Staff A-Z

Nic is Head of the String Department at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance where he leads one of the most vibrant string departments in Europe. Embracing a student cohort from around the world his staff includes many of the countries leading musicians. As well as his educational and managerial responsibilities he conducts several of the conservatoire orchestras and ensembles including Trinity Laban’s String Ensemble. With them, he has given performances both nationally and internationally including the Ljubliana Festival, Italy’s Emilia Romana Festival, Conciertos de las Velas in Peraza Spain and at the Dartington International Summer School. The group has also participated in collaborative projects with Chetham’s School of Music, Wells Cathedral School, and the Yehudi Menuhin School. They have performed with many renown soloists including oboist Nick Daniel, clarinetists Dimitri Ashkenazy and Darko Brlek, pianists William Howard and Helen Reed, violist Rivka Golani, organist David Titterington and jazz saxophonist Julian Arguelles with whom they recorded the critically acclaimed album As Above So Below.

Sally Pendlebury is a member of The Fitzwilliam Quartet, The Angell Piano Trio and Möbius. She grew up in Manchester and now teaches there at the Royal Northern College of Music, as well as at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.

She regularly plays as Guest Principal Cello with London Sinfonietta, the Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, English Chamber Orchestra and the BBC Philharmonic. She is an associate member of Chamber Orchestra of Europe and was Cello Section Leader of Opera North for five years.

Pianist Dylan Perez is a recitalist, chamber musician and coach specialising in vocal repertoire who is highly in demand across the UK. He graduated in 2018 with Distinction with an Artist Diploma and in 2016 with Distinction with an Artist Masters from the Guildhall School where he studied with Eugene Asti, Andrew West, Iain Burnside, Julius Drake, and Pamela Lidiard. He was also the Lord and Lady Lurgan Collaborative Piano Fellow at the Royal College of Music, London from 2019-2020. Prior to relocating to London, he studied at the University of Michigan with Louis Nagel and Martin Katz.

Anthony is a sought after and experienced teacher. He was a Professor of Clarinet at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama between 1997 and 2003. He is regularly invited to sit on judging panels for Music Colleges and awards committees.

Born in Seoul, Korea, Anthony studied the clarinet with Julian Farrell in London, Robert Marcellus in Chicago and Dame Thea King At the Royal College of Music. Anthony is the principal clarinet with the English Chamber Orchestra (E.C.O.), and has performed concertos with them worldwide.

He has also appeared as guest principal with most of the British orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Chamber music collaborators have included Christian Zacharias, Ralph Gothóni, Joachim Trio, Medici and Tippet Quartets and E.C.O. Ensemble. He is a founder member of the London Soloists Ensemble (John Lenehan, Lorraine McAslan, Sarah-jane Bradley and Karine Georgian),the resident ensemble at St. Johns Smith Square.

Anthony Pike was born in Seoul, Korea, and studied the clarinet with Julian Farrell in London, Robert Marcellus in Chicago and Dame Thea King At the Royal College of Music. Anthony is the principal clarinet with the English Chamber Orchestra (E.C.O.), and has performed concertos with them worldwide.

Giacomo is a British-Italian Dance Artist who lives and works in London.

He trained in classical ballet at Arabesque Dance Center (Italy), where he also started to approach voice work, dance theatre and choreography. After completing his Bachelor Degree in Contemporary Dance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, he was selected to perform with EDge Dance Company for their 2016/2017 season, and graduated from London Contemporary Dance School with a Masters Degree in 2018.

Giacomo currently teaches Ballet and Contemporary techniques on the Foundation and Bachelor Programmes at Trinity Laban. He has been invited as a guest teacher on the Centre of Advanced Training at Trinity Laban, as well as other HE institutions across the UK and internationally.

In recognition to his professional expertise and experience of teaching in Higher Education, Giacomo was awarded the Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA) in June 2022.

Anna Pope studied with Maija Lielausis and later with William Bennett, after graduating from the University of Oxford with a First in Russian. She has given recitals in the Purcell Room and for music societies and festivals in this country, Italy, Germany and in Sweden where she made a series of broadcasts on Swedish Radio. She has freelanced with various orchestras and chamber groups, and her ensemble Pipe Dreams has recorded music for two flutes and piano.

Anna Pope studied with Maija Lielausis and later with William Bennett, after graduating from the University of Oxford with a First in Russian. She has given recitals in the Purcell Room and for music societies and festivals in this country, Italy, Germany and in Sweden where she made a series of broadcasts on Swedish Radio. She has freelanced with various orchestras and chamber groups, and her ensemble Pipe Dreams has recorded music for two flutes and piano.

Lucy Potterton is a highly sought-after soloist, backing singer, studio artist, songwriter and vocal coach. She has performed live alongside leading artists such as Florence Welch, Elizabeth Fraser, Jamie Cullum, Kurt Elling and Claire Richards.

Valerie Preston-Dunlop is a consultant at Trinity Laban where she pioneered the development of choreological studies. A practical scholar, she received her initial training from Rudolf Laban, Lisa Ullman, Kurt Jooss and Albrecht Knust.

Sarah Pring FHEA AGSMD has taught singing at Trinity Laban college for the last 8 years. She is also a professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Sarah regularly coaches students and runs classes in several other conservatoires and is on exam panels at the Royal College of Music.

Gwyn Pritchard studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and much of his compositional activity has been based outside the UK. His many compositions include works for orchestra, ensembles, solo instruments, vocal works and pieces employing electronics.

Research interests and areas of supervision:

• Composition
• Festival and concert programming

Born in Perth, Western Australia, Adam trained at the Australian Ballet School in Melbourne, graduating in 1988 and relocating to London the following year. He joined the now defunct London City Ballet in 1990, touring the UK and internationally until the company’s untimely closure in 1996. While in LCB, in addition to dancing in the corps de ballet and as a soloist, Adam established himself as a strong character artist, performing roles such as Dr Coppelius in Coppelia, Baron Von Rothbart in Swan Lake and Hilarion in Giselle.

Born in Santiago de Cuba, Omar learned his love of violin from his father. As a student at Esteban Salas, Santiago’s finest music school, Omar studied classical music under world renowned professors. At the age of 12, Omar left his family to travel alone to Havana and take up his place at the Escuela Nacional de Arte. The next six years were spent studying classical music by day under Russian and Cuban masters, and Cuban music by night in Havana’s famous music Halls. After graduating from the Instituto Superior de Arte (Cuba’s university for the performing arts), Omar joined the José María Vitier band and toured Cuba, Mexico, and finished up at the New York Jazz Festival. He joined the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba (NSOC) where he progressed to first chair. During this time he continued to play with other bands and made an operatic tour of Italy, played at Club Tropicana, made tours of Europe with Rubén González and Latin America with Guillermo Rubalcaba. He also began to develop a recording career, working with the likes of Orquesta Revé, Charanga Habanera, Pablo Milanés, Leo Brouwer and Silvio Rodríguez.

Verity is a seasoned West End performer, having played both lead and ensemble in a variety of musicals. A selection of her credits include: Carousel at the London Coliseum; Kinky Boots at the Adelphi Theatre; Sweeney Todd at the London Coliseum; Sunny Afternoon at the Pinter Theatre; Sister Act at the London Palladium; The Sound of Music at The London Palladium and Jerry Springer, the Opera at the Cambridge Theatre. She is in constant demand as a singing teacher and vocal coach at the highest level and works regularly as a musical director and arranger.