The Royal Musical Association
About the RMA
Activities and History
Membership
Governance
Council Members & Officers
President (2008-2011)
Professor Philip Olleson
University of Nottingham
Executive Officer
Dr Jeffrey Dean
Immediate Past President
Professor John Deathridge
King's College London (RMA President, 2005-2008)
Past Presidents
Hugh Cobbe OBE FSA
Former Head of British Collections and Head of Music (1985-2001) at the British Library (RMA President, 2002-5)Professor Curtis Price
Royal Academy of Music
(RMA President, 1999-2002)Professor Julian Rushton
University of Leeds
(RMA President, 1994-1999)Professor Brian Trowell
University of Oxford
(RMA President 1984-1989)
Honorary Treasurer
Lawrence Wragg
Vice Presidents
(maximum of seven; appointed annually)
Prof. Paul Banks
Royal College of MusicMrs Hilary Bracefield
University of UlsterProf. David Fallows
Manchester UniversityProf. Amanda Glauert
Kingston UniversityProf. John Irving
Institute of Musical ResearchProf. David Wyn Jones
Cardiff UniversityDr Susan Wollenberg
University of Oxford
Ordinary Members of Council
(serving for three years to AGM)
To 2010:
Dr Laura Tunbridge
University of ManchesterDr Aidan Thomson
Queens University BelfastProfessor Thomas Schmidt-Beste
Bangor University
To 2011:
Dr Peter Horton
Royal College of MusicDr Ann van Allen-Russell
Trinity College of MusicDr Alexandra Wilson
Oxford Brookes UniversityMr David C. H. Wright
Royal College of MusicTo 2012:
Dr Björn Heile
University of SussexDr Elaine King
University of HullDr Karen McAulay
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Convenor of the Scottish Chapter
Dr Warwick Edwards
University of Glasgow