Lauren Brant
Lauren began her studies as a pupil on the Special Music Course at Pimlico School in London, where she was awarded the Kathleen Mitchell Award. She then went on to read music at Birmingham University and completed her MA at University College London. Since graduating Lauren has studied with eminent recorder players and holds her LRSM in performance on the recorder.
Lauren is passionate about musical education, and has a growing reputation for her creative and innovative music teaching. She is an experienced workshop leader and enjoys leading young people to create their own music. Her work as director of the Dulwich Hamlet Junior School Fusion Ensemble has resulted in several awards for Innovation from Music for Youth as well as invitations to perform at the School's Prom and Primary Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. Their performance at the RAH was widely praised:
It takes a lot to get up and perform at the Royal Albert Hall, even with a nicely printed score and a full geography of the work in front of you. What an achievement then for teacher Lauren Brant to lead the pupils of the Dulwich Hamlet Junior School Fusion Ensemble (aged 10-11) in the score-less, semi-improvised Scandinavian Sounds, bringing together tuned percussion and conventional instruments for a Peer Gynt-inspired sonic tapestry with only her cues to guide them. The result was a genuinely unexpected atmospheric delight...
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She has worked as a performer and music leader on a number of exciting musical projects with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Spitalfields Music Festival, Handel & Hendrix in London and the Wigmore Hall.
Lauren is a keen traveller and loves to encounter new music on her travels. She has taught music in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, had music lessons in Cuba, and led an exciting musical project in Bolivia. In Bolivia, Lauren explored Andean music, and worked with blind recorder students in a project which successfully culminated in performances on Bolivian national television.
Lauren is passionate about musical education, and has a growing reputation for her creative and innovative music teaching. She is an experienced workshop leader and enjoys leading young people to create their own music. Her work as director of the Dulwich Hamlet Junior School Fusion Ensemble has resulted in several awards for Innovation from Music for Youth as well as invitations to perform at the School's Prom and Primary Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. Their performance at the RAH was widely praised:
It takes a lot to get up and perform at the Royal Albert Hall, even with a nicely printed score and a full geography of the work in front of you. What an achievement then for teacher Lauren Brant to lead the pupils of the Dulwich Hamlet Junior School Fusion Ensemble (aged 10-11) in the score-less, semi-improvised Scandinavian Sounds, bringing together tuned percussion and conventional instruments for a Peer Gynt-inspired sonic tapestry with only her cues to guide them. The result was a genuinely unexpected atmospheric delight...
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She has worked as a performer and music leader on a number of exciting musical projects with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Spitalfields Music Festival, Handel & Hendrix in London and the Wigmore Hall.
Lauren is a keen traveller and loves to encounter new music on her travels. She has taught music in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, had music lessons in Cuba, and led an exciting musical project in Bolivia. In Bolivia, Lauren explored Andean music, and worked with blind recorder students in a project which successfully culminated in performances on Bolivian national television.
David Beaney
Originally from Kent, David studied at Chetham's School of Music and the Royal College of Music, where his principle instruments were the recorder and Baroque flute. He performs with numerous Baroque orchestras and has been involved in projects with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, New London Soloists, Armonico Consort and the Brandenburg Baroque Sinfonia. He is a regular performer with early music ensembles Flautotonic and Madera and frequently joins Baroque Encounter as a guest musician. David has appeared in venues such as St. Martin-in-the-fields, the Royal Festival Hall, Handel & Hendrix in London, Lincoln and Norwich Cathedrals and at the Cheltenham and Aldeburgh Festivals. David also enjoys working in music education and is head of recorder for Southwark Music Service and teaches woodwind at Dulwich Hamlet Junior School.
Claire Williams
Originally from Bath, Claire Williams studied piano, harpsichord, fortepiano and clavichord at the Royal College of Music in London. She subsequently completed a Master’s degree at Trinity College of Music, studying harpsichord and chamber organ with James Johnstone. Claire frequently performs with a wide range of ensembles in the UK and abroad, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Baroque Collective, and the 12 ensemble. She is a member of Musica Secreta, Flautotonic, Saltarello Ensemble, and Baroque Encounter.
Claire has performed in venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, St John's Smith Square, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Cadogan Hall, Southwark Cathedral, Wells Cathedral, Bolivar Hall, Fairfield Halls, 1901 Arts Club, Fenton House, Brighton Dome, and at events including Manchester, Bath, and Chelsea Festivals, Brighton Early Music Festival, East Cork Early Music Festival, London Handel Festival, Spitalfields Music, and the Suffolk Villages Festival. She has also been a guest artist at the Latitude Festival, Triora Musica in Italy, and is a regular artist at Dartington International Summer School.
Alongside her demanding performance schedule, Claire finds time to teach the piano and harpsichord, and she currently holds the Fellowship in Harpsichord/Continuo at the Royal College of Music.
www.clairewilliams.co.uk
Claire has performed in venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, St John's Smith Square, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Cadogan Hall, Southwark Cathedral, Wells Cathedral, Bolivar Hall, Fairfield Halls, 1901 Arts Club, Fenton House, Brighton Dome, and at events including Manchester, Bath, and Chelsea Festivals, Brighton Early Music Festival, East Cork Early Music Festival, London Handel Festival, Spitalfields Music, and the Suffolk Villages Festival. She has also been a guest artist at the Latitude Festival, Triora Musica in Italy, and is a regular artist at Dartington International Summer School.
Alongside her demanding performance schedule, Claire finds time to teach the piano and harpsichord, and she currently holds the Fellowship in Harpsichord/Continuo at the Royal College of Music.
www.clairewilliams.co.uk
Rebecca McChrystal
Rebecca received an excellent education through the Doncaster Music Service, graduated with a 1st class BMus(HONS) from the Birmingham Conservatoire and went onto further study at the Royal College of Music, graduating with a Masters in Performance with distinction.
Rebecca is a freelancer, working with ensembles ranging from the BBC Symphony, London Concert Orchestra, Southbank Sinfonia and the Orchestra for the Age of Enlightenment, to The Swinging Magpies, Flautotonic (recorder and harpsichord trio), Parallel Motion percussion duo to Desford Colliery Band.
Rebecca is heavily involved in music outreach and education, running Young Music Makers Saturday school in North London, working as a regular percussion tutor for the Camden and Haringey Music services and Dame Alice Owens School. In the past Rebecca has worked leading projects withMusic and the Deaf and working with English Touring Opera, BBCSO Family Orchestra, RCMSparks and English Pocket Opera Company.
Rebecca is a freelancer, working with ensembles ranging from the BBC Symphony, London Concert Orchestra, Southbank Sinfonia and the Orchestra for the Age of Enlightenment, to The Swinging Magpies, Flautotonic (recorder and harpsichord trio), Parallel Motion percussion duo to Desford Colliery Band.
Rebecca is heavily involved in music outreach and education, running Young Music Makers Saturday school in North London, working as a regular percussion tutor for the Camden and Haringey Music services and Dame Alice Owens School. In the past Rebecca has worked leading projects withMusic and the Deaf and working with English Touring Opera, BBCSO Family Orchestra, RCMSparks and English Pocket Opera Company.
