Postgraduate Diploma in Music

The Team

John Cranmer

Director of Programmes and Research (Music)
Dr John Cranmer BA Hons (York) MMus (Edin) PhD (Edin)

Dr John Cranmer’s interests include music in 18th and 19th century Britain, early keyboard instruments, opera, music theatre and historically-informed performance. He has produced articles and delivered conference papers on a wide range of topics related to these interests. As a performer on early keyboard instruments, he has given solo and chamber recitals throughout the UK. He is currently working toward the publication of a major social and economic history of music in Georgian Edinburgh - a wide-ranging study linking professional and amateur music-making, instrument building, music publishing, teaching and composition

 

Zoë Smith

Head of Interdisciplinary Practice (Music)
Zoë Smith MA (Oxon) ALCM

As an accompanist, Zoë Smith has worked extensively in the UK and internationally with both singers and instrumentalists. A graduate of Oxford University and the Royal Academy of Music, she has developed strong links with Mexico, where she frequently performs and teaches. She has received prizes in song accompaniment and has also specialised in flute repertoire, working in masterclasses and recitals with many leading flautists and recording three CDs. She is a member of Altitude, a viola and piano duo, with Philip Heyman, Principal Viola of WNO, and together they are actively commissioning new works by Welsh composers.

  • Alison Bowring BMus (Wales) MA (Wales)
  • Dr John Cranmer BA (York) MMus (Edin) PhD (Edin)
  • Daniel Jones BA (Wales) MA (Wales)
  • Dr Simon Jones BA (Bristol) PhD (York)
  • Simon Kilshaw LRWCMD AD (RWCMD) FETC PGDip (Bristol) Cert Ed (Wales)
  • Odilon Marenaro BMus Tech (HKU)
  • Christopher Painter BMus (Wales) MMus (Wales)
  • Neil Pennock MMus (RWCMD) BSc (Open) LGSMD(P) ALCM
  • Lynne Plowman BA (Wales)
  • Dr Michael Rafferty BSc (Lancs) MSc (Lancs) PhD (Wales)
  • Dr Sarah Smith BA (Wales) MMus (London) PhD (London)
  • Zoë Smith MA (Oxon) ALCM
  • Christopher Stock DipRCM ARCM
  • Andrew Wilson-Dickson MA (Cantab) MusB (Cantab) DPhil (York) LRAM ARCO