Nico de Villiers Visit

Last week the Elder Conservatorium welcomed South African pianist, vocal coach and author Dr Nico de Villiers for a series of classes and individual sessions with our students. Nico is Deputy Head of Vocal Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. A highlight of the two-day visit was a workshop in which Nico offered wonderful insights to our singers and collaborative pianists, who performed a selection of Schubert lieder. Nico also gave individual coaching sessions to vocal students and tutored a chamber group preparing the Poulenc Trio.