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Jan Waterfield serves as Harpsichord Lecturer at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS), where she teaches pre-1750 keyboard repertoire and contributes to the Opera School for baroque style instruction and Fair Access/Education departments for coaching initiatives. An active performer, she collaborates with major ensembles including the Gabrieli Consort (principal harpsichordist since 2009), Academy of Ancient Music, and Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
Her educational background includes music studies at Girton College, Cambridge (as a choral scholar), followed by postgraduate harpsichord and piano training at London's Royal Academy of Music under John Toll and David Willison.
Waterfield's research centers on early music performance practice, with specialized focus on pre-1750 keyboard repertoire and baroque stylistic interpretation. She integrates mental-emotional state analysis into performance pedagogy, exploring how mindfulness and emotional awareness impact artistic execution. Her innovative creative coaching methodology—accredited by the European Mentoring & Coaching Council—combines verbal questioning with non-verbal techniques (body language, breathwork, and artwork) to enhance musicians' self-awareness and creative development.
Notable accolades include:
- Gramophone Award (2013) for 'A New Venetian Coronation' with Gabrieli Consort
- Royal Academy of Music prizes for Lieder Accompaniment and Continuo Playing
As an EMC C-accredited coach, Waterfield maintains a vocal coaching practice attracting professional singers, while developing self-coaching resources for RCS students. Her collaborative work spans duo partnerships with soprano Mhairi Lawson, bass Brian Bannatyne-Scott, and cellist Christopher Suckling, alongside klezmer performances with 'KleyneKlezmer'.
She performs regularly with period ensembles including His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, La Serenissima, and Ludus Baroque, having participated in John Eliot Gardiner's Bach Cantata Pilgrimage (2000) and recorded Martin Peerson's complete virginal works.
