LYNN SELWOOD, M.MUS - CELLO

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“Lynn Selwood’s cello sang out, finger perfect, always eloquent.” - The Times

· Wigmore Hall, Sept/06 &/07 Principal solo, Musicall Compass	· Concerto Performance, Nov/06 St James Piccadilly, Helios Ensemble
· Glyndebourne, July-Aug/06 Giulio Cesare, OAE	· Queen Elizabeth Hall, Apr/06 Sir Charles Mackerras’ Birthday Concert

· Matthew Passion, Apr/06 - principal solo, Guildford Cathedral

Orchestral Experience

· Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

· English Bach Festival

· Florilegium

· London Bach Society

· All Saints' Festival Choir and Orchestra, principal & solo

· Sweelinck & Vivace Ensembles, principal & solo

· Godalming, Woking, Thurrock and Luton Choral Societies, principal

· Stanmore and Sussex Choral Societies

· Loki Ensemble

· Trinity Music Society

· Orchestre Baroque de Montréal

· Orchestre Philharmonique du Nouveau Monde

· Les Petits Violons

· Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra, principal

Chamber Music

· A Drop in the Ocean, founder and director

· The Musicall Compass, continuo solo

· Trio du Lac/The Lake Quartet, founder and director

· Barnes Village String Quartet, founding member

· Festival String Quartet

Solo Performances

· Geminiani Concerto, St George’s Bloomsbury Jan’07

· Vivaldi Concerto, St James Piccadilly Nov’06

· Recital of Unaccompanied Bach, St Anne’s Gresham Street Oct’06

· Boismortier Concerto, St James West Hampstead Jan’06

· Vivaldi Concerto, St Matthew’s Croydon Sept’05

· Vivaldi Concerto, St Alfege Greenwich May’04

· Vivaldi Double Concerto, Montreal June ‘97

Session work and Popular Music

· Yonge Street Variations for ‘cello and MIDI, première and commercial studio recording

· Lesley Garrett session, Phoenix Studios

· The Crash Test Dummies, Superman Song

· Spectacle Claude Lamothe, ‘Jimi Hendrix of the cello’

· Moist, cross-country tours and recordings with Canadian popular recording artists

· Swing Dynamique, a Django Reinhardt tribute

· Ramachandra Borcar session (Ramasutra – The East Infection)

· Doug Milledge, extensive live performances and recordings on cello, guitar, vocals

· Studio sessions with Eric Pyle, Perséphone, The Bremen Town Musicians

· Canadian Broadcasting Corporation sessions, Vancouver

· Extensive popular, jazz and folk background, live and in the studio, studies in sound recording, electroacoustic techniques and computer applications in music

Educational and Outreach Projects, Teaching, Coaching

· Sound Start: full classroom instrumental tuition in underprivileged schools

· Endangered Species: teaching double bass alongside bassoon, oboe, french horn

· Early Music performance workshops, interpretation and coaching

· Lecture recitals as director of A Drop in the Ocean at Handel House and St George’s

· Private & group instrumental tuition, Emanuel School, West Lodge School, La Retraite RC School, Blackheath Conservatoire, Dulwich College, Croydon Music Service

· Associate Professor of Lower Strings, State University of New York

Qualifications and Training

· Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Master of Music Performance

· McGill University, Bachelor of Music Performance

· Guildhall Baroque, principal

· McGill Symphony Orchestra

· McGill Baroque Orchestra, principal & concerto performance

· Britten-Pears Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival, Principal and solo

· L’Orchestre de l’Académie Européene d’Ambronay, section leader

· Private Study with David Watkin, Susan Sheppard, Pedro de Alcantara, Anthony Pleeth, Bryan Epperson, Leslie Snider, Richard Tunnicliffe, Sebastian Comberti

· Masterclass with Anner Bÿlsma

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