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Department of String Studies

Head of Strings

Peter Esswood

Violin

David Adams GRNCM PPRNCM MA
Marius Bedeschi ARCM FRSA
Lucy Gould LRAM DipRAM
Lesley Hatfield MA (Cantab) DipRAM FRAM
Christopher Horner BMus (Hons)
Darragh Morgan LGSM
Gabrielle Painter LRAM BMus Perf Hons MMus DMA
John Stein FRWCMD
Andre Swanpoel MMus
Nick Whiting ARCM
Yu Yasuraoka BA (Toho Gakuen School of Music,Tokyo)

Viola

Mark Braithwaite BMus (Hons) RCM
Richard Crabtree ARCM
Philip Heyman ARCM DipRCM
Alex Thorndike

Cello

Rosie Biss MA (Cantab) Dip Koln
Penny Driver MA (Cantab) PGDip RNCM
Peter Esswood ARCM
Nick Gethin LRAM MA (Oxon)
Richard May ARAM
Alice Neary

Double Bass

Mary Condliffe ARCM
Chris Wescott GGSM(Hons) ARCM PGCE

Accompanist

Rebecca Selley GRSM

Masterclasses and Visiting Artists

Marcel Becker (Double Bass)
Leon Bosch (Double Bass)
James Boyd (Viola)
Thomas Carroll (Cello)
James Clark (Violin)
Natalie Clein (Cello)
Alban Gerhardt (Cello)
Leonid Gorokhov (Cello)
Richard Harwood (Cello)
Simon Rowland-Jones (Viola)
Lars Anders Tomter (Viola)
Merit Palas (Violin)
Andre Vitovich (Viola)
Paul Watkins (Cello)
James Ehnes (Violin)

Visiting Chamber Music Ensembles

The Eroica Quartet
Schubert Ensemble
The Wihan Quartet
The Gould Piano Trio