Staff List
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Music Director
Rachel Erdos BA (Oxford), PG dip (Trinity), MA (Oxford), BKA, MSTAT [Profile]
Deputy Director
Maryan Balkwill ARCM, GRSM [Profile]
Colourstrings Orchestra Conductor
Blai Soler BA (RCM, hons), PG dip (RCM), MA Comp (KCL)
Choir
Holger Aston MA (Oxon), MA (Liszt Academy), ARCM, LRAM [Profile]
Angela Fogg MA Dip ABRSM LRSM CKME PGDip [Profile]
Myrto Loulaki
Elaine Rodgers BMus (Hons) PGCE ALCM [Profile]
Violin
Iva Butler MA Prague, PGRNCM [Profile]
Iva Butler studied in Prague at the Academy of Performing Arts with Nora Grumlikova. In 1994 she came to the UK to do postgraduate studies at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester with Lydia Mordkovich. Fired with enthusiasm for period performance she also studied with Pauline Nobes and Andrew Manze.
While in Prague, Iva was co-leader of the Suk Chamber Orchestra and a member of the Talich Chamber Orchestra. Since her settling in the UK she has worked with Manchester Camerata, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Festival Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the London Classical Players, the Academy of Ancient Music, the Sixteen and others and toured with them extensively in Europe, America and Japan. She regularly performs with the renowned Czech pianist Tomas Visek , harpsichordists Douglas Hollick and Luke Green and in a duo with her husband, the violinist Mark Butler, and makes recordings for films and for Czech Radio.
Iva taught at the Conservatoire in Teplice in the Czech Republic. Since 2009 she has become a dedicated Colourstrings Kindergarten and violin teacher
Angela Dally [Profile]
Rachel Erdos BA (Oxford), PG dip (Trinity), MA (Oxford), BKA, MSTAT [Profile]
Madlena Georgieva
Sanae Honda BMus PGC [Profile]
Diana Mathews LRAM [Profile]
Tanya Perez Jovetic BMus with Honours [Profile]
Blai Soler BA (RCM, hons), PG dip (RCM), MA Comp (KCL)
Gabriela Zukowicz [Profile]
Viola
Iva Butler MA Prague, PGRNCM [Profile]
Fiona Chesterman [Profile]
Angela Dally [Profile]
Diana Mathews LRAM [Profile]
Cello
Maryan Balkwill ARCM, GRSM [Profile]
Miguel Calvo Mmus (Guildhall), Pg Dip (Trinity)
Mark Dobson AGSM MSTAT
Daniel Figols [Profile]
Rowena Taylor BMus LRAM [Profile]
Annie Walton
Theory
Daniel Figols [Profile]
Piano
Hanna Kuosmanen
Maria Levandovskaya [Profile]
Leslie Anne Lewis MA, MMus, PhD [Profile]
Petra Malik Bmus Hons
John Rolfe Leverhulme Sharp BA[Hons] ARCM [Profile]
Alexandra (Szandra) Vilmányi [Profile]
Double Bass
Liz Bradley
Flute
Pedro Lopez BMus, MMus, ArtDip [Profile]
Liz Meyer [Profile]
Guitar
Oliver Manning
George Tarlton [Profile]
KG
Christine Hicks [Profile]
KG Teacher
Kath Cleeve Colourstrings Associate Teacher (Music Kindergarten) ;Certificate of Music Education (Trinity College of Music) ;Counselling Children & Adolescents Diploma (Level 4) [Profile]
Ali Rycroft BA Oxon MA UEL
Musicianship
Holger Aston MA (Oxon), MA (Liszt Academy), ARCM, LRAM [Profile]
Angela Edwards CKME, CSAK, Cert (Mus) Ed
Angela Fogg MA Dip ABRSM LRSM CKME PGDip [Profile]
Administration
Kath Cleeve Colourstrings Associate Teacher (Music Kindergarten) ;Certificate of Music Education (Trinity College of Music) ;Counselling Children & Adolescents Diploma (Level 4) [Profile]
Assistant
Tanya Perez Jovetic BMus with Honours [Profile]
KG assistant
Christine Hicks [Profile]
Myrto Loulaki
Marianna Ordog [Profile]
Beccy Sharp
Visiting Teachers
Mr Pal Banda (Cello)
Miss Sarah Bennington (Flute) BMUS Hons (1st class)
Mrs Marianne Dodge (Flute/Theory) Ed Hons (Cantab), Ct ABRSM
Ms Gerri Drought (Violin)
Ms Ruth Herbert (Musicianship)
Miss Lesley Larkum (Violin) Bmus, Mmus, ASCM, PG RCM (cond.)
Ms Bea Leadbetter (Violin/Viola)
Ms Muriel Levin (Piano) BMus ARCM, Founder, Holiday Music Piano/Chamber Music Courses.
Dr Shay Loya (Piano) BA Hons (TAU), MA Hons (TAU), PhD (KCL)
Mrs Rebekka Poffley (KG)
Mr Christopher Poffley (Cello/Piano) Bmus ARCM
Ms Gil Sharp (Violin) GTCL, LTCL (Mus Ed), LTCL, ATCL
Ms Caroline Tait (Violin)
Prof David Vinden (Musicianship/Choir) LRAM, GRSM, Bmus Hons (London), Adv Cert Kodály Inst, ARAM
Miss Maiko Vinden (Assistant)
Ms Ali Warner (KG Teacher) BA Hons CombSocSci, BKA (Inter Mus), CKME