Coordinator

Brodsky String Quartet – International Fellows

David Watkin – Principal, Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Greg Lawson- Principal, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Tony Moffatt - Leader, Scottish Opera

Bernard Docherty – Co-Leader, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

      

± baroque violin & ‘cello