MOLLY NIELSEN GIBBS – BASSOON

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EXPERIENCE

·        Endymion Ensemble

·        London Mozart Players

·        Opera East

·        New Professionals

·        Carl Rosa Opera

·        Southbank Sinfonia

·        ENO Bayliss

·        New Queen's Hall Orchestra

·        Bergamo Contemporary Ensemble

·        Moscow Virtuosi

·        Britten-Pears Orchestra (2nd Bassoon 2002 & Principal 2003 – Current)

·        Recordings for BBC1 and BBC2

·        Royal Liverpool Philharmonic – extra list

·        BBC Wales – extra list

 

CHAMBER MUSIC

·        Octanphonie, Royal Overseas League finalists 2005 (2003 – Current)

·        Barnes Ensemble (2003 – Current)

·        Vermilion Ensemble (2003 – Current)

·        Levanter Winds, members Live Music Now! (2002 – Current)

 

SUMMER FESTIVALS

·        Dartington (Principal bassoon 2005)

·        Opera de Bauge (2004)

·        Minehead Festival (2003)

·        Paxos International Music Festival (2002)

·        Aspen Music Festival and School (1998 & 2001)

 

AWARDS

Nicholas Blake Wind Prize * Florence Woodbridge Bassoon Prize * Noble House Early Music Prize * George Eastman Grant * Lois Rogers Scholarship * Robert Byrd Scholarship * Royal Academy Foundation Award * Performer’s Certificate, Eastman School of Music

EDUCATION

·        Guildhall School of Music and Drama (Mmus) (2003 – 2004 full scholarship)

·        Royal College of Music (PgOP) (2002 – 2003 full scholarship)

·        Royal Academy of Music Exchange (2000 – 2002 scholarship)

·        Eastman School of Music New York (Bmus Hons) (full scholarship)

 

Professors: Meyrick Alexander * Gordon Laing * Julie Price * Sarah Burnett *

Gareth Newman * John Orford

 

 

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