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Claire Overbury

Flute

ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE

Professional – freelance work

  • Northern Ballet - Principal Trial (current)
  • BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – 2nd flute/piccolo – concerts including:
    • Royal Festival Hall – Ravel’s complete Daphnis et Chloe Ballet under Charles Dutoit
    • Royal Festival Hall – Debussy’s Images.
    • Montreux Festival – Shostakovich’s Symphony no 10, Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloe
    • Palau de la Musica Catalana, Barcelona – Poulenc’s Gloria, Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloe Ballet, Charles Dutoit
    • European Tours
    • BBC Proms – Respighi’s Roman Trilogy
  • Britten Sinfonia – 2nd flute/piccolo
  • The Hallé – 2nd flute/piccolo
  • Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra – 2nd flute/piccolo
  • ‘Symphonic Metamorphoses’at Sadler’s Wells Theatre  – 2nd flute/piccolo
  • Southbank Sinfonia – 1st flute/2nd flute/piccolo
  • City of London Sinfonia – 2nd flute/piccolo
  • National Theatre – ‘Every Good Boy Deserves Favour’ flute/piccolo
  • Royal Opera House – Education Work
  • English National Ballet – Education Work
  • ‘Pippin’ musical  – Menier Chocolate Factory – flute/piccolo/alto flute

Training

  • Side-by-side – Britten Sinfonia
  • Side-by-side – Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Side-by-side – Royal Opera House

SOLO/ENSEMBLE EXPERIENCE

  • Metier Ensemble (flute, cello, piano) – Scottish concert tours including Haddington Concert Society, Linlithgow Arts Guild, Irvine Music Society.
  • Metier Ensemble - St Luke’s Concert Society 2013
  • Metier Duo (Flute and Piano) - Short-listed for Park Lane Group Concert Series 2011
  • Concerto Performance - Yindrich Feld - Fantasie Concertante with Southbank Sinfonia
  • ‘Rouge’ Flute and Guitar Duo - Latin American and Spanish repertoire.
  • Cruise lines – Cunard, Crystal P&O - Classical duo concerts.
  • Orsino Ensemble – Recordings for Royal Ballet New Works (Nov 2008 and May 2009)

EDUCATION

  • Trinity College of Music - PG Dip Performance, Distinction (2003–2004)
  • Christ Church, University of Oxford – BA (Hons) in Music, 2:1 (2000–2003)

Teachers: Sharon Williams, Sam Coles, Michael Cox, Karen Jones, Wissam Boustany, Kate Hill

Awards: 

  • Worshipful Company of Musicians Silver Medal
  • Instrumental Exhibition, Christ Church, Oxford
  • Making Music Arthur and Gwyneth Harrison Professional Development.

Competitions:
  • Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra Young Soloist Finalist 2006
  • Winner - Lions District Flute Competition 2006
  • Harold Clarke Woodwind Competition Finalist
  • 2nd Prize Anglo-Czechoslovak Young Soloist Competition 2005

REFEREES
  • Sharon Williams: Principal Piccolo, London Symphony Orchestra
  • Emer Mcdonough: Principal Flute, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Karen Jones

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Instruments
Flute, Alto Flute, Piccolo