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Jamie Campbell
4 November 2021
Jamie has been Principal Second Violin of Aurora Orchestra since 2005. A keen chamber musician he founded and was First Violin of the Solstice Quartet and also performs regularly at festivals including Cervo, Whittington, New Paths, Aberystwyth and Southwell Music Festival of which he is the Associate Artistic Director. Jamie has appeared as guest leader […]
Jane Mitchell
4 November 2021
Jane plays both period and modern flutes and loves the many challenges these different instruments present. As well as being principal flute of Aurora Orchestra, Jane plays regularly with both modern and period groups across Europe, including the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Irish Chamber Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, […]
Matthew Gee
4 November 2021
Alongside Aurora, Matthew plays principal trombone with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the brass septet Aurora. He is also on the teaching faculty of the Royal Academy of Music in London. He has recorded four solo CDs, two on the NAXOS label – Songs of Travel, exploring English song cycles by Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Stanford, and […]
Sally Pryce
4 November 2021
Sally enjoys a busy freelance life as a soloist, chamber musician and with many UK orchestras. She has appeared as soloist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Academy of St Martins in the Fields, Royal Northern Sinfonia and Britten Sinfonia. Highlights outside Aurora have included performances of Britten’s Canticles with Ian Bostridge, numerous […]
Timothy Orpen
4 November 2021
Timothy Orpen is a founder member of Aurora Orchestra and is also the principal clarinettist of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. He was formally the principal of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and now divides his time between Scotland and London. Whilst at Covent Garden he performed many of the major […]
Sébastien van Kuijk
4 November 2021
Prize winner of the Prague Spring, Rostropovich and Casals competitions, Sébastien Van Kuijk has performed around the world in venues including the Rudolfinum in Prague, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, Teatro Real de Madrid, Tokyo’s Bunka-Kaykan Hall, the Concertgebow in Amsterdam and London’s Wigmore Hall. He has worked with composers such as Nicolas Bacri, Henri […]
Nicholas Collon
2 November 2021
British conductor Nicholas Collon is recognized for his elegant conducting style,searching musical intellect and inspirational music-making. He is Chief Conductor ofthe Finnish Radio Symphony (the first non-Finnish conductor ever to hold this post),Founder and Principal Conductor of Aurora Orchestra; he will tour Europe withboth orchestras in the 23/24 season. From 2016-2021 he was Chief Conductor […]