Past engagements
include:
Highlight events of 2023 to include:
Friday 20th January, 7.30pm at St Alfege Church, Greenwich: St
Paul's Sinfonia, Strings Concert. Programme to include: Grace Williams: Sea Sketches; Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia;
Tchaikovsky: Serenade
Sunday
29th January, 3pm at St John's Smith Square: "Our
Cello Community" perform at London Suzuki Group "Groups Festival".
Friday 10th March 6pm at Clapham Omnibus Centre: "Our Cello Community" Solos Performance evening.With feedback from
visiting teacher, David Kenedy, Cello Professor and String Chamber Music coordinator at Trinity Laban. The children of our
community will each perform their solo pieces in this lovely local venue.
Saturday 11th March 11.30am at West Hill Primary: "Our
Cello Community" Groups concert. Programme to include works by Tchaikovsky and Bazelaire. Musicianship items with Marianne
Hardisty. New families interested in joining us are welcome to attend.
Sunday 19th March 7.30pm @ St Alfege Church, Greenwich: Brahms Requiem
with Thomas Tallis Choral Society in version for reduced chamber orchestra. Musical Director: Eamonn Dougan.
Tuesday 28th March at Latymer Upper School: Chamber Music Concert.
Programme to include Ethel Smyth String Quintet.
Tue 4th - Thu 6th April at the Royal College of Music: British Suzuki Music Association National Suzuki Workshop 2023. Cello faculty to include Carey-Beth
Hockett. Cello places still available.
Sunday 9th April at the Royal Albert Hall: British Suzuki Music Association Gala Concert. Rescheduled
from March 2020! We are delighted to be able to hold this event now, and look forward to welcoming our Suzuki colleagues
and families from around the globe to join us for what promises to be a truly spectacular event, celebrating the work being
done in Suzuki communities around the world.
Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th April, 7.30pm @ Chipping Norton Theatre: "Sweeney Todd"
with Opera Della Luna. Performed in the original Victorian melodrama version. Musical Director: Toby Purser.
Friday 21st
April, 7.30pm @ St Alfege Church, Greenwich: St Paul's Sinfonia with Justine Viani (soprano). Programme to include:
Mozart: Magic Flute Overture; Vaughan Williams: Five Variations on 'Dives and Lazarus'; Berg: Seven Early Songs;
Sibelius: Symphony no. 6
Tuesday 25th April - Saturday 29th April (inclusive - 7.30pm daily plus Saturday 2.30pm
matinee) @ Wilton's Music Hall, London E1 8JB: "Sweeney Todd" with Opera Della Luna. Performed in the
original Victorian melodrama version. Musical Director: Toby Purser.
Sunday 30th April at Trinity Laban College of Music, Greenwich: London
Cello Society "Cello Day". The BIGGEST student cello event of the year! We look forward to welcoming students and
faculty for a fantastic day of fun filled cello action! Artiste masterclasses with Leonid Gorokhov. World Music classes
with Aaron Minksy; Shanti Jayasinha and Shirley Smart. Senior guest teachers: Penny Driver, Angela East, Thomas Gregory,
David Kenedy, Joely Koos, Helen Neilson. Junior guest teachers: Dan James; Ollie Mansfield; Lara Moore; Helen Neilson; Josh
Salter. Apply via London Cello Society website.
Friday 19th May, 7.30pm at St Alfege Church, Greenwich: St Paul's Sinfonia with Jeneba Kanneh-Mason
(piano). Programme to include: Haydn: Symphony n. 64 "Tempora mutantur"; Florence Price: Piano Concerto; Carwithen:
Suffolk Suite; Copland: Appalacian Spring.
Sunday 4th June, 7.00pm at Lauderdale House: Concert Party presents
"Controlled Passion: The Music of Johannes Brahms". Programme to include movements from Brahms Piano Quintet and
Brahms Clarinet Quintet. (Cello)
Saturday 10th June, 11.00am at All Saint's Church, Putney Common: "Our
Cello Community" presents a Young Artist's Recital with Clelia Le Bret (cello) and Kumi Matsuo (piano). Programme
to include Walton Passacaglia; Greig Cello Sonata and De Falla Spanish Suite. Tickets £8/£4 can be booked in
advance. Email: info@ourcellocommunity.com to book.
Friday 16th June, 7.30pm at St Alfege Church, Greenwich: St Paul's Sinfonia
with Joo Yeon Sir (violin). Programme to include: Vaughan Williams "The Running Set"; Britten Violin Concerto and
Smyth "Serenade in D".
Friday
23rd June, 6.30pm at Latymer Upper School: "Prom in the Piazza" concert to include a collection of Upper
School group performances including our chamber string groups.
Sunday 25th June 3pm: "Our
Cello Community" Solos Concert. New families considering joining welcome to apply to attend.
Monday 26th June, 5.00pm @ Latymer Upper School: Latymer Prep Summer
Concert - to include performances by our two prep cello groups and our year 6 leavers performing "The Swan" by
Saint-Saens.
Saturday 1st July, 11am @ West Hill Primary: "Our Cello Community" Groups
concert. New families considering joining welcome to attend.
Sunday 2nd July 7pm @ St Paul's Girls' School: Concert to
celebrate the work of Leigh O'Hara during his time at SPGS. Programme to include works by Mozart and a new composition
by Leigh O'Hara.
Friday 8th Dec
6.30pm @ All Saint's Church, Putney Common Our Cello Community Solos concert.
Monday 11th Dec 5pm @ Latymer Upper School Chamber Music concert -
a showcase of our chamber music ensembles, including two string quartets, cello ensemble and brass, flute and guitar groups.
Highlights of Events in 2022 included:
Sunday 9th October: London Cello Society Student workshop day: "Adventures with
my Cello: Up the Mountain!" - with Helen Neilson and Thomas Gregory @ Royal Academy of Music, NW1. 10.00am - 1.15pm.
Open to cellists of beginner to grade 5 levels.
Wednesday 13th July: 11am The Aldgate School Yr 5 & 6 Summer Concert.
Sunday 10th July: Bach Cantatas, High Wycombe (double bass)
Monday 4th July: 5.30 - 8pm Our Cello Community - student solos recital. SW4.
Sat 2nd July: 11.30am, West Hill Primary,
SW18: Our Cello Community: Cello group programme summer concert - to include Vivaldi: Double Cello Concerto, Frank
Bridge "Spring Song", Davidoff 'Romance Sans Paroles', Yandell 'Zipwire Zoom' and David Johnstone
"Big Little Tango". Observers interested in starting lessons in September welcome to attend. Please email Helen
in advance.
Wednesday 29th June:
11am The Aldgate School Yr 3 & 4 Summer Concert.
Sunday 26th June: 7pm @ Burgh House, Hampstead, New End Square, NW3 1LT. "Playing for Peace: Beethoven Archduke
Trio and Schubert "Trout" Quintet. Mine Dogantan Dack (piano), Natalee Jeremic (violin), Chris Brody (viola),
Alisa Franklin (cello), Helen Neilson (double bass). All proceeds go to DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. Tickets:
https://bit.ly/playing-for-peace
Sunday 26th June: 9.30am Our Cello Community - exam preparation workshop session - SW4
Friday 24th June 6pm Latymer Upper "Prom
in the Piazza" - featuring some of our chamber music groups
Monday 20th June: 4pm Latymer Prep Summer concert
Fri 17th June, 7.30pm, St Alfege Church, Greenwich: St Paul's Sinfonia: Emelie Mayer: Overture no. 2; Haydn:
Cello Concerto in D Major (soloist - Sheku Kanneh-Mason); Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in A Minor; Schubert: Symphony no. 8
"Unfinished" (double bass)
Sat
11th June: All Saint's Church, Putney Common, SW15 1HL: Our Cello Community: Suzuki Book 1 Playtogether and Young Artist
Recital by Claudia Jablonski. Programme to include works by Bach, Chopin and Prokofiev. See https://ourcellocommunity/wider-community-events
for full details
Fri 20th May, 7.30pm, Stanley Halls, South Norwood: St Paul's Sinfonia: Mendelssohn: "Athalie"
Overture; Chausson: "Poeme de l'amour et de la mer"; Thea Musgrave: "Aurora"; Beethoven: Symphony
no. 8 (double bass)
Tue 3rd May: Latymer Upper
School Piano Day Concert: Piano Trio "Calvary" by Florence Price - in workshop performance with Andrew Bottrill
(piano) and Kathryn Parry (violin)
Fri 22nd April 7.30pm, Sat 23rd April 7.30pm and Sun 24th April 2.30pm: Pegasus Opera
Company @ Susie Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy of Music (double bass). Philip Hagemann: "The Aspern Papers"
Sunday 10th April: Teaching @ Cello Day @ Trinity Laban, Greenwich for London Cello Society. Junior Event Faculty
(Grades 1-4 students): Dan James, Ollie Mansfield, Lara Moore, Helen Neilson, Josh Salter; Senior Event Faculty (Grades
5-8+) to include: Sebastian Comberti, David Kenedy, Joely Koos, Robert Max, Helen Neilson, Anita Strevens. Applications via:
www.londoncellos.org
Sunday 27th March: London Suzuki Group Strings Concert @ Cadogan Hall
Sunday 13th March: Cello Orchestra
and Vamoosh Play Day with Thomas Gregory and Helen Neilson, West Hill Primary School, SW18 5ST. Open to students of all
levels from early beginners to grade 8+. Juniors 12.45pm - 3.30pm (£12); Seniors 10.30am - 3.30pm (£28). Full
details and application link on: https://ourcellocommunity.com/wider-community-events/
Friday 11th March: St Paul's
Sinfonia 7.30pm @ St Alfege Church, Greenwich (Bass). Louise Farrenc: Overture in E flat; Amy Beach: Jephthah's Daughter;
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder; Emilie Mayer: Symphony in F Minor
Saturday 5th March: "Our Cello Community" Groups Concert 11.30 - 12.30 West
Hill Primary, Wandsworth Town, SW18 5ST. A celebration of our work on our group programme this term.
Friday 18th February:
St Paul's Sinfonia 7.30pm @ Stanley Halls, South Norwood (Bass). Bach/Resphigi: Passacaglia in C MInor; Jonathan Dove:
Accordian Concerto "Northern Lights"; Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Friday 21st January: St Paul's Sinfonia
7.30pm @ St Alfege Church, Greenwich (Bass). Coleridge-Taylor: Four Novelettes; Thomas Ades: O Albion and Shanty; Stephen
Montague: Snowscape; Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony
Thursday 13th January: Workshops @ Jessop Primary with the children of Music
Masters and Sheku Kanneh-Mason. Also featuring on BBC London news!
Events in 2021:
Friday 17th December: 6.00pm @ St Alfege Church, Greenwich AND 8.30pm @ St Paul's
Church, Rectory Grove, Clapham, SW4 0DZ: St Paul's Sinfonia with Louis Hurst (baritone) and Stephen Devine (Harpshichord):
St Paul's Festive Baroque - Handel: Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 5; Walter Leigh: Harpsichord Concerto; Bach: Ich Habe
Genug; John Joubert: Threnos; Corelli: Christmas Concerto (double bass)
Monday 6th December: 4.30pm Latymer
Prep Cello Groups in Concert, Recital Hall, Latymer Upper School
Friday 3rd December: 5.30pm Helen Neilson (cello) with Irina Lyakovskaya (piano) with
the students of "Our Cello Community" SW4 - Solos recital concert @ St Paul's Church, Rectory Grove, Clapham,
SW4 0DZ
Sunday 28th November: 6pm @ St John's Church, Hyde Park. Advent Service. (Double bass)
Saturday 27th November:
9.00 - 12.30pm @ West Hill Primary, SW18. Suzuki Cello Playtogether and "Rhythm and Movement - Feel the Beat" with
Amy Kelly OPEN TO ALL SUZUKI CELLISTS. Email info@ourcellocommunity.com to register for this event.
Thursday 25th November:
7pm @ Latymer Upper School. Latymer Upper School Choral concert. (Continuo cello)
Sunday 21st November: 3pm @
St John's Smith Square. "Our Cello Community" Suzuki cello groups perform Dvorak Humoresque and Brahms:
Hungarian Dance no. 5
Friday 19th November:
7.30pm @ St Alfege Church. St Paul's Sinfonia. Mendelssohn: "Hebrides Overture"; David Wallace: Cello Concerto;
Weill: Symphony no. 2 (double bass)
Sunday 14th November: 6pm @ St John's Hyde Park. BobChilcott: A Little Jazz
Mass. Jazz Mass service (Double bass)
Sunday 7th November: 3pm @ St John's Smith Square. Cello leader for London
Suzuki Group Graduation concerts
Friday 17th September: St Paul's Sinfonia @ St Alfege Church, Greenwich, 7.30pm. Programme: Arnold: Anniversary
Overture; Elgar: Cello Concerto with Jay Jenkinson; Brahms: Symphony no. 4 (Double bass)
Friday 10th 7.30pm; Saturday 11th 7.30pm; Sunday 12th 2.30pm: Pegasus Opera @
Susie Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy of Music. Opera Double Bill: Debussy: "L'Enfant Prodigue" and Philip
Hegemann: "Passion, Poison and Petrifactation". (Double bass)
15th - 21st August: Coaching @ LSG International Summer School @ Bryanston School, Dorset
1st - 6th August: Teaching @ CelloFest, The Royal Hospital School, Suffolk
Wednesdays 30th June and 7th July:
Student concerts @ The Aldgate School - a celebration of the work of our whole class strings programme
Sunday 4th July:
St Paul's Girls' School Concerto Concert @ St John's Smith Square
Sunday 27th June: "Our Cello
Community" Performance class and workshop session 1-4pm @ Clapham Omnibus Centre. Massed cello Playtogether; solo
performances and junk percussion and creative composition workshop with Amy Kelly
Friday 18th June: St Paul's
Sinfonia (principal bass) 8pm @ St John's the Evangelist, Norwood: Haydn Symphony no. 43 "Mercury"; Malcolm
Arnold Flute Concerto no. 2; Mozart Symphony no. 41 "Jupiter"
Thursday 17th June: Brahms Piano Concerto no.
2 with Irina Lyakhovskaya - private concert
Monday 14th June: Live streaming to school community @ St Paul's Girl's School
of our performance day at St John's Smith Square of Beethoven Symphony no. 5 and Faure Requiem
Saturday
12th June: "Cellobration" - a celebration of the work of the cello groups at Bayswater Suzuki group - our final
concert there before we embark upon our new cello group adventures in Wandsworth Town from September 2021.
Thursday 29th April:
Live orchestral day with students and colleagues of St Paul's Girl's School @ St John's Smith Square - repertoire
to include Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 and Faure: Requiem
Friday 23rd April: Live stream concert with St Paul's Sinfonia (principal bass):
Haydn: Overture to L'Isola Disabitata; Arnold: serenade for String Orchestra; Beethoven: Symphony no. 4
Sunday 21st
February: Online Playtogether and student concert with home studio students from Our Cello Community SW4
Concert
and student workshop highlights 2020 included:
18th
Dec 2019 - 7th Jan 2020 Tour of China with Berlin Metropolitan Orchestra (double bass)
Fri 17th Jan 7.30pm
@ St Alfege Church St Paul's Sinfonia Strings Concert - programme to include Strauss Metamorphosen (double bass)
Wed 25 March
Latymer Upper School Chamber Music concert - CANCELLED
Sun 12th April 3pm Suzuki Gala Concert @ Royal Albert Hall - CANCELLED
14 - 17th April
Coaching on South London Youth Orchestra (double bass) - CANCELLED
Sun 19th April Teaching workshops on Cello
Day @ Trinity Laban, Greenwich - CANCELLED
Sun 14th June Our Cello Community workshops with Eulalia Subira (Spain) followed
by London Suzuki Group Cello Playtogether 2.30 - 5pm, South London - venue TBA - CANCELLED
Sun 16th - Sat 22nd
August Teaching at Bryanston International Summer School - CANCELLED
Sadily, many events this year cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic.
VIRTUAL
EVENTS included:
Several live stream concert recordings made during 2020 by St Paul's
Sinfonia -see their website for details and recordings.
Monday 27th July - Sunday
2nd August: Suzuki Cello Experience (online edition) 2020 - course for Suzuki cello students working in books 7-9+.
Faculty includes Carey Beth Hockett, Pamela Devenport, Brendan Conroy, Roel Dieltens, Marta Roma, Laurent Roure. See
https://suzukicelloexp.wixsite.com/mysite for more information
Monday 17th - Friday 21st August:
Virtual International Summer School - teaching cello group classes. See www.lsginternationalsummerschool.co.uk for
more details.
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2019
Friday 14th June Leading workshop session with Sheku Kanneh-Mason with London Music
Masters programme string players
Friday 21st June St Paul's Sinfonia 7.30pm @ St Alfege Church, Greenwich: Programme
to include Beethoven Symphony no. 5 (principal bass)
Saturday 22nd June Bayswater Suzuki Group Concert - programme to include Dvorak American
Quartet and cello group items (cello)
Sunday 23rd June Leading London Suzuki Group Playtogether at Morley College together
with Charlotte Clemson (violin) 1-3.30pm
Wednesday 26th June Latymer Upper School chamber music groups concert. 7pm in
Recital Hall.
Sunday 30th June Our Cello Community workshop with home studio cello students with Ashley
Stafford - performance coach, osteopath and singing teacher. From 10am
- details on request.
Wednesday 3rd July 11am Sir John Cass Foundation Primary School: Whole class strings programme
summer concert
Sunday 2nd August 7.30pm: Giant Cello Ensemble concert in Tarland MacRobert Memorial Hall as
part of the Aboyne Cello Festival, directed by James Halsey. Includes Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations with Philip Higham
(solo cello) and Ashokan Farewell.
18th - 24th August Teaching at Bryanstone International Chamber Music Course,
Bryanstone School, Dorset
Sat 16th November Bayswater Suzuki Group concert @ St Peter's Church, Notting Hill
Sun 17th November
Leading cello groups for Suzuki Strings workshop, Croydon with Kimberley Wong and Charlotte Clemson
Highlights
from Spring 2019
2-4th January Coaching South London Youth Orchestra, Dulwich
Sunday 3rd February
Playing and coaching on Joint Strings Day for St Paul's Girls' School and St Paul's Boys' School: Strauss:
Metamorphosen
Sunday 17th March: St Paul's Girls' School Concert @ St John's Smith Square: Programme to include
Mahler Symphony No. 1
Tuesday 2nd April Latymer Upper School
Strings Day - with guest presenters, The Santiago Quartet: workshop sessions for all strings students, followed by 7pm
concert to include student group and chamber music items and pieces by our visiting quartet.
15-18th April Coaching
South London Youth Orchestra, Dulwich
Sunday 28th April Teaching on Cello Day, London Cello Society @ Royal Academy
of Music
Highlights from 2018
Sunday 18th March 2018: Our Cello Community @ The Lodge SW4. Performance workshop session "Cello
and Song" with visiting teacher Ashley Stafford: performance coach, osteopath and singing teacher. We are looking
forward to welcoming Ashley to our Cello Community to share our experiences about how connections between singing and
understanding of good use of the body feeds into our freedom in performance and cello playing from the earliest of stages
in musical development.
Sunday 25th
March 2018: Leading cello groups @ London Suzuki Group Annual Strings Concert at Cadogan Hall
10th-13th
April 2018: Coaching @ South London Youth Orchestra, JAGS, Dulwich
Saturday 14th-Sunday 15th April 2018: Teaching workshops @ Go Cello Festival, Trinity Laban, Greenwich.
Tickets and information on London Cello Society website: www.londoncellos.org
Thursday 26th April 2018:
Looking forward to welcoming former Latymerian Raphael Wallfisch masterclasses with Latymer Prep and Upper School cellists,
followed by a recital. Masterclasses 4.30pm; Recital 7.00pm @ Latymer Upper School.
Thursday 14th June 2018:
Lecture at Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. "Practical applications of the singing
voice in instrumental teaching." 9-11am.
Thursday
14th June 2018, 7.30pm: St Paul's Sinfonia @ Cadogan Hall (principal double bass). Programme to include:
Debussy: La Mer; Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade and a new work by Tim Jackson.
23rd - 27th July 2018: Teaching
@ Dulwich Suzuki Camp. Course run by Clare Raybould and Michiko Takahashi.
Monday 13th August 2018: Performance
(double bass) in final night concert of Festival Casals, Prades, France. Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuxa. Bach Double
Violin Concerto with Boris Garlitsky and Christian Altenburger. Pieces by Casals with Jerome Pernoo and Cello Ensemble
including Song of the Birds.
Sunday 19th - Sunday
26th August: Teaching and concerts @ Bryanstone International Chamber Music Course. Very exciting week
of music making and superb international faculty. Cello faculty includes Pamela Devenport (USA), Jonny Cottle (Spain) and
Emma Butterworth (UK).
Friday 21st September: Concert with St Paul's Sinfonia, St Alfege Church,
Greenwich, 7.30pm. (Double bass) Programme with Sheku Kanneh-Mason - cellist of the Royal Wedding! Programme
to include Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme and Brahms Symphony no. 4.
2017 concert appearances included:
Thu 10th August, Montalba-le-Chateau, France. Schubert: Octet
(double bass) @Prades festival, with players including Ji Young Lim, recent winner of the Queen Elizabeth Prize
Weds 9th
August, Codalet, France. Prokofiev: Quintet (double bass) @Prades Festival
Tuesday
18th July 1.15pm St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, EC4Y 8AU: Helen Neilson (cello) and Mine Dogantan-Dack:
Chopin: Introduction and Polonaise Brilliante, op. 3. Shared recital with fellow performers Jonatan Bought (guitar),
Constance Leung (piano) and Nigel Blomiley (cello)
Friday 5th May, 7.00pm. All Saint's Church, Fulham: Faculty of
St Paul's Girls' School: Paulina Quintet - Ted Barry (violin); James Sleigh (viola); Erica Simpson (cello); Helen
Neilson (double bass); John York (piano); joined by Anna Boucher (singer)
Schubert: "Die Forelle" op. 32, D 550 - song by Anna Boucher; Piano Quintet in A major, D667 "The
Trout"
Friday 19th May, 7.30pm, St Alfege Greenwich: St Paul's Sinfonia
(principal double bass) with Rivka Golani (viola); Susan Jiwey (soprano); Benjie de Rosario (tenor); Stephen Kennedy (baritone)
and Andrew Morley (conductor):
Mendelssohn: "Son and Stranger" Overture; Douglas Finch: Night Love Song; Stravinsky: Pulcinella
Sunday 21st
May, 2pm, Burgh House, Hampstead: Marmara trio and friends: Mona Kodama (violin); Juan Drown (viola); Thomas
Gregory (cello); Helen Neilson (double bass); Mine Dogantan-Dack (piano): programme to include Schubert "The Trout"
Piano Quintet in A major, D667
Wednesday 24th May, 1.05pm, St Botolph Without Aldgate Church: a
programme of works for cello duet and organ by composers who were also teachers, featuring the earliest surviving church
organ in London. This is a concert for the children of the Sir John Cass Foundation Primary School. Open to all
too. Come early to get a seat - it will be busy! Free entry, retiring collection.
Helen Neilson (cello) and Thomas Gregory (cello) + Martin Neilson (organ)
Bach, arr. Casals: Adagio from Toccata in C
Major for organ (arr. for 2 cellos and organ by Casals/H.Neilson); Hindemith: Frölich (cello duet); Dotzauer: Variations
on "La ci darem la mano" (cello duet); Klengel: Three pieces for 2 cellos and organ, op. 62
Student workshops include:
Sunday 5th February,
10.00am - 3.00pm, Book 1 Bonanza! Kingsdale School, SE21 8SQ: Violin leader: Michiko Takahashi; Cello leader: Helen
Neilson - application details on London Suzuki Group website - open to Pre-Twinkle and Suzuki book 1 students - a fun
day of group activities for little string players!
Mon 27th March: Latymer Upper Strings Day - the Ultimate Strings Party!!!!
All Latymer string players welcome - preps and Upper School! Brilliant guest presenters giving workshops
on world music and improvisation are Joe Townsend (violin) and Neil Valentine (viola). 7pm evening concert to include
lots of our string chamber groups and items from workshop sessions. We are delighted to be welcoming children from
the whole class strings programme at Sir John Cass Primary School to join us for this exciting event!
Sun 23rd April:
Teaching @ London Cello Society "Cello Mad", 10.00 - 3.30pm @ Hampstead Town Hall. Faculty includes Wolfgang
Lehner and Oliver Mansfield. Apply on London Cello Society website. Open to students and adult amateurs grades
1-8+.
Sat 17th June: Bayswater Suzuki Group concert morning at St James's Church, Bayswater.
Repertoire for this term to include Brahms Sextet in B flat and Tchaikovsky: Souvenir
de Florence
11-15th
July: Coaching @ Bayswater Chamber Music Course. Concert 11.00am Sat 15th July at St Peter's Church, Notting Hill.
24th - 28th July: Teaching @ Dulwich Suzuki Camp
- faculty includes Clare Raybould, Michiko Takahashi, Juan Drown, Mallory Hamm
Website: https://dulwichsuzukicamp.wixsite.com/dulwichsuzukicamp
1-14th August, Prades Festival, France (double bass)
20th - 27th August: Teaching
and performing @ Bryanstone International Chamber Music Course, Bryanstone School, Blandford Forum, Dorset
30th August - 1st September: Orchestral course
with London Music Masters and In Harmony Lambeth @ Wheatsheaf Halls. Conductor, William Carslake.
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Huge well done to my students everywhere for a superb run of Autumn term 2017 concerts!!
It's been a great term of work. Lots to celebrate!
Weds 6th December - great Christmas concert by all the children at Sir John Cass
Primary. A lively event with about 100 children on stage, and about another 200 on the floor beside us!
Weds 6th December
- wonderful chamber music showcase concert @ Latymer Upper School. A fine testament to how well our string chamber
music programme is growing and flourishing. Some very fine performances indeed!
Friday 8th December - magical
Christmas cello class with my home studio children - Our Cello Comunity @ The Lodge, with visiting teacher, Selma Gokcen,
Director of forthcoming Go Cello Festival. Brilliant individual performances by all and excellent group numbers.
We loved meeting Selma's mini skeleton, "Max" and learning about sitting with our cellos!
Monday 11th December
- Great group performance by Latymer Prep Cello Group in their Christmas concert!
Monday 11th December - A superb showcase by
the girls @ St Paul's Girl's School. What an exceptional evening of fine music making! Programme
included Rimsky Korsakov's "Scheherezade"; Villa-Lobos "Bachianas Brasilieras"; Sarah Quartel'
"Snow Angel", and of course, our favourite Gardener Carols!
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Sunday 8th October: Cello Folk! Workshop for young cellists grade 1-5+
@ Cecil Sharp House. Details and booking on London Cello Society website: www.londoncellos.org.
Saturday
18th November: Bayswater Suzuki Group Annual Concert @ St Peter's Church, Notting Hill. Details on
BSG website. Programme to include Mendelssohn Octet.
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2016 events included:
Fri 18th November - 7.30pm, St Alfege Church,
Greenwich - St Paul's Sinfonia (double bass) : Sibelius: Rakastava; Milhaud: Le Boeuf sur le Toit; Barber: Cello Concerto
(Alison Holford); Sibelius: En Saga
Sat 19th November: Bayswater Suzuki Group Annual Concert at St Peter's Church, Notting Hill - to include
cello groups and string quartet performances with students
Sunday 27th November: The Amadeus Centre W9 2JA 10am-3pm: London Cello
Society workshop for young student cellists grades 1-5 "Around the World with Music" led by Pavlos Carvahlo,
assisted by Helen Neilson and Sarah Carvalho-Dubost - tickets from London Cello Society website. Exploration of
folk music from different cultures: Emglish, Hungarian, Greek, Argentinian and Brazilian.
2016 summer events included:
Tue 12th - Sat 16th July: Coaching @ Bayswater Chamber Music Course - great Bartok Divertimento
by the chamber orchestra!!
21st/22nd
July: Guest principal bass for Amadeus Orchestra - concerts @ Exeter Cathedral and Wiltshire Music Trust - Gershwin: Rhapsody
in Blue; Finzi: Cello Concerto with Raphael Wallfish; Stravinsky: Petrouchka
24th - 31st July: Cellos at Belle-Serre, Castres, France - wonderful week of cello
masterclasses, ensembles and chamber music, led by Lowri Blake.
Weds 10th - Sun14th August: Teaching @ CelloFest - Royal Hospital School,
Suffolk. Brilliant meet up of cellists of all ages!! Great faculty line up including Carey Beth Hockett (USA);
Eulalia Subira (Spain); Ana Toca (Spain).
21st-28th August: Teaching and playing @ Bryanstone
International Summer School, Dorset. A wonderful week of chamber music and individual lessons with students from
many different countries. Course Director Christine Livingstone. Cello faculty includes Carey-Beth Hockett (USA);
Jadie Carey (UK) and Jon Cottle (Spain). Faculty recital performance of Schubert: Trout Quintet (bass) with Tony Ingham
(piano) and friends.
23rd-25th
September: Teaching @ Edinburgh Suzuki Workshop. Enjoyed teaching the children in my home country! Cello
faculty includes Ruben Rivera (France) and Lucy Gillan (Scotland).
Spring
term highlights included:
Sun 17th April: Teaching @ Cello Day with London Cello Society - our first student event at the new venue of
Trinity Laban in Greenwich. Awesome faculty line up including David Kenedy, Joely Koos, Alison Moncrieff-Kelly
and Anita Strevens. Masterclasses with Leonid Gorokhov. Great day had!
Weds
16th March: An army of Latymer Upper School cellists play Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasilieras no. 5 @ St John's
Smith Square!! With Jessica Powell, soprano.
Sun 27th March: International Suzuki Gala Concert @ Royal Albert
Hall (playing double bass in string ensemble). Was wonderful to welcome friends and colleagues from all over the
world and to share the stage with our students!
2015 Events included:
25th - 30th October: teaching @ Pro Corda Cello Course, Leiston Abbey, Suffolk
- directed by David Burrowes; faculty includes Anita Strevens, Joely Koos, Zoe Martlew and Alexander Baillie
Sat 31st October Coaching
@ Joint Strings Day for SPGS and SPBS students and other local students @ St Paul's Boys' School,
Barnes
Sun 15th November: workshop leading for
"Vamoosh Cello Day" with Thomas Gregory for the London Cello Society @ The Amadeus Centre.
Tickets available on the London Cello Society website.
Sun 22nd November: leading string groups @ the Groups Festival at Royal
College Of Music
Sun
29th November: chamber music recital with The Colour House Ensemble @ The Colour House Theatre, Merton Abbey Mills (double
bass)
Mon
30th November: double bass and piano recital with Daniel Hewson @ St Peter's Church, Notting Hill,
1pm. Programme to include works by Lennox Berkeley; David Ellis and Serge Lancen.
Holiday
courses, festivals and workshops from summer 2015 included:
21st - 25th July: teaching @ Bayswater Chamber Music Course - directed by Jillian Leddra
29th July - 9th August: Opera de Bauge, Bauge-en-Anjou,
France: cello - playing in opera orchestra
12th - 16th August: teaching @ CelloFest at The Royal Hospital School, Suffolk - directed by Tessa
Oakley; faculty includes Carey Beth Hockett (USA); Ruben Rivera (France); Ana Toca (Spain)
16th - 23rd August: teaching @ Bryanstone International Chamber
Music Course - directed by Christine Livingstone; cello faculty includes Carey Beth-Hockett (USA); Jadie Carey (UK) and
Jon Cottle (Spain).
February 8th: Home
studio cello class with Christine Livingstone @ Alleyn's School, Dulwich 2-6pm - to include group work on
basics of tone production and posture; mini lessons for all; ensemble items Bach: Arioso and Tchaikovsky: Chanson Triste
March 4th: Latymer Upper Strings Day - great
workshops had with visiting presenters Thomas Gregory and Laura Cochrane on Vamoosh!; Neil Valentine and Matthew Forbes
doing some funky improvisation! Plus evening concert with students and staff chamber music items. ** Excited about
playing in our home string faculty and visiting presenters Mendelssohn Octet, led by our own student
Sofia Kolupov!** Fun and eclectic concert - with workshop items; Beethoven op. 95; Schumann Piano Quintet!
March 31st: Strauss "Eine Alpeinsinfonie"
with Duet Group Philharmonic @ Royal Festival Hall (playing cello + section coach)
April 16th: St Pauls' Sinfonia 10th Anniversary Concert @
Queen Elizabeth Hall 7.30pm (cello) - Wagner: Siegfried Idyll; Stravinsky Symphony in C; Shostakovich Cello Concerto
with Guy Johnston; Mozart Symphony no. 31 "Paris" **Ten years we have been playing together now - this will
be a celebration to remember!**
Sun April 26th:
teaching @ Cello Day @ the Royal Academy of Music - a day devoted to preparation for ABRSM examinations
for school age cello students
Fri 26th June 7.30pm
St James' Piccadilly Guest Principal double bass w/ Corinthian Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Mike Seal:
Copland: Appalachian Spring; Mozart:
Piano Concert in E flat major; Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements;
Sat 27th June 11.15am
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro with Bayswater Suzuki Group
Thu 9th July: 1-2pm
Double bass and piano Recital @ St John's Church Notting Hill with Daniel Hewson:
Eccles: Sonata in G minor; Ellis: Sonata; Lennox Berkeley: Introduction and Allegro;
Lancen:Croquis
Summer school 2014 coaching engagements included:
July: Bayswater Chamber Music Course; course director Jillian Leddra - coaching small
groups and assisting chamber orchestra
August:
Bryanston International Summer School, Bryanston School, Dorset; course
director Christine Livingstone; faculty includes Carey-Beth Hockett - teaching cello and double bass in open lessons; playing
double bass in orchestra; chamber music recitals on cello including Elgar Piano
Quintet with Tony Ingham.
2014 highlights included:
December: Corinthian Chamber Orchestra @ Queen Elizabeth Hall with Paul Hoskins
(principal double bass): Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture; Shostakovich: Piano concerto no.2; Stravinsky "The
Firebird"
December: Britten: Noyes' Fludde
and Chilcott: A Little Jazz Mass (double bass) @ SPGS
November: Home studio class performance evening with Jocelyn Abbott
(piano) and David Kenedy in East Dulwich
August:
Elgar Piano Quintet @ Bryanstone International Chamber Music Course - with Tony Ingham (piano)
July - August: St Endellion Festival, St Endellion, Cornwall (double bass)
Artistic Director: Mark Padmore; Conductors: Ryan Wigglesworth and Aidan Oliver
Repertoire included: Puccini La Boheme; Bach Mass in B Minor; Britten Nocturne; Tchaikovsky
Symphony no. 5; Beethoven Mass in C major; Brahms Piano Concerto no. 1; Concerts @ St Endellion and Truro Cathedral
Chamber music concert: Schubert: Gesang
der Geister uber den Wassern (double bass) with singers including Marc Padmore, Roderick Williams, Peter Hoare, Robert
Davies
July: Exeter Cathedral:
Amadeus Orchestra (principal double bass) Strauss: Don Juan; Elgar: Cello Concerto with Raphael Wallfisch; Shostakovich:
Symphony no. 5
April: Cello Day @ RAM -
leading junior classes for lots and lots of little cellists - wonderful new composition from Thomas Gregory!
February: Home studio performance class with Anita Strevens,
including massed Vivaldi Double Cello Concerto
December/January:
Tour of China with Kent Sinfonia
Highlights
of 2012 – 2013 season included:
July/August:
St Endellion Festival, Cornwall – principal/co-principal
double bass in orchestra for a wide range of programmes and a variety of chamber music recitals
June: Stravinsky "L'Historie
du Soldat" (A Soldier's Tale) - double bass with the Simon Callaghan Ensemble, Narrated by Timothy West
June:
Cello and piano recitals with John Cuthbert – Spanish
and Latin American repertoire
April London Cello Society "Cello Day" at the Royal Academy of
Music, visiting teachers included Leonid Gorokhov, Aaron Minsky, William Bruce and Thomas Gregory.
April
Aaron Minsky workshops and concert at Latymer Upper School.
Performance of Three American Cello Duets by Helen Neilson and Aaron Minsky.
March Prinicpal cello for performance of Mahler Symphony no. 8 "Symphony of a
Thousand" at Royal Festival Hall with students from schools including Latymer Upper School
September Schumann Fantasiestucke and Chopin
Sonata with Irina Lyakhovskaya
August: Gordon
Jacob " A Little Concerto" for double bass and string orchestra at the ESTA Summer School, Cheltenham
August: Bottesini Concerto no.
1 for double bass (B minor version) - in masterclass with Thomas Martin at ESTA Summer School, Cheltenham
