LUUMS Alumni Spotlights
LUU Music Society has been shaped by countless student musicians since 1926.
Learn about some of their LUUMS stories, and the impact the society has had on their lives!
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Alumni Spotlight – Patrick Rimes
Patrick Rimes conducted the LUUMS Symphony Orchestra during while doing a BMus in Performance at the University of Leeds. Photograph by Meinir Siencyn Patrick Rimes is a musician, composer, arranger and educator from North Wales. Born and raised in the thriving traditional music heartlands of Eryri, North Wales he went on to study classical violin and…
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Alumni Spotlight – Bibi Thomas Gándara
Bibi was the secretary (2020/21), president (21/22) and treasurer (22/23) of LUUMS during her time at the University of Leeds! Throughout her time in LUUMS, Bibi was a member of Chorus, Brass Band, SymphonicWind Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Choir. She now works as a SeniorAssistant Artist Manager at a IMG Artists in London. Can…
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Alumni Spotlight – Ben Frampton
Ben Frampton conducted the LUUMS Symphony Orchestra from 2022-23. Ben is currently working back at the University of Leeds as a Helpdesk Coordinator and as a Freelance Conductor, having studied Mathematics and Music as an undergraduate. He was part of the 2020 Cohort that started their LUUMS adventure online, playing instruments to each other in…
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Alumni Spotlight – Dr. Ian Sapiro
Dr. Ian Sapiro is the founder and first conductor of the LUUMS Symphonic Wind Orchestra, in 2003. Dr. Ian Sapiro works principally in film music, musical theatre, adaptation, orchestration and the overlaps between them. He studied Music at undergraduate, taught postgraduate and research postgraduate levels at Leeds, completing his PhD in film music in 2011.…
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