Geoffrey Molyneux

Geoffrey Molyneux is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he studied piano with the fomer Head of the Department of Keyboard Studies, Professor Laureate James Gibb. He is an honours music graduate of the University of London, where he also obtained a Postgraduate Certificate in Education.

Subsequently, Mr Molyneux became a student of the legendary Russian conductor, Igor Markevitch, and was a first prize winner in the International Orchestral Conducting Competition held in Santiago de Compostela. He has directed numerous orchestras, instrumental ensembles, choirs, operatic and other vocal groups including La Orquesta Sinfónica de la R.T.V. Española and L'Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte-Carlo.

Until 1989 Mr Molyneux was director of Music in several schools, concluding this part of his career at Erith School, one of the largest secondary schools in the country. He founded the Erith School Festival Symphony Orchestra in 1984, an ensemble of professional musicians, music teachers and students which performed major symphonic works and provided opportunities for students from the school to perfrom concertos. The Erith School Early Music Consort specialising in Renaissance and Baroque music, performed at the Royal Festival Hall, the Barbican Centre, Finchcocks and on Radio Kent.

During the 1980's Mr Molyneux taught 'A' level music to students from many different secondary schools including Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School under Bexley Council's rationalisation scheme. During the 1990s he taught A Level and GCSE music at Townley Grammar School for Girls in Bexleyheath and piano at Dulwich College. He has been Piano Secretary of the Blackheath Music Festival for many years.

Since 1989 Mr Molyneux has been a private teacher and freelance musician. He is a member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians and listed in the "Private Teachers" section. The Private Teachers Register of the I.S.M. is the only national register which can guarantee professional standards, as it lists only qualified and experienced teachers and has a code of ethics and a code of practice. It can be consulted in all good music shops and music libraries or online.