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Sarah Davison
Cello
PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
National Symphony Orchestra
ALDA Orchestra (principal)
British Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
Corelli Ensemble (principal/continuo)
Kantanti Ensemble (principal/continuo)
London Gala Orchestra
New Note Orchestra (guest principal) Opera Brava (guest principal)
Orchestra of Sound and Light
Pete Long Orchestra (London Jazz Festival) Sinfonia of Arun (guest principal/continuo)
Sussex Discovering Music Ensemble (principal)
Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra (guest principal)
Welsh Sinfonia
SESSIONS
COOL Music
Hilary Skewes
Isobel Griffiths
West Pier Music
Universal
Creative Assembly
Edition Records
Brolleyman Records
Ty Cerdd Studios
Sessions as Featured Soloist:
GamesSony Play Station Horizon Zero Dawn, Horizon Forbidden West (cello and bass viol), Horizon Burning
Shores, Manor Lords (cello and bass viol), Warhammer 3 Sega (bass viol), Nocturne
Feature Films: Dr Jekyll (cello, bass viol, strohviol), Wineville (cello, bass viol, strohviol), Tulip, Playhouse, Emu Runner (cello and strohviol)
TV:Sky The Winter King, BBC Ten Pound Pommes, Casualty, Holby City, Torchwood, Netflix Treason, ITV The Larkins
“Time and Place” album with Claire Martin and the Montpellier Cello Quartet LINN Records (Guardian 4* review with reference to featured solo on “The Man Who Sold the World” as “a highlight of the session, with its serpentine cello twisting in the singer’s flawless upper range”)
“Northern Lights” for 12 cellos, score advisor and recording for multi award winning TV/film composer Rob Lane
TV and Radio Performances: The BRITS, The Royal Variety Performance, S4C, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio 3
Live Tour Dates: Claire Martin OBE, Andrea Bocelli, Cortes, Catrin Finch, supporting Ben Folds Five, Sir James
Galway, Vittorio Grigolo, Katherine Jenkins, McFly, Nicky Spence, Bryn Terfel, Russell Watson, Kanye West, Hayley Westenra, Judie Tzuke, Bailey Tzuke
SOLO/CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCES/FESTIVALS
COOL Music
Hilary Skewes
Isobel Griffiths
West Pier Music
Universal
Creative Assembly
Edition Records
Brolleyman Records
Ty Cerdd Studios
Sessions as Featured Soloist:
GamesSony Play Station Horizon Zero Dawn, Horizon Forbidden West (cello and bass viol), Horizon Burning
Shores, Manor Lords (cello and bass viol), Warhammer 3 Sega (bass viol), Nocturne
Feature Films: Dr Jekyll (cello, bass viol, strohviol), Wineville (cello, bass viol, strohviol), Tulip, Playhouse, Emu Runner (cello and strohviol)
TV:Sky The Winter King, BBC Ten Pound Pommes, Casualty, Holby City, Torchwood, Netflix Treason, ITV The Larkins
“Time and Place” album with Claire Martin and the Montpellier Cello Quartet LINN Records (Guardian 4* review with reference to featured solo on “The Man Who Sold the World” as “a highlight of the session, with its serpentine cello twisting in the singer’s flawless upper range”)
“Northern Lights” for 12 cellos, score advisor and recording for multi award winning TV/film composer Rob Lane
TV and Radio Performances: The BRITS, The Royal Variety Performance, S4C, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio 3
Live Tour Dates: Claire Martin OBE, Andrea Bocelli, Cortes, Catrin Finch, supporting Ben Folds Five, Sir James
Galway, Vittorio Grigolo, Katherine Jenkins, McFly, Nicky Spence, Bryn Terfel, Russell Watson, Kanye West, Hayley Westenra, Judie Tzuke, Bailey Tzuke
SOLO/CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCES/FESTIVALS
- New Note Quartet with New Note Orchestra and Fallen Angels, Royal Opera House (November 2023)
- Montpellier Cello Quartet U.K. tours, performances at The Sage, Elgar Rooms, RNCM with Claire Martin
- World Literature Festival Denmark ALDA orchestra with writer Gerður Kristný
- Mavron Quartet - Founding member tours with Live Music Now and the Cavatina Chamber Music Trust across several festivals, music clubs and prestigious venues across the U.K. and Europe
- Solo for John Metcalf Birthday Celebratory Concert Lampeter Music Club with harpist Elinor Bennett
- Walton’s Facade with the late Lady Walton and works for solo cello in La Mortella, Ischia, Italy
AWARDS
Featured cellist Ivor winning and BAFTA nominated soundtrack Horizon Zero Dawn PS4
Worshipful Company of Musicians Silver Medal
Cavatina Chamber Music Prize
RWCMD: Entrance Scholarship, Principal’s Award & Ernest and Doris Haighs Memorial Award
EDUCATION
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama 1999-2003 BMus (Hons), PGDip Junior Fellow in Chamber Music
Masterclasses with Alban Gerhardt, Leonid Gorokhov, Menahem Pressler, courses with Steven Doane
PRIVATE STUDY: Peter Wendland (viola da gamba), Adrian Shepherd MBE, Douglas Cummings, Penny Driver
Featured cellist Ivor winning and BAFTA nominated soundtrack Horizon Zero Dawn PS4
Worshipful Company of Musicians Silver Medal
Cavatina Chamber Music Prize
RWCMD: Entrance Scholarship, Principal’s Award & Ernest and Doris Haighs Memorial Award
EDUCATION
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama 1999-2003 BMus (Hons), PGDip Junior Fellow in Chamber Music
Masterclasses with Alban Gerhardt, Leonid Gorokhov, Menahem Pressler, courses with Steven Doane
PRIVATE STUDY: Peter Wendland (viola da gamba), Adrian Shepherd MBE, Douglas Cummings, Penny Driver
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Instruments
Cello, Viola da Gamba
