Teaching Staff
Ms Ableman has worked at Wilson's since 2007. She studied at Trinity College of Music where she obtained a BMus honours degree, and was awarded the TCM Silver Medal Award and a scholarship to continue her studies as a postgraduate with John Bingham. After graduating, Ms Ableman was awarded a scholarship to study in America at The Adamant Music School and performed in various concerts in Vermont. She has performed in many settings ranging from solo piano recitals, piano concertos and orchestral piano work to accompanying singers and instrumentalists. She is also an experienced badminton coach.
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Dr Clayden
Dr Clayden joined the school in 2011. He is a graduate of the Universities of Surrey and Nottingham, where he studied for his MA in Music Analysis. He also received his DPhil from University College, Oxford, which explored the prominent role of timbre in the analysis of Viennese music at the turn of the twentieth century. As a performer, he specialised in piano accompaniment and currently enjoys conducting the school’s various wind ensembles.​
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Mr Kramer graduated from the University of York in 2011 and has taught in schools across London. He is a percussionist and guitarist with a wide range of musical interests and adopted disciplines – from musical theatre performance to jazz composition and music production. He has composed and released music in the traditional folk and progressive rock genres. He conducts the Young Musicians’ Orchestra for Sutton Music Services, and is the director of the Jazz Bands at Wilson’s School.
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Mr Lissimore is Associate Head at Wilson’s, where his responsibilities include teaching and learning across the school. He has studied at the Universities of York and Oxford and trained to teach in South London on the innovative ‘Musicians in Education’ PGCE at the University of Greenwich and Trinity Laban Conservatoire, before teaching for several years at King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford. He joined Wilson's in 2009. He is an experienced accompanist and examiner with a particular interest in the teaching of composition at GCSE and A level.
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Instrumental teachers
Ms L Ableman (Piano)
Miss D Brennan (Voice)
Mr D Emson (Bassoon, Year 7 Programme)
Mr S Ashworth (Piano, Keyboard)
Mr P Aslangul (Cello, Director of Sinfonietta)
Mr I Barcia del Corro (Guitar, Director of Guitar Ensemble)
Mr D Cox (Clarinet, Saxophone)
Ms H Dennis (Oboe, Piano, Director of Double Reed Ensemble, Year 7 Programme)
Mr N Franks (Flute, Director of Flute Ensemble, Year 7 Programme)
Mr J French (Percussion, Director of Percussion Ensemble, Year 7 Programme)
Mr C Kimber (Percussion)
Ms C Kwan (Piano)
Mr J Marshall (Trumpet, Year 7 Programme)
Mr D Molyneux (Guitar)
Mr P Sanders (Clarinet, Saxophone, Director of Clarinet Ensemble, Year 7 Programme)
Mr M Robbins (Voice)
Mr T Scaife (Trombone, French Horn, Director of Brass Ensemble, Year 7 Programme)
Ms C Taylor (Violin, Viola, Director of String Ensembles)
Mr T Weymes (Voice, Director of Choral Music, Year 7 Programme)
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