Staff List
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Music Director
Rachel Erdos BA (Oxford), PG dip (Trinity), MA (Oxford), BKA, MSTAT [Profile]
Aside from Colourstrings, Rachel is director and conductor of the intermediate National Youth String Orchestra. She also teaches on the string pedagogy course at Birmingham Conservatoire and works with young students on the autistic spectrum at the Applied Music Research centre at Roehampton University. Rachel is a teacher of the Alexander Technique and works in this capacity with Peter Stark on his courses for conductors. She teaches chamber music for Pro Corda and Holiday Music and plays in a number of chamber ensembles and as a freelance violinist.
Rachel has an MA in music from Oxford University, where she was an instrumental scholar. She studied the violin with Diana Cummings in London and Tom Williams in Montreal on a scholarship from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust. During this time she was a member of the National Youth Orchestra and leader of the Britten-Pears Orchestra.
Deputy Director
Maryan Balkwill ARCM, GRSM [Profile]
Colourstrings Orchestra Conductor
Blai Soler BA (RCM, hons), PG dip (RCM), MA Comp (KCL)
Choir
Holger Aston MA (Oxon), MA (Liszt Academy), ARCM, LRAM [Profile]
Angela Fogg MA Dip ABRSM LRSM CKME PGDip [Profile]
Leslie Anne Lewis MA, MMus, PhD
Myrto Loulaki
Alan Murdock MA BMus MusEdCert
Violin
Fiona Chesterman [Profile]
Angela Dally
Rachel Erdos BA (Oxford), PG dip (Trinity), MA (Oxford), BKA, MSTAT [Profile]
Sanae Honda BMus PGC [Profile]
Diana Mathews LRAM [Profile]
Jane Metcalfe ARCM [Profile]
Blai Soler BA (RCM, hons), PG dip (RCM), MA Comp (KCL)
Cressida Wislocki Bmus, Mmus
Viola
Fiona Chesterman [Profile]
Angela Dally
Diana Mathews LRAM [Profile]
Jane Metcalfe ARCM [Profile]
Cressida Wislocki Bmus, Mmus
Cello
Maryan Balkwill ARCM, GRSM [Profile]
Miguel Calvo Mmus (Guildhall), Pg Dip (Trinity) [Profile]
Mark Dobson AGSM MSTAT
Piano
Leslie Anne Lewis MA, MMus, PhD
Petra Malik Bmus Hons
Cordelia Mathews GTCL, LRAM
John Rolfe Leverhulme Sharp BA[Hons] ARCM [Profile]
Alexandra (Szandra) Vilmányi [Profile]
Double Bass
Liz Bradley
Flute
Octavia Lamb
Pedro Lopez BMus, MMus, ArtDip [Profile]
Guitar
Daniel Bovey BMus (hons) [Profile]
George Tarlton [Profile]
KG Teacher
Kath Cleeve Colourstrings Associate Teacher (Music Kindergarten) ;Certificate of Music Education (Trinity College of Music) ;Counselling Children & Adolescents Diploma (Level 4) [Profile]
Nod Ownsworth Dip Ed, BscHons Psy, Cert Mus Ed (Trinity)
Musicianship
Holger Aston MA (Oxon), MA (Liszt Academy), ARCM, LRAM [Profile]
Angela Edwards CKME, CSAK, Cert (Mus) Ed
Angela Fogg MA Dip ABRSM LRSM CKME PGDip [Profile]
Alan Murdock MA BMus MusEdCert
KG assistant
Cathy Johnson BA Mus Hons
Beccy Sharp [Profile]
Visiting Teachers
Mr Pal Banda (Cello)
Miss Sarah Bennington (Flute) BMUS Hons (1st class)
Mrs Marianne Dodge (Flute/Theory) Ed Hons (Cantab), Ct ABRSM
Ms Gerri Drought (Violin)
Ms Ruth Herbert (Musicianship)
Miss Lesley Larkum (Violin) Bmus, Mmus, ASCM, PG RCM (cond.)
Ms Bea Leadbetter (Violin/Viola)
Ms Muriel Levin (Piano) BMus ARCM, Founder, Holiday Music Piano/Chamber Music Courses.
Dr Shay Loya (Piano) BA Hons (TAU), MA Hons (TAU), PhD (KCL)
Mrs Rebekka Poffley (KG)
Mr Christopher Poffley (Cello/Piano) Bmus ARCM
Mr George Robinson (Guitar)
Ms Gil Sharp (Violin) GTCL, LTCL (Mus Ed), LTCL, ATCL
Ms Caroline Tait (Violin)
Prof David Vinden (Musicianship/Choir) LRAM, GRSM, Bmus Hons (London), Adv Cert Kodály Inst, ARAM
Miss Maiko Vinden (Assistant)
Ms Ali Warner (KG Teacher) BA Hons CombSocSci, BKA (Inter Mus), CKME