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Jennifer Christie

Violin & Viola

Current Employment:

No 4 Second Violin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (sitting Principal 2nd Violin when required)
Professional Orchestral Experience:
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Royal Opera House Orchestra
  • City of London Sinfonia
  • City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  • Scottish Ensemble
  • Scottish Opera
  • Welsh National Opera
  • Northern Ballet Theatre Orchestra
  • Ulster Orchestra
  • Northern Sinfonia
  • London Soloists Chamber Orchestra
 
Principal* / Guest Orchestral Experience:
  • Manhattan Symphonie*
  • Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra*
  • Camerata Scotland*
  • Aix-en-Provence Festival
  • European Union Youth Orchestra
  • Southbank Sinfonia
  • National Youth Orchestra of Scotland*
  • National Musicians Symphony Orchestra*
  • Endellion Festival
  • Academie European de Musique
  • Mendelssohn on Mull Festival
 
    Session & Studio Work:
  • COOL Music
  • John Peel Sessions, BBC Maida Vale
  • Lorraine, ITV
  • BBC Children in Need
  • Britain’s Got Talent
  • Face Music
  • This Morning Live
  • BBC Scotland
Musical Education:

1997-2003 Royal College of Music: BMus (Hons), PG Dip, PG Dip Advanced
1992-1997 Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (Junior Department)
 
Teachers:

Violin: Yossi Zivoni, Patty Kopec, Joey Corpus, Yoko Takabe
Viola: Andreij Vijtovitch, Ivo Jan Van Der Werf
 
Masterclasses:

Pinchas Zukerman, Segei Fatkouline, Lewis Kaplan, Benjamin Schmid, Bela Katona, Jean-Marie Conquer, Natasha Boyarsky, Gabby Lester, Levon Chillingarian.
Awards: 
 
Martin Musical Scholarship 2003
RCM Cecil Aronowitz Prize 2003
RCM Scholarship – Yehudi Menuhin Award 2003
Sir James Caird Scholarship 2003
The Joseph Bloch L.R.A.M. Prize for Strings 2003
Leonard Friedman Violin Award 1998
RSAMD “Musician of Outstanding Achievement” 1997
Solo Work: 
 
Vivaldi Four Seasons with the RPO Ensemble, Brentwood Cathedral 2023
Bach Double Violin Concerto with the RPO Ensemble, Brentwood Cathedral 2022
Vivaldi Four Seasons Mendelssohn on Mull Festival 2003
Hindemith “Der Schwanendreher” with RCM Orchestra 2003
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending with Strathclyde University Orchestra 2001
 
Teaching Experience: 
 
Teacher of Violin at the London Oratory School 2001
Teacher of Violin at Westminster Cathedral Choir School 2007
Teacher of Violin at Brighton College 2007
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra education work 2011
School education workshops with the Scottish Ensemble 2005
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Royal College of Music teaching scheme 1999

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Instruments
Violin & Viola, Viola, Violin