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String Quartets
String Quartet Southampton - ID537
Styles String Quartets • String Trios
Counties Berkshire • Devon • Dorset • Hampshire • West Sussex
Biography
Formed in 2004, this Hampshire String Quartet will provide the perfect backdrop for your wedding, dinner or corporate function. The quartet players are principally music graduates, members of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and seasoned professionals from the Hampshire area.
They can provide an extensive repertoire of stylish and elegant background music for all occasions. Their repertoire includes great Classical quartets by Mozart and Haydn, as well as popular classics from Bach, Handel and Delibes. For a lighter touch, the quartet can play Theme Tunes, Ragtime, Jazz and melodies from the Shows. They are also happy to provide arrangements of your special requests. The String Quartet regularly works throughout the South, including the counties of Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon and West Sussex, being prepared to travel further a field as required. In addition to the string quartet we can also provide options for a string trio, string duo comprising Violin & Cello or Violin & Viola, as well as a solo violinist or solo cellist.
Biographies
Emma grew up in Somerset and achieved a great deal as a young violinist, playing solos with her youth orchestra, touring with them and reaching the final of the National Music Festival with her piano trio. Emma was thoroughly trained as a chamber and orchestral musician and in her younger years, she played regularly in Musicals, of which ‘Oklahoma’ was televised as a documentary. This stood her in good stead when she went to Trinity College of Music, in London from 2000 – 2004, to specialise in performance. Since then Emma has worked with an impressive list of orchestras including the New Orpheus Ensemble, New London Soloists Orchestra, National Musicians Orchestra, Jersey Symphony Orchestra, London Rehearsal Orchestra, and she currently plays with Bath Philharmonia and the Tempest Chamber Orchestra of London. She has in the past played the solo part to the Thomas Tallis Fantasia, with the New London Sinfonia and the Allegri String Quartet. She has also done workshops, playing string quartets with members of the London Philharmonia and has recorded for films and televised programmes such as Eurovision in 2004. Emma currently teaches in Hampshire, having many award pupils, and she continues to study for a Postgraduate Diploma and MA in Music Teaching in Professional Practice at Reading University. She is a regular member of this String Quartet and is an asset to our team.
Jon was born in 1980 in Hampshire and as a young violinist, led the Eastleigh Area Orchestra for four years and played as principal second violin in the Hampshire Youth Orchestra. In 1991, Jon formed a piano trio with pianist Alekszander Szram and 'cellist Alexander Holladay. The trio went on to have success in both local and national competitions, frequently winning in both Southampton and Portsmouth music festivals and as a result they performed in France in 1994 as part of the D-Day commemorations at the Caen Conservatoire of music. Having won the national chamber music for schools competition for a fourth consecutive year, they were awarded a performance in the Purcell room and Royal Festival Hall on the south bank in London (1995). They also performed on several occasions at St. John's Smith Square, and were invited to perform in the National Festival of Music for Youth Winners' concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
In 1998 after completing a specialist music course at Peter Symonds College in Winchester, Jon went on to study for a music degree and then a Postgraduate Diploma at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. During his time there Jon distinguished himself as a violinist, giving regular solo performances, being involved in masterclasses with international soloists and winning places in the Eleanor Warren and the Norman George “Kreisler” competitions.
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