Heidi is an active performer in early and contemporary genres both as a soloist and in ensembles. More recently she has been a resident composer and performer for ‘Assembly Cinema’ playing for silent films in London, Copenhagen & Berlin. Previous performances include Meltdown Festival at Royal Festival Hall, ‘The Assembly’, ‘MiE’, ‘Music We’d like to Hear’ and historical re-enactments with Past Pleasures.
Heidi graduated from Goldsmiths College (University of London) in 2001 with a Bmus (Hons), specialising in the recorder. She then went on to complete a Masters in music at Goldsmiths, specialising in performance and writing a thesis on Japanese Recorder Music.
Heidi works as an instrumental tutor at Trinity College of Music Junior Department, Lewisham Music Service and as a private music teacher.
Kirsten Halliday
Kirsten Halliday has played and performed in numerous ensembles, chamber groups and as a soloist. She graduated from Goldsmiths College (University of London) with a Bmus (Hons) in 2001, studying recorders as her main instrument.
Kirsten has taught the recorders for the past 7 years, predominantly for Lambeth Music Service. She also worked in the management team, overseeing inclusion for the service. Kirsten has delivered workshops for organizations including Sound Inventors and Spitalfields’ Festival.
In 2005, she went on to train as a music therapist, qualifying with a PG dip in Music Therapy from Roehampton University . In addition to her current clinical practise in London with children, young people and adults, she has worked for Muzika Charitable Trust in Romania, joint funded by UNICEF.
Alison Kinder
Alison Kinder read music at Oxford University and was then awarded a scholarship by Trinity College of Music where she studies viol with Alison Crum. She has twice taken part in the Brighton Early Music Festival young artists’ scheme BrEMF Live! with viol consort Chelys and Baroque flute trio Triptych. She is a founder member of the ensemble Passamezzo with whom she performs regularly on viols and recorders, usually in period costume ranging from Medieval to early Eighteenth Century.
Alison is a keen teacher and is founder and director of the Early Music for Youth Summer School, a residential summer school for young viol and recorder players. She is also a tutor at the annual Norvis summer school in Durham and for the Viola da Gamba Society’s Summer Weekend Course. Alison teaches viol and violin both privately and in schools, and directs the Warwickshire Youth Waits, a Renaissance band for young players which includes everything from recorders and viols to crumhorns, shawms, rebecs and more!
Links:
www.passamezzo.co.uk
www.rondopublishing.co.uk
www.norvis.org
Nathaniel Mander
Nathaniel Mander, winner of the 2011 Broadwood harpsichord competition, studied harpsichord and fortepiano at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Carole Cerasi, with occasional lessons from Jill Severs and James Johnstone. He was winner of the Royal Academy of Music's Early Music Prize in 2009, 2010 and 2011 as well as the Harold Samuel Bach solo Keyboard Prize. In 2010 he won first prize for the Early Keyboard Ensemble Competition at Fenton House with his group Ensemble Caravaggio. Earlier this year he was also awarded a prize at the first international Competition for Harpsichord “G. Gambi” in Pesaro, Italy.
Since moving to London, Nathaniel has performed actively as fortepiano and harpsichord soloist, working with many distinguished musicians including, John Eliot Gardiner, Charles Mackerras, Laurence Cummings and Trevor Pinnock. He has performed with Rachel Podger in London's Wigmore Hall, including a live performance on ‘In Tune’ for Radio 3. His performance in Masterclasses both as harpsichordist and fortepianist has included work with Trevor Pinnock, Kenneth Gilbert, Aline Zylberajch, Menno van Delft and Gary Cooper as well as performing in a Mozart fortepiano class with Robert Levin at the South Bank Centre.
In 2010, Nathaniel gave his debut recital for the British Harpsichord Society at Handel House where he continues to give recitals. Recent performance highlights include harpsichord concerti by Bach and Benda and fortepiano trios by Mozart and Beethoven. Future recital engagements include performances at Mandeville Place, Finchcocks, Hatchlands, the Russell Collection, Handel House and Tudely Festival.
