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 Sinfonia and Camerata at the National Youth String Orchestra (www.nyso.uk) She also teaches on the string pedagogy course at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and worked 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 (www.peterstark.co.uk/conducting-course)
She has coached chamber music for Pro Corda and Holiday Music and enjoys playing in several 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 [Profile]
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
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