Morwenna Del Mar ~ Violoncello

 

morwennadelmar@cantab.net

www.morwennadelmar.com

 

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ORCHESTRAL

 

Professional

·         Philharmonia Orchestra – Trial (current)                                                                          

·         London Symphony Orchestra

·         City of London Sinfonia

·         Northern Sinfonia

·         Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra

·         Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, USA

·         The Dmitri Ensemble – Principal

·         Orchestra of St Paul’s – Principal

·         St Endellion Festival Orchestra – Guest principal

 

Training

·         Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra/Eastman School of Music – Orchestral Studies Diploma

·         London Symphony Orchestra – String Experience Scheme (recipient of their PROMIS Award for most outstanding participant)                                                                       

·         European Union Youth Orchestra

·         Britten-Pears Young Artists’ Orchestra

·         Dartington Festival Orchestra – Principal

·         Eastman School of Music Opera Orchestra – Principal                                                   

·         Royal Academy of Music Symphony and Concert Orchestras – Principal

·         Royal Academy of Music Soloists                    

·         Cambridge University Chamber and Symphony Orchestras – Principal

·         National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain – Principal

 

 

SESSIONS/RECORDINGS

 

·         Dmitri Ensemble/Tom Winpenny/Graham Ross – Judith Bingham Organ Works

(Signum Records)

·         Dmitri Ensemble/Clare College Choir/Sir David Willcocks – Vaughan Williams Songs

(Albion Records, Cambridge)

·         London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Colin Davis – Sibelius, Symphonies Nos 1 & 4 

(LSO Live, Barbican Hall)

·         London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Colin Davis – Berlioz Benvenuto Cellini             

(LSO Live, Barbican Hall)

·         Sinfonia Sfera/Karl Jenkins – Mike Oldfield, Music of the Spheres          

(Mercury Records)

 

 

EDUCATION PROJECTS/OUTREACH

 

·         LSO Discovery – Fusion Orchestra

·         Orchestra of St Paul’s – Education days at University College School, Hampstead

 

 

CONCERTOS

 

·       Beethoven Triple Concerto (Del Mar Piano Trio - 2011)

-    Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra

-    Stamford Chamber Orchestra

·       Bruch Kol Nidrei

-    Crowndale Symphony Orchestra

-    Orchestra-on-the-Hill, Cambridge

·       Elgar Cello Concerto

-    Orchestra of St Paul’s

-    Oxford Sinfonia

-    Exeter Symphony Orchestra

·       Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No.1

-    Cambridge ad hoc Orchestra

·       Schumann Cello Concerto

-    Orchestra of St Paul’s

-    St John’s Charity Orchestra, Sevenoaks

·       Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme

-    Syred Sinfonia

-    Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra

·       Vivaldi Concerto for Two Cellos

-    Clare College Music Society, Cambridge

 

 

CHAMBER

 

·         Jigsaw Players

·         Oldak Quartet (with Accordion)

-    Park Lane Group’s Young Composer’s Symposium, The Warehouse, London

-    Colston Hall, Bristol – Lunchtime Series

-    Norfolk and Norwich Festival

-    RAM Accordion Department’s Birthday Celebrations

-    Keble College, Oxford

-    David Josefowitz Hall; Duke’s Hall – Royal Academy of Music

·         Del Mar Piano Trio

-    St Olave’s Church, London

-    St James’s Church, Piccadilly, London

-    Aylesbury Music Festival

-    Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, London

-    St Sepulchre-without-Newgate Church, London

-    Rake Court, Surrey

-    David Josefowitz Hall; Duke’s Hall – Royal Academy of Music

·         St Endellion Festival, chamber performances

·         Shoreham Festival, Kent, chamber performances

                                                                              

 

PRIZES AND AWARDS

 

·         Graduate Award – Eastman School of Music (2007-09)

·         PROMIS Award – London Symphony Orchestra – for most outstanding student on the String Experience Scheme (2007)

·         Rhoda Butt Award  – Royal Academy of Music (2007)                                                    

·         DipRAM (for outstanding final recital) – Royal Academy of Music (2007)                         

·         Duchess of Cornwall Award – English Chamber Orchestra (2007)                                    

·         Leverhulme Orchestral Fellowship – Royal Academy of Music (2006-07)                          

·         John Ireland Prize (Del Mar Piano Trio) – Royal Academy of Music (2006)           

·         Harry Isaacs Prize (Del Mar Piano Trio) – Royal Academy of Music (2006)                       

·         Winifred Disney Bursary – Royal Academy of Music (2005-6)                                         

·         Guilhermina Suggia Gift (finalist) – Musicians’ Benevolent Fund (2005)                            

·         Cambridge Instrumental Award (2002-05)                                                                                                                       

 

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

 

·         Eastman School of Music, New York (2007-09)  

-    Masters Degree in Performance and Literature   

-    Orchestral Studies Diploma                 

·         Royal Academy of Music, London  (2005-07)

-    PGDip. (dist.)

-    DipRAM (for outstanding final recital)

-    LRAM (dist.)                                         

·         Cambridge University, Churchill College (2002-05)

-    MA Hons.                                                                    

·         Royal College of Music, Junior Department (1992-2002) 

                                   

Professors

·         Steven Doane (Eastman School)                                                                                                           

·         Josephine Knight (RAM)                                                                                                                       

·         Karine Georgian (Private Tuition)                                                                                                           

·         Alexander Boyarsky (RCM)       

                                                                       

Masterclasses

Alexander Baillie • Alexander Boyarsky • Malcolm Bilson • Colin Carr • Robert Cohen • Robert DeMaine • Steven Doane • Jonathan Feldman • Karine Georgian • Bernard Greenhouse • Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

 

Bursaries

·         Richard Syred Music Bursary Fund (Churchill College, Cambridge)

·         Dartington International Summer School

·         Dulce Haigh Marshall Trust

·         Lawrence Atwell’s Charity

·         Churchill College, Cambridge

·         Isaac Newton Trust, University of Cambridge

·         English Speaking Union

 

 

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