RUTH FUNNELL BMus (Hons) Dip PG Perfs. L.R.A.M. Violin Date of Birth 10.05.1975

Orchestral Experience BBC Symphony Orchestra – including Trial for Second Violin Rank and File BBC Philharmonic – including Trial for Second Violin Rank and File BBC National Orchestra of Wales – including Trial First Violin Rank and File Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – including Trial for tutti Second Violin Northern Sinfonia - including Trial Sub Principal Second Violin City of London Sinfonia – First violin (including co-principal) Goldberg Ensemble – First violin and principal second violin English Sinfonia – including co-principal second violin Viva – including Co-leader and Principal Second Violin New London Soloists Orchestra – including Leader, Co-Leader and Principal Second Violin London Chamber Orchestra Grange Park Opera Pimlico Opera Orchestra of St Johns The London Strings West End/ Commercial Sinatra – dep Nicholas Nickleby – dep Cool Music – film and TV sessions Accord Music Gareth Gates ITV Record of the year (B&H Management) Rufus Wainwright (Accord Music) Chamber Music Sterling Quartet member Quartet recitals with Malcolm Layfield Have also performed with - Cirrus Quartet, Bingham Quartet, Dye Piano Trio, Archinto Quartet (member 1998-2002) performing at: -Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall, St Johns Smith Square, Conway Hall -Recital at RNCM Quartet Fest 2000 -Finalists in the Royal Overseas League Competition -Tunnell Trust for Young Musicians -Countess of Munster Recital Scheme -Live Music Now! Scheme -Premiere of new quartet by Alun Hodinott written for the quartet Solo performances with orchestra Glazunov concerto -Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra, Manchester University Chamber Orchestra Perform regularly with St John of Jerusalem Chamber Orchestra including: Mozart A major, Vaughan-Williams The Lark Ascending, Vivaldi The Four Seasons, Bach Concertos, Education Teachers – Howard Davis, Krysia Osostowicz, Peter Cropper Royal Academy of Music 1998-2000 -Leverhulme Chamber Music Fellowship 1996-1998 -Postgraduate Advanced Course Prizes -Winifred Small Solo Violin Prize, Belmore Woodgate Scholarship, Robert Rendell Memorial Prize, Lillian Foote Prize University of Manchester 1993-1996 - Bmus (Hons) Prizes - McMyn String Scholarship

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