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The Teachers

Helen Curtis graduated at Leeds College of Music with Honours. Helen is an enthusiastic teacher with a passion for performance as well as music education and is experienced with students of all ages.

Margaret Dawson has been connected with the College for a great number of years and was a pupil of the late Victor Hallewell and subsequently Derek Blackwell. As well as teaching singing Margaret is a trustee of the College.

Donal Donnelly studied jazz at Wakefield College and jazz and contemporary and pop music at Leeds College of Music. Previously he was a PE instructor in the Royal Navy for 10 years. As well as teaching at the College he directs the College Dance Band. Donal has a busy career teaching and playing in various bands in the area.

Pam Eden gained her LRAM teaching diploma whilst studying at the College with Moira Witty and prior to this was a singing pupil of Noelle Baker.

Joanna Gawthome trained as a professional dancer and toured the Far East. She now teaches at various schools and has appeared in Heartbeat, Touch of Frost, Crimewatch and Emmerdale.

Dan Gibson began his professional career with the Grenadier Guards Band and is currently working as a freelance clarinettist throughout the North East, mainly as principal clarinet with the National Festival Orchestra.

Themis Gikopoulos - BA (Hons) Jazz, MMus Jazz (Electric and Acoustic Guitar) Originally from Athens, Greece, where he had been a teacher and performing musician since 1995, Themis relocated to Leeds in 2001 in order to attend the BA (Hons) in Jazz Studies at Leeds College of Music, from which he graduated in 2004 with a First Class Degree. He then proceeded to do a Master’s in Jazz Guitar Performance (completed in October 2005) and is presently an active musician, teacher and composer in the Leeds/West Yorkshire area.

Patricia Groves gained her LGSM at the College and has since taught speech and drama in South Africa and currently at the Leeds Girl High School and the College. She has pupils working in television and attending prestigious drama schools in London.

Tim Knight is an ex-chorister of York Minster under Francis Jackson and the founder of the Heritage Singers. He is an established composer with a range of 80 works from choral to orchestral. Tim teaches singing and a number of his pupils have gone on to success in national shows and musical theatre productions. Tim also teaches Music Theory, Composition and Music Arranging.

Michael Landa BA LTCL (Recorder Teaching). During the course of his teaching career in the primary and secondary sectors, Michael has gained experience in training recorder groups and preparing candidates for public examinations. Currently he enjoys performing as a soloist with the AirePipes Recorder Quartet.

Mark Lindley has acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company as well as in Emmerdale, Coronation Street, Heartbeat and various theatre companies. As well as acting Mark has been teaching drama at the College for a number of years.

Sue Miller completed the Jazz course at Leeds College of Music. She set up Charanga del Norte in 1998 with a view to playing within the Cuban Charanga tradition. In addition to directing and playing in Charanga del Norte, Sue teaches flute, piano, saxophone and also runs workshops in Cuban music at the College.

Tony Myers' lifelong devotion to the piano and its enormous repertoire was fulfilled when the opportunity came 15 years ago to leave his business life taking a teaching diploma at Trinity College London. Since then he has taught pupils up to grade 8 and beyond at the College and at Leeds Grammar School.

Hazel Smith LTCL, has taught at the College for a number of years specialising in classical flute. She also teaches at Leeds Girls' High School and plays orchestral and chamber music locally. She coaches the College Flute Choir.

Rod Taylor completed his degree in music at Leeds College of Music. He works as a peripatetic violin teacher in Leeds. He teaches primarily classical violin but has a broad interest in many styles of violin playing from across the world. This is reflected in the eclectic range of groups that he regularly performs with.