Valerie Langfield

About Valerie Langfield

I am an accompanist, teacher, musicologist and composer. As a teacher, I specialise in aspects of technique, and making sure that you play in a very relaxed way, without pain, and emphasising a beautiful tone, and I use my own collection of technical exercises to help achieve this. I focus on the wealth of the Western classical tradition, and I teach all levels. Some of my students come to me privately; I am also an instrumental tutor at the University of Manchester. I'm from London originally, and read music at Girton College, Cambridge. Later, I studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. I am an authority on the life and work of Roger Quilter (who wrote some beautiful piano pieces), and as far as research is concerned, I focus on British music.I am Chair, co-founder and trustee of Retrospect Opera, and I'm deeply involved in restoring and recording British operas; I've edited a number of British operas for various record labels and opera companies, and I'm Chair of the Carl Rosa Trust. I also play as an orchestral pianist. A recording of one of ny compositions, In Retrospect, for solo trumpet, can be heard on YouTube.