There are currently 42 members of staff in the Music Department.
Director of Music
Michael Stinton MA (Oxon), LRAM, ARCM
michael.stinton@abingdon.org.uk
Assistant Director
Jennifer Matthews BA Music, MPhil, PGCE (Cambridge)
jenni.matthews@abingdon.org.uk
Composer in Residence
Simon Whalley MA, MStud (Oxon)
simon.whalley@abingdon.org.uk
Christopher Fletcher-Campbell MA (Oxon), ARCO, LRAM, ARCM
cfc@abingdon.org.uk
Bandmaster
Andrew Townsend LLCM
Head of Strings
Mrs Mariette Pringle MMus, FTCL, LRAM, LRSM
mariette.pringle@abingdon.org.uk
Music Assistant
James Gough MA, LRAM, FRCO
james.gough@abingdon.org.uk
Music Department Secretary
Mrs Caren Hardiman: 01235 849110
music.sec@abingdon.org.uk
Instrumental Teaching
| Alexander Technique | Azize Stirling |
| Flute | Caroline Hobbs-Smith, Robert Manasse |
| Oboe | Carolyn King, Michael Stinton |
| Clarinet | Julia Rayson, Tim Payne |
| Bassoon | Erica Tugwell |
| Saxophone | Simon Currie, Michael Wilkins, Tim Wilson |
| French horn | Julian Faultless |
| Trumpet | Andy Bush, Stephen Cutting, Andy Townsend |
| Trombone | Paul Lambert |
| Brass | Nigel Somerville |
| Percussion | Wichard von Hauenschild, Ben Twyford |
| Piano | Julie Craven, Alex Ho, Olivia Newbold, Chaiporn Pookhaothong, Susanna Proudfoot, Mami Shikimori, Lynette Stulting |
| Jazz Piano | Frank Toms |
| Organ | James Brown, Simon Whalley |
| Violin/Viola | Mariette Pringle, Phillip Augar |
| Cello | Valerie Findlay |
| Double Bass | Elizabeth Harré |
| Classical Guitar | Ray Burley |
| Guitar | Jez Cook, Paul Owen |
| Singing | Andrew Yeats |
| Bagpipes | Pipe Major Linden Ingram |