Woodwind Department Staff
Fiona Hudson
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Subjects Taught
Oboe / Cor Anglais / Piano / Theory / GCSE / Composition
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Qualifications
BA, LTCL, PGCE
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Fiona studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, followed by a Post Graduate year at Trinity College of Music, London. She worked as a freelance oboist and session musician, before ending up as a recording engineer for EMI Music at Abbey Road.
Since completing her PGCE, she taught in Worcestershire for 16 years and has especially enjoyed bringing her academic and practical skills to the classroom. She plays regularly with various orchestras, chamber groups and continues to enjoy specialist wind teaching/coaching and delights in the challenges of organising new musical adventures. Fiona is currently Director of Music at Sibford School in Oxfordshire.
Hannah Talbot Cooper
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Subjects Taught
Flute / Saxophone / Flute Choir
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Hannah graduated with a BA in Music and Modern Languages from Huddersfield University, where she specialised in flute performance. She began her career working for the Incorporated Society of Musicians in London. Hannah then returned to her native Worcestershire and has been teaching at the Elgar School of Music for almost 20 years, as well as other diverse freelance teaching and performing engagements - including playing for solo recitals, orchestras, jazz bands, musical theatre productions and events. Hannah also enjoys leading the Elgar School of Music Flute Choir.
Daniel Buxton
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Subjects Taught
Saxophone / Clarinet
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Qualifications
BMus (Hons), DipABRSM
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Dan studied saxophone performance, clarinet and flute doubling with second study jazz at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is now an established performer, educator, composer and arranger.​
Dan has played with many fantastic bands, groups and ensembles including three years as the baritone sax and bass clarinet player with the multi award winning Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra. He has been a member of both the National Youth Music Theatre Company (NYMT) and the British Youth Music Company (BYMT) and plays assorted saxophones and clarinets in a wide variety of small combos, chamber groups, concert bands and function bands across the UK.
He is in demand as a baritone sax player with many renowned big bands, playing with the likes of the Louis Dowdeswell Big Band, Steve King Big Band, Fat Chops Big Band, Guildhall Jazz Orchestra, Duke Street Big Band and the London Jazz Orchestra.
As an accomplished musical theatre performer, Dan has played with pit bands in shows such as Tryptych, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, West Side Story, Bugsy Malone, Les Miserables, Kipps, Honk!, Into the Woods, and world premieres of new musicals Fagin and The Great Gatsby.
He has played professionally with top singers including Clare Teal, Elaine Delmar, Claire Martin, Matt Ford, Ashton Jones, Marc Almond and Marlene VerPlanck and with leading musicians including Louis Dowdeswell, Matt Harris, James Morrison, Andy Panayi, Bobby Shew, Russell Bennett, Neil Bullock, Callum Au, Nikki Iles and Alan Barnes. He has also backed west end stars including Marti Webb, Ria Jones, Gary Wilmot and Chris Howard.
Dan is a regular performer with his own saxophone quartet and has an extensive teaching portfolio in Northampton, across Leicestershire and here at the Elgar School of Music.
Nicky Fox
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Subjects Taught
Flute / Saxophone / Clarinet / Piano
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Qualifications
GMus
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Nicky studied flute and piano at Colchester Institute to degree level. Nicky obtained her PGCE with Solihull Education Authority.
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Nicky has lived and taught in Worcestershire for over 25 years. She teaches in 10 schools around Worcestershire and when she is not teaching she can be found in the ‘pit’ of various amateur dramatic societies s such as WODS & WODYS. ​Nicky plays Tenor Sax with the Hey Yahs band who perform regularly around Hereford.
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In her spare time Nicky enjoys walking her four dogs and taking them on holiday in the Motorhome.
Hannah Webb
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Subjects Taught
Clarinet / Saxophone / Contemporary Vocals
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Qualifications
ATCL (Trinity College London) CME
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Hannah studied clarinet from the age of 7 and this soon became a passion for all things woodwind picking up her first Saxophone at age 10. She gained her instrumental/vocal teaching diploma (specialising in clarinet) whilst taking her A levels and could not wait to leap into the world of Instrumental Music teaching which she has now been doing in various forms for over 17 years.
Hannah's experience has been gained through a plethora of eclectic avenues becoming a member of the Children's and Intermediate ESO as a youngster to coaching bands and vocalists at Worcester School of Rock and Performance as a teen to therapeutic music sessions for children and adults with SEN which is an ever evolving area of interest for her into her adult career.
Hannah's real passion lies with woodwind and she currently teaches at 5 schools across Worcestershire from Primary through to College age. Hannah is a member of two local bands ('CAPAS live'- a 10 piece brass heavy Latin fusion band and 'Eleonore'- an energetic quartet usually found in your favourite local!) she enjoys performing regularly at festivals and venues up and down the country.
In her spare time Hannah is an active promoter with a small Promotional company created by herself and her colleague Ben Hall; 'Worcester Source' putting on live music events in some of Worcester's most interesting and historical buildings and she has always been a very active member of Worcester's ever growing music scene.
Hannah also takes care of the social media and marketing for our School and loves to escape in her Campervan in the holidays.