Jonathan Freeman-Attwood
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Professor Jonathan Freeman-Attwood BMus, MPhil, Hon RAM is the Principal of the Royal Academy of Music
in the United Kingdom
.
He studied at Milton Abbey School, then University of Toronto
and Christ Church, Oxford
. He is a recording producer for many independent record labels, including Channel Classics, BIS, Chandos, Naxos, ASV, GMN, Simax; broadcaster for the BBC
; contributor to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
; reviewer for Gramophone magazine; and is active in performance research for numerous publications and journals.
As a trumpet player, he has performed widely with solo recitals and discs of sonatas, concerti, including Bach Connections in 2000. As Dean of Undergraduate Studies at the Royal Academy of Music
from 1991 to 1995, he directed the first phase of the Academy's new undergraduate BMus programme. He was Vice-Principal and Director of Studies at the Royal Academy of Music
from 1996 to 2008 and was appointed a Professor in the University of London
in 2001.
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
He studied at Milton Abbey School, then University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
and Christ Church, Oxford
Christ Church, Oxford
Christ Church or house of Christ, and thus sometimes known as The House), is one of the largest constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England...
. He is a recording producer for many independent record labels, including Channel Classics, BIS, Chandos, Naxos, ASV, GMN, Simax; broadcaster for the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
; contributor to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is an encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians. Along with the German-language Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, it is the largest single reference work on Western music. The dictionary has gone through several editions since the 19th century...
; reviewer for Gramophone magazine; and is active in performance research for numerous publications and journals.
As a trumpet player, he has performed widely with solo recitals and discs of sonatas, concerti, including Bach Connections in 2000. As Dean of Undergraduate Studies at the Royal Academy of Music
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
from 1991 to 1995, he directed the first phase of the Academy's new undergraduate BMus programme. He was Vice-Principal and Director of Studies at the Royal Academy of Music
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
from 1996 to 2008 and was appointed a Professor in the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
in 2001.