 | Credits: A dynamic and versatile young Classical Guitarist and Violinist who has won the praise and admiration of Guitar Masters such as Julian Bream. She is also an accomplished Violinist and the Director of a wonderful String Quartet that is heavily involved in fund raising activities for worthy causes Style: Classical, Shows, Light Jazz. Also available as part of a superb String Quartet. Instruments Played:Violin, Violin Electric, Classical Guitar, Guitar, Mandolin Education:Graduate studies took place at the Royal Academy of Music (1989-1992), and the Queensland Conservatorium of Music (1990-1991). She also took joint Violin and Classical Guitar studies, gaining the qualifications of GRSM.(Hons.) and LRAM. Prior to this, she was a Junior Exhibitioner at the Royal Academy of Music (1985-1989), and was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (1986-1989). | Press Reviews:'A faultless performance...a magical experience'. Kentish Times (solo violin performance - Rimsky-Korsakov, Sheherezade, Mick Jagger Centre. 'A most compelling performance. An adroit feeling for tone colour and dynamic variation which gave many beautiful moments.' Julian Bream (solo guitar performance, Bream Prize). 'A gem!' Evening Standard (electric violin, guitar and backing vocals for Lee Hazelwood at the 2004 Meltdown, Royal Festival Hall). |
Prizes and Awards:>Royal Academy of Music Bursary for continued study with Carmel Kaine in Australia >Julian Bream Guitar (winner) >Queensland Conservatorium of Music Guitar (winner) >Tarrega International Guitar Competition (semi-finalist) Teachers: Ita Herbert, Carmel Kaine (violin), and Michael Lewin, Tim Walker, Julian Byzantine (guitar). She has also participated in guitar master classes with Julian Bream, John Williams and Ricardo Iznaelo. Biography:She is a versatile performer who studied both Guitar and Violin as joint principal studies at the RAM, and her performing career has allowed her to switch with ease between the two instruments. Since 1991 she has been the director of one of London's best String Quartets which, as well as being a successful commercial quartet, also performs concerts and light music soirées around London and the South East, for which she is also the compare. She is also the Musical Director of an Orchestra - now into it's 5th season - which has so far included traditional Viennese New Year concerts, The Magic of the Musicals and performances of works for String Orchestras. She works in a variety of musical genres as both a writer and performer, from classical music to jazz, rock bands to the West End. Her guitar and bass guitar work has taken her to all kinds of venues, from folk clubs across Europe to performances with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and Swan Hellenic Cruises to touring and West End performances of Blood Brothers, Jesus Christ Superstar and Miss Saigon. In November 2005, she made her acting debut as Katrin in the UK Premier of Arthur Miller's Playing for Time at the Salisbury Playhouse and the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford. Since 1993, she has combined her performing career with teaching and conducting musical theatre (She has played in or been Musical Director for over 160 productions) and is the first female conductor of the Dartford Symphony Orchestra. As a composer, copyist and arranger, her arrangements have been from string quartet to big band and full orchestra. Clients include the ViVA Orchestra, Openwide International, Holland America, P&O Cruises, Swan Hellenic, Ellie Jay, as well as string arrangements for several rock and pop albums. In December 2000, she conducted one of her compositions at the Royal Albert Hall and has just finished recording her first film score due to be screened in 2006. She is also the author of five guitar teaching books. |
Sample Repertoire: | Classical/Romantic: Sor-Andante Largo,Sarabande, Waltz no 3 & 5, Minuet in C, Carcassi, Study in A Schubert - Serenata, Ave Maria Schumann-Primo Dolore, Melody Tarrega-Pepita, El Columpio,Vals, Mazurka en Sol, Lagrima, Handel Lascia Ch’io Pianga Carulli Allegretto, Rondo, Waltz Brahms Waltz Mozart Romance from “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik”, La Ci Darem La Mano (Don Giovanni) Torroba Fandanguillo, Boccherini Minuet, Villa-Lobos Choros, Robert De Visee-Minuet in D, Bouree Pachelbel Canon Purcell Minuet J.S. Bach Bouree in E Minor Sarabande & Double (B minor) Minuet in G Gaspar Sanz Espanoleta Elizabethan Suite-Greensleeves,Volta,Courante Canario Dowland-Galliard(My Lady Hudson)Allemande I & II Preludium and Fantasia Albanoni Adagio 20th Century, Jazz & Pop: Debussey The Girl with the Flaxen Hair O’Carolan Blind Mary, Planxty Irwin Morel Danza Brasilera Barrios Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios, Turina Hommage to Tarrega, Rodrigo Theme from Concerto de Aranjuez, Ain’t No Sunshine, All My Loving, As Time Goes By, Autumn Leaves,Charade, Close to You, Embraceable You, Girl From Ipanema, How Insensitive, If I Fell, I Say A Little Prayer For You,The Man I Love, My Funny Valentine, Night And Day, Norwegian Wood, Someone to Watch Over Me, Summertime,Take 5,The Fool On The Hill Various:La Paloma, Tangos, Bossa Novas, Bailecitos, Rumbas, Boleros. Ragtime Pieces Film/TV Themes:Deerhunter (Cavatina), Love Story, The Godfather, The Sandpiper (Shadow of your Smile), Zorba the Greek Show Themes-People (Funny Girl), Memory (Cats) Jazz/Pop |
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