Roger Benedict Viola | 1984 Roger Benedict Viola | 1984 Conductor and viola soloist Chief Conductor and Associate Professor of Viola, Sydney Conservatorium of Music Artistic Director, Orchestra for Life Former Orchestral Principal with Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Former Tutor in Viola, RNCM Visit personal site
Roger Benedict Viola | 1984 Conductor and viola soloist Chief Conductor and Associate Professor of Viola, Sydney Conservatorium of Music Artistic Director, Orchestra for Life Former Orchestral Principal with Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Former Tutor in Viola, RNCM Visit personal site
Robert Guy Viola | 2012 Robert Guy Viola | 2012 Principal Conductor, Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Co-Artistic Director and Founder, NEW Sinfonia Recorded for Sony Playstation Director of Ensembles and Conducting, University of Manchester Conducted major orchestras and choirs including BBC NOW, Orchestra of Opera North, BBC Proms Youth Choir Visit personal site
Robert Guy Viola | 2012 Principal Conductor, Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Co-Artistic Director and Founder, NEW Sinfonia Recorded for Sony Playstation Director of Ensembles and Conducting, University of Manchester Conducted major orchestras and choirs including BBC NOW, Orchestra of Opera North, BBC Proms Youth Choir Visit personal site
Katie Tertell Cello | 2013 Katie Tertell Cello | 2013 Former member of RTE Symphony Orchestra, Ireland Artistic Director, Appalachian Chamber Music Festival Cello Instructor, Durham University Visit personal site
Katie Tertell Cello | 2013 Former member of RTE Symphony Orchestra, Ireland Artistic Director, Appalachian Chamber Music Festival Cello Instructor, Durham University Visit personal site
Michael Conn Guitar (Classical) | 1980 Michael Conn Guitar (Classical) | 1980 Travelled and performed around the world as a guitarist Met, created, and collaborated with amazing musicians and artists across genres Working with talented teams to create and produce music
Michael Conn Guitar (Classical) | 1980 Travelled and performed around the world as a guitarist Met, created, and collaborated with amazing musicians and artists across genres Working with talented teams to create and produce music
Rebecca Smith Violin | 2012 Rebecca Smith Violin | 2012 Solo Violin, Scarborough Spa Orchestra Chamber Music performances at St Martin-in-the-Fields, and on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune Violist with period ensemble Meiningen Ensemble Violinist and violist with contemporary ensemble Dark Inventions Appearances with Opera North, Northern Ballet, and Edinburgh Quartet Visit personal site
Rebecca Smith Violin | 2012 Solo Violin, Scarborough Spa Orchestra Chamber Music performances at St Martin-in-the-Fields, and on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune Violist with period ensemble Meiningen Ensemble Violinist and violist with contemporary ensemble Dark Inventions Appearances with Opera North, Northern Ballet, and Edinburgh Quartet Visit personal site
Damian Iorio Violin | 1995 Damian Iorio Violin | 1995 Conducted major orchestras including London Philharmonic, Philharmonia, San Francisco Symphony, and St Petersburg Philharmonic Musical Director, National Youth String Orchestra Conducted leading opera companies including Opera National de Paris, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, and Welsh National Opera Visit personal site
Damian Iorio Violin | 1995 Conducted major orchestras including London Philharmonic, Philharmonia, San Francisco Symphony, and St Petersburg Philharmonic Musical Director, National Youth String Orchestra Conducted leading opera companies including Opera National de Paris, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, and Welsh National Opera Visit personal site
Eira Lynn Jones Harp | 1985 Eira Lynn Jones Harp | 1985 Performer, teacher, recording artist, workshop leader Co-founder of The Juniper Project Principal Harp, Northern Ballet Theatre Performed at Carnegie Hall, Aspen Music Festival, Banff Centre, and Empire State Building Head of Harp, RNCM Visit personal site
Eira Lynn Jones Harp | 1985 Performer, teacher, recording artist, workshop leader Co-founder of The Juniper Project Principal Harp, Northern Ballet Theatre Performed at Carnegie Hall, Aspen Music Festival, Banff Centre, and Empire State Building Head of Harp, RNCM Visit personal site
James Girling Guitar (Classical) | 2018 James Girling Guitar (Classical) | 2018 Performer, composer, arranger, recording artist, and educator Co-founder of acclaimed 11-piece Agbeko Member of Meraki Duo, Artephis, The Easy Rollers, The Untold Orchestra, and Lieko Quintet Performed with BBC Philharmonic, Ensemble 10/10, and Halle Orchestra Visit personal site
James Girling Guitar (Classical) | 2018 Performer, composer, arranger, recording artist, and educator Co-founder of acclaimed 11-piece Agbeko Member of Meraki Duo, Artephis, The Easy Rollers, The Untold Orchestra, and Lieko Quintet Performed with BBC Philharmonic, Ensemble 10/10, and Halle Orchestra Visit personal site
Emma Alter Viola | 1997 Emma Alter Viola | 1997 Performs, tours and records with leading early music ensembles Accredited Feldenkrais practitioner Freelance chamber and orchestral musician Founder of Alterbows, making and restoring period and modern bows Visit personal site
Emma Alter Viola | 1997 Performs, tours and records with leading early music ensembles Accredited Feldenkrais practitioner Freelance chamber and orchestral musician Founder of Alterbows, making and restoring period and modern bows Visit personal site
Catherine Rimer Cello | 1988 Catherine Rimer Cello | 1988 Musician, recording artist, and teacher Performed with leading ensembles on period and modern instruments Appearances in major international venues across Europe, USA, Mexico and Australia Member of Sir John Eliot Gardner’s English Baroque soloists and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Visit personal site
Catherine Rimer Cello | 1988 Musician, recording artist, and teacher Performed with leading ensembles on period and modern instruments Appearances in major international venues across Europe, USA, Mexico and Australia Member of Sir John Eliot Gardner’s English Baroque soloists and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Visit personal site
Simmy Singh Violin | 2014 Simmy Singh Violin | 2014 Classical and crossover musician Co-founder of Manchester Collective Performs regularly with Sinfonia Cymru and Manchester Camerata Leader of the Kaleidoscope Orchestra, Immix Ensemble, and Amika Collaborated and performed internationally with musicians, producers and ensembles Visit personal site
Simmy Singh Violin | 2014 Classical and crossover musician Co-founder of Manchester Collective Performs regularly with Sinfonia Cymru and Manchester Camerata Leader of the Kaleidoscope Orchestra, Immix Ensemble, and Amika Collaborated and performed internationally with musicians, producers and ensembles Visit personal site
Alice Allen Cello | 2013 Alice Allen Cello | 2013 Performed at Wigmore Hall Toured internationally, and performed at BBC Proms, with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Tutor in Traditional Scottish Cello, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Featured artist on over 20 albums, and on the soundtrack for Channel 4’s HOME Chamber Music Scotland’s ensemble in residence with her duo Gaia Visit personal site
Alice Allen Cello | 2013 Performed at Wigmore Hall Toured internationally, and performed at BBC Proms, with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Tutor in Traditional Scottish Cello, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Featured artist on over 20 albums, and on the soundtrack for Channel 4’s HOME Chamber Music Scotland’s ensemble in residence with her duo Gaia Visit personal site
Jayne Walker Viola | 2011 Jayne Walker Viola | 2011 Co-owner, Walker Strings Ltd String Tutor, Congleton Youth Orchestra Delivers adult beginner chamber courses and groups Conducts music assemblies in primary schools
Jayne Walker Viola | 2011 Co-owner, Walker Strings Ltd String Tutor, Congleton Youth Orchestra Delivers adult beginner chamber courses and groups Conducts music assemblies in primary schools
Naomi Burrell Violin | 2011 Naomi Burrell Violin | 2011 Violinist, composer, and educator Leader of English Touring Opera Performances at Shakespeare’s Globe, and the West End Residencies at Oslo Opera House, Handel Hendrix, and Madstun, Norway Workshop leader and Dalcroze teacher at Royal Opera House, Pro Corda, Creative Futures, and Spitalfields Music Visit personal site
Naomi Burrell Violin | 2011 Violinist, composer, and educator Leader of English Touring Opera Performances at Shakespeare’s Globe, and the West End Residencies at Oslo Opera House, Handel Hendrix, and Madstun, Norway Workshop leader and Dalcroze teacher at Royal Opera House, Pro Corda, Creative Futures, and Spitalfields Music Visit personal site
Polly Virr Cello | 2015 Polly Virr Cello | 2015 Artist in Residence 2016, The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Music for health practitioner, LIME Music for Health Sessions with artists including Everything Everything, The Charlatans, Joe Duddell, and Drift Chamber Member of Ideal Forgery, Kaleidoscope Orchestra, and The Untold Orchestra Written and performed original music for cello and electronics Visit personal site
Polly Virr Cello | 2015 Artist in Residence 2016, The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Music for health practitioner, LIME Music for Health Sessions with artists including Everything Everything, The Charlatans, Joe Duddell, and Drift Chamber Member of Ideal Forgery, Kaleidoscope Orchestra, and The Untold Orchestra Written and performed original music for cello and electronics Visit personal site
Sarah Gait Cello | 2016 Sarah Gait Cello | 2016 Cellist, Southbank Sinfonia Solo cello, piano and composition broadcasts on Radio 3 Co-director of Platform Music Winner, BBC Proms Inspire Composers’ Competition Winner of the Digital Creative Award, ISA Digital Festival, Vienna Visit personal site
Sarah Gait Cello | 2016 Cellist, Southbank Sinfonia Solo cello, piano and composition broadcasts on Radio 3 Co-director of Platform Music Winner, BBC Proms Inspire Composers’ Competition Winner of the Digital Creative Award, ISA Digital Festival, Vienna Visit personal site
Laura Feeney Viola | 2013 Laura Feeney Viola | 2013 Director of Schools and Outreach Programmes, Pro Corda Awarded the Hildegard Behrens Foundation Global Humanitarianism Entrepreneurship Prize, Global Leaders Programme Collaborated and toured with Icelandic artist Olafur Arnalds Made Wigmore Hall debut in 2014
Laura Feeney Viola | 2013 Director of Schools and Outreach Programmes, Pro Corda Awarded the Hildegard Behrens Foundation Global Humanitarianism Entrepreneurship Prize, Global Leaders Programme Collaborated and toured with Icelandic artist Olafur Arnalds Made Wigmore Hall debut in 2014
Emma van Schoonhoven Violin | 2015 Emma van Schoonhoven Violin | 2015 Member of the European Chamber Ensemble Performed throughout Europe with leading baroque and early music ensembles Former Samama Fellow with Holland Baroque
Emma van Schoonhoven Violin | 2015 Member of the European Chamber Ensemble Performed throughout Europe with leading baroque and early music ensembles Former Samama Fellow with Holland Baroque
Abel Selaocoe Cello | 2018 Abel Selaocoe Cello | 2018 Co-founder of BBC Introducing ensemble Kabantu; founder of trio Chesaba Collaborated with musicians across genres, exploring links between Western and non-Western musical traditions Performed with BBC Philharmonic, BBC NOW, Cape Town Philharmonic, and Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa Awarded the Sir Karl Jenkins Award in association with Classic FM Visit personal site
Abel Selaocoe Cello | 2018 Co-founder of BBC Introducing ensemble Kabantu; founder of trio Chesaba Collaborated with musicians across genres, exploring links between Western and non-Western musical traditions Performed with BBC Philharmonic, BBC NOW, Cape Town Philharmonic, and Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa Awarded the Sir Karl Jenkins Award in association with Classic FM Visit personal site
Elinor Nicholson Harp | 2016 Elinor Nicholson Harp | 2016 Performances at major UK venues including Royal Albert Hall, Sage Gateshead, and Bridgewater Hall BBC Introducing Artists, and released debut CD illuminate with Polaris Duo Regular performances with chamber duo Meridiem, and harp quartet CLOUDS Visit personal site
Elinor Nicholson Harp | 2016 Performances at major UK venues including Royal Albert Hall, Sage Gateshead, and Bridgewater Hall BBC Introducing Artists, and released debut CD illuminate with Polaris Duo Regular performances with chamber duo Meridiem, and harp quartet CLOUDS Visit personal site
Toby Hughes Double Bass | 2015 Toby Hughes Double Bass | 2015 City Music Foundation Artist Performed with major orchestras in the UK and Europe Recital appearances at Wigmore Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields and Edinburgh Festival Visit personal site
Toby Hughes Double Bass | 2015 City Music Foundation Artist Performed with major orchestras in the UK and Europe Recital appearances at Wigmore Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields and Edinburgh Festival Visit personal site
Madeleine Lie Double Bass | 2018 Madeleine Lie Double Bass | 2018 Tutti bass, Sichuan Symphony Orchestra Collegium Musicium Schloss Pommersfelden Sommerakademie 2016/17
Madeleine Lie Double Bass | 2018 Tutti bass, Sichuan Symphony Orchestra Collegium Musicium Schloss Pommersfelden Sommerakademie 2016/17
Leandro Silvera Cello | 2003 Leandro Silvera Cello | 2003 Cellist, conductor, teacher Head of Strings and Chamber Music, Eton College Performed with orchestras including English National Opera, BBC Philharmonic, Orchestra of Golden Age and London Philharmonic Orchestra Visit personal site
Leandro Silvera Cello | 2003 Cellist, conductor, teacher Head of Strings and Chamber Music, Eton College Performed with orchestras including English National Opera, BBC Philharmonic, Orchestra of Golden Age and London Philharmonic Orchestra Visit personal site
Yoshika Masuda Cello | 2010 Yoshika Masuda Cello | 2010 Appearances at high profile venues including Salzburg Mozarteum, Sydney Opera House, and Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA Performed throughout Japan, Australia, US and Europe Broadcast on radio stations around the world Director of String Studies, California Lutheran University, Los Angeles Visit personal site
Yoshika Masuda Cello | 2010 Appearances at high profile venues including Salzburg Mozarteum, Sydney Opera House, and Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA Performed throughout Japan, Australia, US and Europe Broadcast on radio stations around the world Director of String Studies, California Lutheran University, Los Angeles Visit personal site
