ABOUT
'Every phrase is executed with such flamboyance, enhanced by her passion.'
Buzz Magazine
'Manchester Camerata playing live (at Wigmore Hall tonight) were a bit of a revelation. Technicolour sounds, warmth, depth, dynamism and an unapologetic commitment to packing their programme full of atmosphere, feeling and blistering talent.'
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Caroline is the Leader and Artistic Curator at Manchester Camerata, often assuming the role of Soloist and Director with the orchestra. Chamber music sensibilities are at the heart of Caroline’s music-making; she enjoys regular chamber music with Camerata’s principals, and guest leads chamber music projects and chamber orchestras across the UK. Caroline was the Leader of Welsh chamber orchestra Sinfonia Cymru from 2016 until 2021. In 2022, Caroline was made an Associate Member of the RNCM (ARNCM).
From 2010 to 2019 Caroline was the first violinist of the Zelkova Quartet, winners of the 2017 St Martin's Chamber Music Competition and the 2014 Royal Overseas League Elias Fawcett Award for Outstanding Chamber Ensemble. In 2018 they were Hattori Foundation Senior Award winners and Concordia Foundation Selected Artists, and recorded a CD of music written by Nicholas Simpson released by the label Stone Records that same year. Through her work with chamber orchestras and her quartet, Caroline has been fortunate to study and work closely with many incredible musicians including Gábor Takács-Nagy, Ferenc Rados, Hatto Beyerle and Peter Cropper.
As a soloist, highlights include directing Vivaldi's Four Seasons with Manchester Camerata and performing the Sibelius Violin Concerto in Bridgewater Hall with conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier. Caroline holds a Silver Medal from the Worshipful Company of Musicians and a Postgraduate Performance Award from Help Musicians UK (formerly known as Musicians Benevolent Fund). Caroline also loves collaborating with amateur orchestras; past performances include Brahms' Violin Concerto with New Bristol Sinfonia, Mozart's A major Violin Concerto with Guernsey Camerata, the Brahms Double with the Liverpool Mozart Orchestra and Halifax Symphony Orchestra, and both the Walton and the Sibelius Violin Concertos with the Chandos Symphony Orchestra.
Caroline is passionate about enthusing and educating the next generation of musicians. She coaches and performs alongside students from the Royal Northern College of Music, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Chetham’s School of Music, and youth orchestras across the country. Caroline also works closely with Camerata’s 360 Scheme participants - teaching, mentoring and contributing to the design of their individual programme of study. She was a Violin Tutor at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire from 2016 until 2024.
As a young musician, Caroline began her studies with leading violin educator Lucy Akehurst at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s esteemed Young Strings Project, and later studied at Chetham’s School of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music.
Caroline plays on a violin made by the internationally acclaimed maker Stephan von Baehr.
Please contact Caroline directly for her most up-to-date biography and publicity materials.