It is testament to the strength and renown of the courses that so many musicians at the top of the profession are willing to give up their time to teach. There are twelve full-time members of staff, and four visiting staff each week.
The courses were set up in 1980 by Ralph Allwood who is Precentor and Director of Music at Eton College. He has conducted choral courses in Taiwan, Sydney, Barcelona, Harvard University, Boston, Kansas, Utrecht and Vancouver. Alongside this he is a choral advisor for Novello and Co and for the Voices Foundation, and a judge for the Choir of the Year Competition and the Llangollen International Eisteddfod. He usually directs four of the six courses.
Other directors include Ben Parry (Director of Junior Royal Academy, London), Mark Shepherd (Director of Music, Charterhouse) and Bob Chilcott (Principal Guest Conductor, BBC Singers).
In recent years full-time singing teachers have include Margaret Humphrey Clark, David Lowe, Anita Morrison, Robert Rice, Susan Waters, Alan Watt and Peter Wilson.
