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 

Violin

Fiona Chesterman  [Profile]
Angela Dally 
Rachel Erdos BA (Oxford), PG dip (Trinity), MA (Oxford), BKA, MSTAT [Profile]
Sanae Honda BMus PGC [Profile]
Diana Mathews LRAM [Profile]
Natasha Petrovic  [Profile]
Blai Soler BA (RCM, hons), PG dip (RCM), MA Comp (KCL)
Gabriela Zukowicz  [Profile]

Viola

Fiona Chesterman  [Profile]
Angela Dally 
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
Petra Malik Bmus Hons
John Rolfe Leverhulme Sharp BA[Hons] ARCM [Profile]
Alexandra (Szandra) Vilmányi  [Profile]

Double Bass

Liz Bradley 

Flute

Sofia Castillo   [Profile]

Sofia Castillo graduated from the Royal College of Music, London with a Masters of Performance, where she was a Doctor Knobel Fund Scholar. Sofia has won the 1st Prize in the 28th "Gianluca Campochiaro" 2020 Chamber Music International Music Competition, with pianist Marie Otaka, 1st prize in the RCM Solo Flute Prize Competition 2017, and was also awarded the Edward and Helen Hague Senior Woodwind Prize 2017.

Solo engagements have taken her to the U.S.A, New Zealand, South America, Middle East, and many European countries.

She has worked with orchestras including the Philharmonia, the National Symphony Orchestra, the City of London Sinfonia, English Touring Opera, London Chamber Orchestra, Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra, London Contemporary Orchestra, Sinfonia Cymru and Chineke! Orchestra. In September 2022 she earned a position with Southbank Sinfonia for the 2022-23 orchestra.

As well as her recital and orchestral appearances internationally, Sofia has been invited many times to perform on some of the world's most luxurious cruise liners travelling all around the world with her shows "Music of the World" and "Pasión Latina"

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]
Natasha Petrovic  [Profile]

KG assistant

Christine  Hicks  [Profile]
Myrto Loulaki 
Marianna Ordog  [Profile]

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