Tutors
Laurence Perkins
'Wind Serenades' Director
Music-making in beautiful locations has always held a special attraction with musicians, and this series of courses established by Laurence Perkins ten years ago has been a great success with wind players who share this enthusiasm. As one of Britain’s leading solo and orchestral bassoonists, Laurence’s work includes more than 30 years as Principal Bassoonist in Manchester Camerata, with whom he has given concerts as far afield as Japan, Hong Kong and Australia. His work as a soloist is well-known internationally through his CDs for the Hyperion label, including ‘Bassoon Concertos’ (including Mozart and Weber) which was awarded five stars for performance in the BBC Music Magazine, and ‘The Playful Pachyderm’ - a collection of classic bassoon miniatures with the New London Orchestra conducted by Ronald Corp which received outstanding acclaim in the national press. One of his great loves in life is working with amateur musicians - alongside his ‘Wind Serenades’ courses, he is one of the tutors on the new Malvern wind chamber music summer school, and has tutored on summer schools at Aberystwyth, Kammermusik in Oxford, Dartington International Summer School and the ‘Cubertou’ course in the south of France. In the very small amount of spare time available, other activities include hill-walking and landscape photography.
Lynda Coffin lives in Sidcup, Kent and is a flute professor at Trinity College of Music. She studied the flute with Geoffrey Gilbert and the celebrated Marcel Moyse. Lynda has held principal flute positions with several orchestras, including the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. She has also been a member of the Nash Chamber ensemble. Lynda’s solo and chamber music work has involved many recordings and radio and television broadcasts, including duo flute recitals for the BBC with James Galway. Her work in recording sessions has been highly commended, including the solo flute part in the film 'Emma', awarded an Oscar for the music sound-track. Lynda is currently principal flute with the London Concert and Mozart Festival Orchestras. During the Summer she enjoys coaching at Dartington International Summer School and the ‘Cubertou’ wind chamber music course in the south of France, and is joining Laurence Perkins in 2011 for the new Malvern wind chamber music summer school.