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 – Dave Jackson
Dave Jackson is the biggest supporter of LUUMS and has been an honorary patron of the society since 2011! How did you come across LUUMS? I first came across LUUMS, or the Music Society as it then was, at the Societies Fair during Freshers week when I first arrived in Leeds as a student in…
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Alumni Spotlight – Founders of LUUMS Brass Band
In conversation with founding members of the LUUMS Brass Band founded in September 1988. Looking back on the year 1988, when LUUMS Brass Band was founded by a small community of student brass players at the University of Leeds. University brass bands were fewer and far between 38 years ago, and founders Sue Frencham, Sue…
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Alumni Spotlight – Oliver Heath
Oliver Heath was an active member of LUUMS during his degree, as conductor of Chamber Choir (2023-25), Concerts Manager (2023/24) and Freshers Representative (2022/23) Since leaving University, Oliver has been able to immediately work full time as a Freelance Conductor and Singer. He currently serves as Choral Director for Salford Cathedral and Associate Choral Leader at St Martin-in-the-Fields and…
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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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