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PERSONNEL
SScOT Office Holders
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Hon Patrons John Wallace
& Mark Forkgen |
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Hon President The Countess of
Rosebery |
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Hon Vice President Hilary Davan Wetton |
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Trustees Richard
Chester, MBE, Roger Clegg, Margot Cruft, Philip Rossiter |
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Committee Neil Metcalfe (chairman),
Jill Craig, Alison Edwards, Susan Green, Jacquie
Johnstone, Catriona Robertson, Elaine Morrison, Vaughan Townhill |
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Director Jean
Murray |
SScOT 2008 Course Staff
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Neil Metcalfe -
Co-Course Director |
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Jean Murray - Co-Course
Director |
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Leon Gee - Conductor of
Symphony Orchestra & Grand Orchestra |
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Robin Wedderburn -
Conductor of String Orchestras |
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Susan Dingle - Conductor
of Wind Bands |
 | Gwen Kelso - Flute
Tutor |
 | Simon Milton - Oboe
Tutor |
 | Neil Hamilton -
Clarinet Tutor |
 | Jill Craig - Saxophone
Tutor |
 | Katrina Gordon -
Bassoon Tutor |
 | Jacquie Johnstone -
Horn Tutor |
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James Chamberlain - Trumpet Tutor and Conductor
of Brass Ensemble |
 | Tom Donaldson -
Trombone and Tuba Tutor |
 | Chris Overton -
Percussion Tutor |
 | Peter Caunce - Violin
Tutor |
 | Elspeth Luke - Violin Tutor |
 | Jo Petrie - Viola
Tutor |
 | Wendy Weatherby -
Cello Tutor |
 | Lucy Robertson -
Double Bass Tutor |
 | Sharon Cameron -
Matron |
 | Connie Plazalska - Arts &
Crafts Tutor |
 | Fiona Mackay - sports
tutor |
 | Jamie Milne - sports tutor |
Biographies
of Principal Course Staff
Leon Gee
Conductor of the Symphony
Orchestra and the Grand Orchestra - received his formative musical
training as a violinist, subsequently studying conducting at the
Birmingham Conservatoire under Jonathan Del Mar, with further studies in
the Czech Republic, at Dartington with Diego Masson, and with British
Youth Opera under Peter Robinson. As
British Arts Council Young Conductor, Leon was appointed founder Music
Director for the London Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (1991-94).
Subsequent guest engagements have included the London Philharmonic
Orchestra, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Shanghai Symphony, as well as many
of this countrys leading non-professional orchestras. He has
also served as Music Director for the Windsor & Maidenhead,
Northampton, British Police and Oxford Symphony Orchestras.
Much in demand with younger orchestras,
recent and ongoing work in this field includes conductorship of Junior
Guildhall Symphony, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Junior
Dept, Oxford University Orchestra, Pro Corda and Music Directorship of
the Worcestershire, Ealing and Berkshire Youth Orchestras. Leon is
an Honorary Member of the Birmingham Conservatoire, where he has been a
frequent guest conductor since 1993.
Robin Wedderburn
Conductor of the String Orchestras
began his violin studies with Maxwell Ward. After study at the Royal
Academy of Music where he studied with Manoug Parikian, and at
King's College, Cambridge, he has worked in school-teaching, first at
Malvern College and afterwards, from 1981 to the present, at St. Paul's
School in London, where he is Head of Strings. He is an
experienced coach and conductor and has always enjoyed composing and
arranging, most often in connection with his teaching. Several of
his works for string orchestra have recently been published by Goodmusic. In 2004 he wrote a Concert March which was performed by the
Grenadier Guards Band. His "Fantasy for Orchestra" was
commissioned by SScOT, with whom he has worked since 1992, and performed at their 20th anniversary course in July 2005.
Susan Dingle
Conductor of the Wind Bands spent 7 years working in opera administration with
Scottish Opera and Welsh National Opera, after gaining an honours degree in
music from Sheffield University. Since 1994, however, she has been pursuing a
career in conducting, spending over 3 years studying at the State Conservatory
in St. Petersburg with Alexander Polishchuk and Ilya Musin. In 1998 she
completed her M.Mus (conducting) at the RSAMD in Glasgow, where she studied with
Martyn Brabbins. Since then she has conducted the Highland Region Youth, BBC
Scottish Symphony, Leicester Symphony and Highland Chamber Orchestras, the
Paragon and Kelvin Ensembles, the Cumbernauld and Edinburgh Practice Choirs,
Opera on a Shoestring and Lontano. She is Music Director of Paisley Musical
Society and principal conductor of the Kentigern Ensemble.
James Chamberlain -
Conductor of the Brass Ensemble - holds an honours degree in Music Performance
from the University of Huddersfield, as well as a Postgraduate Certificate of
Education. As a trumpet specialist, he has performed with the English
Northern Philharmonia and the Classic FM award-winning ensemble "Harlequin
Brass". He has performed with the finest brass bands in the UK,
including Black Dyke Mills, Yorkshire Building Society and Brighouse and
Rastrick. Currently a member of the Whitburn Band, he is highly regarded
as a flugelhorn soloist and was recently featured on BBC Radio 2's "Listen
to the Band" programme.
Neil Metcalfe
Chairman of SScOT and Co-Director of the summer courses has been Director of Music at
Strathallan School since September 2002, after 7 years as Director of Music at Rannoch School, where he
also ran
one of the boarding houses. After gaining an honours degree in music from
Edinburgh University, he worked as a repetiteur with Scottish Opera for several
years, before moving into the field of music education.
Jean Murray
Director of SScOT and Co-Director of the summer courses has been organising extra-curricular musical activities
for children for over 20 years, and is currently Director of Edinburgh Young
Musicians, which runs Saturday Morning Classes for children aged 3 to 17. She
holds a music degree from Edinburgh University and has worked as a freelance
flautist and instrumental teacher for 30 years.
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