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Heather Hawken

Viola

Remote Recording Available

Professional Orchestral Experience

  • Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • London Chamber Orchestra
  • London Concertante
  • National Symphony Orchestra (Formally the RTÉ Symphony Orchestra) 
  • Welsh National Opera 
  • Bath Philharmonia (inc. no 2)
  • Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  • Orchestra of the Swan 
  • London Concert Orchestra (inc. no 2)
  • London Chamber Orchestra 
  • Ulster Orchestra 
  • English Symphony Orchestra 
  • Bristol Ensemble 
  • British Sinfonietta (inc. no 2)
  • Cinematic Sinfonia 
  • Welsh Concert Orchestra
  • National Symphony Orchestra 
  • West Green House Opera  (inc. no 2)
  • Opera’r Ddraig - Principal 
  • Orchestra De Cymru (inc. Principal)
  • Face Music LTD 
  • Music In Vision 
  • Music Creation Ltd
  • The Novello Orchestra 'The Holiday' in Concert (Live-to-Film) UK Tour 2023 (inc. no 2)
  • The Piccadilly Sinfonietta

 Sessions

  • London Metropolitan Orchestra

Independent Sessions

  • BBC Sessions
  • Voces8 Foundation
  • Julian Leaper Ltd.
  • Audiomachine
  • Vineyard Worship

Theatre Experience

  • Company - Directed by Bob Broad
  • Phantom of the Opera
  • Les Miserables
  • Sweeney Todd
  • Oklahoma
  • Sideshow
  • The Sound of Music
  • Into the Woods
  • Spring Awakening - Urdd Theater Company

 Chamber Experience

  • The Beau String Quartet (2023-present) - Founding Member
  • Focus Wales Festival - Performance as part of the Mavron Quartet with The Gentle Good (2018)
  • Alerion Strings
  • String Sisters
  • 4 Strings Attached
  • Serenity String Duo

Education

  • Lessons with Alex Thorndike (2016-present)
  • Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama - BMus Honours (Graduated 2015)
    • Principal's Award (2015) – For outstanding contributions to RWCMD. Selected for and awarded by Dame Hilary Boulding.
    • Teachers: Louise Williams (2013-2015) -Richard Crabtree (2011-2013)
  • Masterclasses with Daniel Phillips, Rachel Podger, Simon Rowland-Jones and Rupert Marshall-Luck
  • String quartet project working with Marcia Crayford
  • Gloucestershire Academy of Music (1995-2011)
  • Shulah Oliver, Amelia Conway-Jones & Anna McDade

Referees

  • Dave Danford (Orchestral manager of British Sinfonietta & Cinematic Sinfonia)
  • Mike Briggs (Bath Philharmonia & BBC Concert Orchestra)



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Instruments
Viola, Remote Recording, Violin