Mark Bowden

Mark Bowden

Mark Bowden Composer | Guest Speaker Mark Bowden is a composer of chamber, orchestral and vocal music. His work has been described as ‘an exceptional and absorbing pleasure’ [The Guardian], ‘invigorating’ [The Times] and ‘powerfully dramatic’ [BBC Radio 3]. His music...
Paul Liburd

Paul Liburd

Paul Liburd Guest Teacher Paul Liburd was born in Leeds and studied at the London School of Contemporary Dance. He was a member of London Contemporary Dance Theatre, Irek Mukhamadov & Dancers, Rambert Dance Company and Scottish Ballet as a soloist. On leaving...
Kate Flatt

Kate Flatt

Kate Flatt Choreographer | Mentor Kate studied at the Royal Ballet School with Léonide Massine and subsequently assisted on revivals of his works in USA and Australia. At the Place, she studied choreography with Nina Fonaroff and participated in the first Summer...
Gary Carpenter

Gary Carpenter

Gary Carpenter Composer | Mentor Gary Carpenter (b.1951) studied composition under John Lambert at the Royal College of Music. He has lived in Holland and Germany and has written operas, musicals, ballets (mostly for Nederlands Dans Theater) and a radio music-drama –...
Eleanor Alberga

Eleanor Alberga

Eleanor Alberga Founding Director With her 2015 Last Night of the Proms opener ARISE ATHENA! Eleanor Alberga cemented a reputation as a composer of international stature.  Performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Chorus and conducted by Marin Alsop, the work was...