Staff List
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Music Director
Rachel Erdos BA (Oxford), PG dip (Trinity), MA (Oxford), BKA, MSTAT [Profile]
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 [Profile]
Alan was born in N Ireland and completed music degrees at Queen’s University Belfast, the Ulster University and a teacher’s certificate at London University where, as a student was taught by Cecilia Vajda.
Alan won the Hamilton Harty Scholarship for composition and studied privately with the late Sir John Tavener. He won The Ulster Orchestra Composer’s Award with his tone poem “Path to Peace” and The New Ireland composition award with his first string quartet. He has written for professional and amateur theatres in Belfast and Bergen.
He moved to teach in London, completing a BKA certificate in advanced musicianship. Both the Chapel Choir and the Boys Choir at the John Fisher comprehensive school were among the best known prize-winning school choirs in the UK, described as “The choir to beat” by choral expert, Dame Gillian Dibdin, and by the TES: “the golden moment of the MFY festival in the Royal Albert Hall was the John Fisher Boys Choir.” The School Choir of around 150 sang the main choral works like “The Messiah” “The Creation” but ambitious works like “The Requiem” by Verdi, Walton’s “Belshazzar’s Feast” and Britten’s “War Requiem”. Alan, retired from class teaching, is the conductor of the Kodály Choir of London and still plays in orchestras and brass and swing bands.
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]
Isabelita Mederos [Profile]
Jane Metcalfe ARCM [Profile]
Blai Soler BA (RCM, hons), PG dip (RCM), MA Comp (KCL)
Viola
Fiona Chesterman [Profile]
Angela Dally
Diana Mathews LRAM [Profile]
Jane Metcalfe ARCM [Profile]
Cello
Maryan Balkwill ARCM, GRSM [Profile]
Miguel Calvo Mmus (Guildhall), Pg Dip (Trinity)
Mark Dobson AGSM MSTAT
Caterina May [Profile]
Rowena Taylor BMus LRAM [Profile]
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
Sofia Castillo [Profile]
Pedro Lopez BMus, MMus, ArtDip [Profile]
Guitar
Oliver Manning [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]
Ali Rycroft BA Oxon MA UEL [Profile]
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 [Profile]
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
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