Lucy as a violinist enjoys a portfolio of different career opportunities: chamber musician, orchestral violinist, gut string player, tango band leader, teacher, coach, Primary School Workshops leader and session musician. Ever the person to try another genre, Lucy loves the challenge of being a versatile 21st century London musician.

Freelance Orchestral Work

Philharmonia Orchestra                                                     
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Concert Orchestra
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Liverpool Phil
London Mozart Players
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Den Norske Opera

Numerous others including English National Opera, Royal Opera House, English Chamber Orchestra, English National Ballet (guest principal 2nd), English Touring Opera, London Sinfonietta, City of London Sinfonia, Orchestra of St John’s, Guy Barker Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Classical Opera Company, King’s Consort, and Isobel Griffiths sessions.

Chamber Music Projects

Ostara Chamber Players
Almagro Ensemble Tango/Jazz fusion
Fitzwilliam String Quartet (guest 2nd violin)
Tango Volcano - lead and run band 2001-2014
Caledonian Quintet - performing piano chamber works
Chamber Music Company - violinist in Mark Troop’s ensemble
Musikk I Nordland

Teaching

Trinity Laban Junior Department
Private pupils, all abilities
Latymer Upper School
City Lit
Junior Royal Academy
Little Benslow Hills Quartet Courses
National Chamber Music Course
Orchestral string coaching: Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra, Nonesuch Orchestra, London String Players

Workshops with Children

Apollo Music Project – Primary schools in Hackney, Tower Hamlets, & Islington
OAE Education Project – KS1 workshops in schools tying in with concerts at King’s Place
Highbury Opera Theatre – preparing 100s of children to engage with performances


Education

Channing School (1973-82)
Wells Cathedral School (1982-84)
Royal Northern College of Music (1984-85)
St Catharine’s College, Cambridge University (1985-88) (Choral Scholarship)
Guildhall School Music & Drama (1989-90)
Indiana University (English Speaking Union Fellowship: 1992-93) 
Churchill Fellowship-funded Tango research trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina (2000) 


Violin Teachers

Sheila Nelson (1973–82)
Mark Knight (1982-84)
Eli Goren (1984-86)
Andrew Watkinson (1985-86)
Elisabeth Perry (1986-88)
David Takeno (1988-89)
Simon Fischer (1990-92)
Franco Gulli (1992-93)