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Annabel Knight serves as Head of the Recorder Department at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (Birmingham City University), where she leads teaching, conferences, and festivals in Recorder and Historical Performance. An accomplished performer, she is a founder member of the baroque ensemble Passacaglia and the recorder consort Fontanella, and has appeared on soundtracks for major films including Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.
Her primary research and performance interests encompass:
- Historical Performance Practice (Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque)
- Recorder Performance and Pedagogy
- Historical Flute Performance
- Music Arranging and Editing for Recorder Ensembles
Annabel has made significant contributions to music education through curriculum design for ABRSM and Trinity College London, and by founding the Woodhouse Recorder Courses. She currently serves as Vice-Chair of ERTA (UK) and runs AK Music, an online business publishing original recorder arrangements.
While no scientific awards or major research grants were explicitly mentioned, her critically acclaimed 2010 recording of Gordon Jacob’s complete music for recorder with the Maggini Quartet (Naxos) highlights her artistic excellence. She actively mentors students through the National Youth Recorder Orchestra and her conservatoire role.
Ensembles and initiatives she leads include Passacaglia (baroque), Fontanella (recorder consort), Woodhouse Recorder Courses, and AK Music.
