Staff A-Z

Anna Miell was born in Vienna, into a musical family. After completing her language studies, Anna moved to London in the late 1970s where she commenced her career. Initially, Anna undertook German to English translation work in the legal and financial fields, and became a teacher 20 years ago. Since then, Anna has taught German to students from many varied backgrounds and in a variety of contexts both in industry and at educational establishments including Waltham Forest College of Further and Higher Education, Westminster College and for the past 8 years, at the University of Westminster. She has been a key figure in setting up the University’s ‘Opening the Door to Language Learning’ project in partnership with Lingua. When Anna was asked in 1996 to design a course specifically for undergraduate singers at Trinity College of Music, she saw this as a great opportunity to pass on her passion for the German language. She has found the experience of teaching both under and postgraduate students a truly enriching and satisfying experience. Anna is constantly striving to take the ‘Angst’ out of language learning and believes that a fun but disciplined approach achieves the right results for her students.

Susan Milan was a Junior Exhibitioner and Scholar at the Royal College of Music, where she studied with John Francis. As a postgraduate of the Guildhall School of Music she studied with Geoffrey Gilbert, as well as attending the Marcel Moyse masterclasses in Switzerland. From 1968-1972, she was Principal Flute of the Bournemouth Sinfonietta, and from 1974-1982 of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, before developing her solo career from 1982. She tours worldwide as soloist and recitalist, and runs an annual masterclass course in Surrey.

She has given numerous world and UK premieres and has inspired contemporary composers to write for her, among them Richard Rodney Bennett, Antal Dorati, Carl Davis, Jindřich Feld, Edwin Roxburgh, Robert Saxton, Ole Schmidt, and Robert Simpson and Cecilia McDowall. She can be heard regularly on BBC radio and has recorded for Chandos, Upbeat, Da Capo, Omega, Denon, Cala and Metier labels. Ensemble work includes the London Chamber Music Group, The Debussy Ensemble and a recital duo with Ian Brown.

David Miller is a long established soloist and well known as an accompanist and continuo player on lute, theorbo and early guitars, flourishing in both the early music world and the mainstream musical scene. He performs and records with all the principal English period instrument orchestras and with many of the finest ensembles, performing at numerous prestigious European music festivals. David’s musical focus is as a soloist and accompanist. He maintains a busy recital schedule, enjoying collaborations with other solo artists, including singers Paul Agnew, James Bowman, Michael Chance, Charles Daniels, Grace Davidson, Emma Kirkby, Elin Manahan Thomas and Stephen Varcoe, harpist Frances Kelly, violinist Elizabeth Wallfisch, fellow lutenist Jacob Heringman and Arab singer and oud player Abdul Salam Kheir.

Awarded the highest Slovenian prize for cultural achievement (the Prešeren Award), Aleksandar Milošev is a versatile artist with a broad range of stylistic interests. Recently appointed as Principal Viola of the Philharmonia Orchestra, he has also appeared as a soloist with the Zagreb Soloists ensemble, under the baton of Marc Coppey, En Shao and Uroš Lajovic, and with the Slovenian Philharmonic, Zagreb Philharmonic and Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestras.

Awarded the highest Slovenian prize for cultural achievement (the Prešeren Award), Aleksandar Milošev is a versatile artist with a broad range of stylistic interests. Recently appointed as Principal Viola of the Philharmonia Orchestra, he has also appeared as a soloist with the Zagreb Soloists ensemble, under the baton of Marc Coppey, En Shao and Uroš Lajovic, and with the Slovenian Philharmonic, Zagreb Philharmonic and Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestras. Aleksandar has collaborated with many renowned artists, such as Bruno Giuranna, Rocco Filippini, Jan Talich, Franco Gulli, Julian Rachlin, Irena Grafenauer, Radovan Vlatkovic, Gautier Capuçon, Viktoria Jagling, Alexandar Rudin, Richard Tognetti and Christian Altenburger. He has recently recorded and performed with Grammy Award nominated lutenist Edin Karamazov.

One of the most outstanding and original musicians of his generation, Roman Mints was named the “unofficial leader of the new generation of musicians” by the press and has collaborated with violinists Gidon Kremer, Alina Ibragimova, Boris Brovtsyn, Alexander Sitkovetsky, and flautist Sharon Bezaly; oboists Dmitry Bulgakov and Nicholas Daniel; pianists Katya Apekisheva, Ingrid Fliter, Alexander Kobrin, Charles Owen, Vadym Kholodenko, Lukas Geniušas; cellists Mischa Maisky, Kristina Blaumane, Alexander Buzlov, and Thomas Caroll; violists Maxim Rysanov and Nils Mönkemeyer; and singers Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, William Purefoy, and Anna Dennis. He has worked alongside conductors Andrew Davis, Saulius Sondeckis, Vladimir Ziva, Vladimir Ponkin, Philipp Chizhevsk, among others.

Trevor Mires has been at the forefront of the London music scene for the last fourteen years.

His performing credits are wide ranging. He has performed with, among others, George Benson, recorded and toured with multi-instrumentalist James Morrison, toured with Sam Rivers Big Band, Michel Le Grand, and recorded with Pat Metheny, Toots Theilmans and David Sanborn.

Trevor was a member of jazz funk band Jamiroquai, and Incognito, recording and touring with both for a number of years. Maintaining a healthy balance between commercial and more creative projects, recording in studios for TV and film, Trevor is currently Trombonist/arranger for Sir Tom Jones, and recently toured with Randy Brecker’s European Big Band, as well as recording with Radiohead, and performing with the likes of Alicia Keys, Beyonce, and recording and performing with Mark Ronson.

Stephen is a composer, pianist and conductor born and educated in the USA but living in Europe since 1972 first as a Fulbright Scholar (Warsaw, Poland, 1972-74) then as a freelance musician based in London but touring worldwide. His music has been performed on major festivals here and abroad including the BBC Proms (Royal Albert Hall), Warsaw Autumn Festival, Paris Festival d’Automne, Venice Biennale, Bang on a Can (New York), and the Singapore and Hong Kong Festivals. His compositional interests cover a wide range and variety of genres from symphonic works, to music theatre and cutting edge experimental. He has worked with many of the world’s leading composers such as John Cage, Mauricio Kagel, Steve Reich, Conlon Nancarrow and Astor Piazzolla.

* Conferred with the title of Professor in January 2017.

Research interests and areas of supervision:

• Composition

Andrew studied conducting and orchestration with Denis McCaldin at Lancaster University and with Peter Stark at Trinity College of Music where he graduated with distinction and won the Ricordi Conducting Prize. Notable work has included Stockhausen’s rarely performed ‘Gruppen’, an appearance with the National Youth Orchestra Sinfonietta and the critically acclaimed ‘Medousa: A Miniature Opera’ for which he was composer and musical supervisor.

Eamonn Mulhall is active as both a performer (tenor) and singing teacher.

His teaching centres around healthy vocal production, an understanding of voice anatomy and optimal vocal function based in bel canto pedagogy. He has a keen interest in pedagogy and voice science as a means to facilitating an array of vocal colours, compelling story telling and emotional connection to text and music.

He is dedicated to improving the craft of each of his students.

Janet Munro studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RCS)  and the Royal Academy of Music supported by a Scottish Arts Council scholarship. For many years she worked as a professional singer with several different companies including Kent Opera and the New D’Oyly Carte Opera Company as well as giving premieres at the Bush Theatre and Edinburgh Fringe. She also performed extensively in this country and abroad as a recitalist  before returning to study at Middlesex University and the Institute of Education.

Janet has a special interest in supporting aspiring professional singers and has given presentations on vocal health in collaboration with Dr Patricia Holmes at the Reflective Conservatoire Conference and the International Symposium on Performance Science in Reykjavík. She also gave a presentation on Repertoire through Voice Change at the Pan European Voice Conference in Copenhagen. She is  involved mentoring singing teachers, first working with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music on their professional development programme and more recently collaborating on the development of the Essentials online course for the Association of Teachers of Singing. She is the vocal lead for  the Certificate of Teaching for the European String Teachers Association.

Dominic Murcott is a composer, curator and educator whose work encompasses a wide range of activities. His compositions often combine acoustic instruments with digital media or theatrical ideas and is as enthusiastic about working with amateur musicians as professionals. Two recent projects are released on nonclassical, including the award-winning percussion duo The Harmonic Canon.

Research interests and areas of supervision:

• The interface between classical and popular music, 1960 to present
• The music of Conlon Nancarrow
• The music of Frank Zappa
• The relationship between computer technologies and performance
• Composition education practice

Dan is a singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Ireland. He plays guitar, piano, harmonica, didgeridoo, and dobro, and he is a songwriting lecturer on our BA MPI programme.  

He studied music at the University of Limerick, and later spent time studying dobro in Kolkata, India, under Grammy award-winning Hindustani slide guitarist, Debashish Bhattacharya. He has an MA in Songwriting and specialized in ethnomusicology of the Irish Travelling community for his dissertation.  

Aleksandra started her musical education in Warsaw, Poland. Having won the III International Chopin Competition in Budapest at the age of 16, she was given opportunities to perform extensively in France, Poland, Hungary and Spain. In 2010 Aleksandra received a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Professor Christopher Elton. She went on to pursue a postgraduate degree in performance and research with professor of piano Hamish Milne, which she completed with a distinction for overall outstanding studentship.

Peter Nagle is a composer, performer and sound artist based in London. Born in Birmingham, he studied music at Sheffield University, and later composition with Michael Finnissy. He appears as performer and composer regularly throughout the country.

Peter has been a member of the administrative team at Trinity Laban since 2014; he currently oversees the Composition and Jazz departments. Since 2019 has also been a PhD candidate in Creative Practice at Trinity Laban.

Les Neish has created a career as a soloist, chamber musician and educator with a world-wide reputation. Known for his musicianship, artistry and high level of communication, Les dazzles audiences with fabulous technique and stunning musicianship.