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  • Musician
    • Classical Violin
    • Baroque Violin
    • Folk
  • Curator
    • Festivals
    • Concerts
    • Programme Notes
    • Writing
    • Music Arrangement
  • Teacher
    • Modern Languages
    • Violin and Viola
    • Music Theory
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I have been playing the violin since I was 7, and the viola since just a little later.  After a thorough grounding in my teens with the Bromley Youth Music Trust, I went on to Cambridge University, where I studied privately and led the Cambridge University Symphony Orchestra, co-led the Musical Society first orchestra and played in the Chamber Orchestra.  Since then, I have freelanced and taught in London, Bristol, Gloucestershire and Sussex, performing with numerous orchestras and ensembles throughout the UK.  I founded my own string ensemble, the Norse String Orchestra, in 2012. 

I am also an experienced chamber player and recitalist, co-founding and playing viola in the Ashe and Colourhouse Quartets, and leading the Norse String Quartet.  I have given numerous recitals, including sonatas by Debussy, Elgar, Janáček and Ravel.


Concerto performances include Ethel Smyth's Concerto for Violin and Horn; Elgar's Cello Concerto, in Tertis's composer-approved transcription for viola; Bruch's Double Concerto for Clarinet and Viola; Svendsen's Romance; and Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no 4, Concerto for Oboe and Violin and Concerto for Three Violins.   
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