Staff A-Z

Edward Jessen is a composer of works for concert and theatrical traditions. His music is made from broad collaborative elements. Projects stem from conversational processes with players and directors, filmmakers and designers, astronomers and anthropologists. Edward is the recipient of commissions and awards from UBS, Meet the Composer, the Arts Council England, Performing Right Society/Bliss Trust, Britten-Pears Foundation, Sinfonia Foundation, British Academy, the Yvar Mikhashoff Trust for New Music, British Council Grant Combined Arts Award, le Conseil Général du Nord de la DRAC and the Danish Ministry of Culture. Recent projects include Mother Tongue Tautologies for the London Symphony Orchestra, Chambre 119 for pianist Catherine Laws, Companion for the Black Hair Ensemble, Thype for Orkest ‘de ereprijs’, Körpertask for the English Chamber Orchestra Ensemble, Præda for the Orchestra of the Opera North and Braid for the Hilliard Ensemble.

Kate teaches choreography and performance on Trinity Laban’s BA Contemporary Dance Programme.

Kate studied fine art at Goldsmiths and choreography at TrinityLaban. As a choreographer, she works collaboratively across art forms and has exhibited kinetic sculpture at CPG London; film at the One Take Film Festival, Zagreb; and choreography at Tripspace London.

Malcolm Johnston is in the enviable position of having vast experience in all forms of viola playing whether that be as soloist, chamber musician, orchestral player or teacher.

He currently holds the Sub-Principal viola chair in the London Symphony Orchestra working with the world’s greatest conductors including Claudio Abbado, Sir Georg Solti, Bernard Haitink, Sir Simon Rattle, Zubin Mehta and Seiji Ozawa to name a few. He is also Principal Viola with the European Camerata and has appeared as Guest Principal Viola with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.

James Johnstone studied in London and The Hague with Jill Severs and Ton Koopman respectively. He has forged a career as a recitalist, continuo player and teacher.

Alice Jones specialises in music for Early Years and cello teaching. She has over 10 years experience working with young children and has taught Early Years music classes in South East London and Kent since 2011. Alice is a qualified Dalcroze Eurhythmics teacher and uses these skills to devise the Trinity Teenies classes for the String Time programme. With over twenty cello students ranging in age from 5 to 70 years old, Alice is an experienced and adaptable cello teacher. Her creative working style stems from training at Dartington College of Arts (BA Hons) and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance (MMus). As a cellist Alice performs in a variety of contexts around the UK and abroad.

Laura Jurd is a trumpet player, composer and improviser from the UK. A recipient of multiple awards, including a 2019 Ivor Composer Award and a BBC New Generation Artist from 2015-2017, Laura has developed a formidable reputation as one of the most distinctive and creative composer-performers to emerge from the UK in recent years.

A passionate educator, Laura is a professor of composition at Trinity Laban; jazz trumpet teacher at Goldsmiths University; co-leads the Trinity Laban Jazz Orchestra and works regularly with the National Youth Jazz Collective.

David Kam is a London-based movement artist and educator sharing embodied practices of connection from the lens of joy, wonder, and freedom. Blending the worlds of architecture, dance and spirituality, David pitches movement as an expression of party and protest to offer a space for others to find home in their bodies and to explore ways of moving together towards collective action and transgenerational healing. He collaborates with various leading institutions to offer uniquely curated wellness experiences.

Born in Gorky (Russia), Mikhail Kazakevich made his western debut at the International Schubert Competition in Dortmund, Germany, in 1991. As a result of his success there, he was engaged to play with the Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra and also gave numerous solo recitals in Germany and France, where he was awarded a Special Prize of SACEM (France) for the performance of 20th-century music. In 1992, he came to London, where he made his debut at Wigmore Hall. Soon afterwards, Kazakevich was signed exclusively by the BMG/Conifer recording label, for which he has made numerous recordings. He has played solo and with orchestras at prestigious venues and festivals in Austria, Germany, France, Russia, Switzerland, Denmark, South Korea and the Middle East.

Trained on the modern harp and with a music degree from the University of Cambridge, Frances was one of the first harpists to be drawn towards early music and the exploration of early harps, their repertoire and in particular, the use of the harp as a continuo instrument. Well known both as a chamber musician and soloist, she is now a leading exponent of early harps and much in demand as a continuo player. She has worked with many distinguished ensembles including the Gabrieli Consort and Players, the New London Consort, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Brandenburg Consort. She has numerous recordings to her name and her work has taken her throughout Europe and to the USA, China and Japan. Frances also has a keen interest in music education and teaching at all levels and ages and enjoys a busy teaching practice.

Born in Cork, Ireland, Fiona Kelly completed her undergraduate studies at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance with Anna Noakes and went on to complete a Master’s at The Juilliard School in New York with Robert Langevin, principal flute of the New York Philharmonic. 

Fiona was principal flute of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra from 2012-2016. Since relocating to London she leads a busy freelance career performing as guest principal flute with many of the UK’s leading orchestras including the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Royal Opera House Covent Garden. 

Fiona is equally in demand as a soloist and has performed concertos at the BBC Proms, Heidelberg and Rheingau festivals. 

With a keen interest in expanding the repertoire for the flute, Fiona has premiered and commissioned many new works, by composers such as Uri Caine and Ian Wilson.