Director: Kathryn Spencer
Administrator: Helena Roques
Senior Orchestra Conductor: Tim Hewitt-Jones
Wind Band Conductor: Sara Grint
String Ensemble Conductor: Gill Hewitt-Jones
Tim and Gill Hewitt-Jones and Sara Grint have now worked together for many years, and with their overlapping skills and local knowledge, have an encyclopedic knowledge of the possibilities for planning performance programmes. All three have taken a keen interest in musical education, and sincerely believe in helping young people to discover classical music from an early age.
Gill Hewitt-Jones, who studied at Durham and Cambridge, was inspired by the teaching methods of Sheila Nelson at the renowned Tower Hamlets Centre for Young Musicians String Teaching Scheme, has been Head of Strings at Dulwich Prep London for fifteen years, nurturing string players in their crucial early stages with lessons and string groups.
Tim Hewitt-Jones who studied at Cambridge and the Royal Academy of Music, played with the London Symphony Orchestra before joining the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House thirty-two years ago (his favourite moments: Schostakovitch 5/Davis in Moscow, Mahler 5/Abbado in Vienna, and later, recording ‘Tristan & Isolde’ with Pappano and Domingo at Abbey Road) has been involved with youth orchestras since first putting out music stands for his father aged eight!
Carefully recruited from the South London area, all our tutors currently perform with major international ensembles, examine, teach and mentor.
- Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
- English National Ballet
- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- City of London Sinfonia
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
- BBC Concert Orchestra
- West End Shows
- The Head of Strings, Dulwich Prep, London
- The Head of Brass, Dulwich College
- Head of Strings, Dulwich College
- Head of Woodwind, Merton Music Foundation
- Dulwich College
- Kingsdale School
- Alleyn’s School
- Junior Royal Academy of Music
- Trinity College of Music
- ABRSM Examiner
- MTB Examiner
In addition to these prodigious professional skills, all our tutors enjoy the friendly, fun and inclusive atmosphere at DYO!
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