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Kirsty MacLeod

Violin

Education     
Royal Academy of Music: Master of Art; Distinction 2017-2019
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland: Bachelor of Music with Honours; First Class 2013-2017
LRAM (Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music) 2013-2017
Music School of Douglas Academy 2011-2013

Positions Held
English National Ballet Philharmonic: Sub-Principal First Violin – current

Orchestral Work
BBC Symphony Orchestra (incl. tours of Germany and Japan)
BBC Concert Orchestra (incl. tours to China and Czech Republic )
BBC Philharmonic
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Manchester Camerata (incl. tour to Saudi Arabia)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (incl. tours to Austria and China)
English National Ballet - Guest Principal Second
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Extra List
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra (incl. tours to Dubai)
Scottish Opera
Scottish Ballet
Orpheus Sinfonia
Piccadilly Sinfonietta – Guest Principal Second
Mozart Symphony Orchestra
London Concert Orchestra
Scottish Concert Orchestra
Heritage Orchestra
Paraorchestra
London Musical Theatre Orchestra
Janus Ensemble

Session/Commercial Work
Hilary Skewes
BEK Strings
Wired Strings
West End/tour deputy violin - Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, Cinderella, Guys and Dolls, Hamilton, Joseph and  the Technicolour Dreamcoat
BBC
Music Creation Ltd
The Music Agency
Erland Cooper 2021 Tour - Solo Violin
Carrie Hope-Fletcher 2024 Tour - Solo Violin

Live Commercial/TV/Radio
Brit Awards
ITV shows; ‘Starstruck,’ ’This Morning'
BBC Sport; Champions League Final
BBC Radio 3; Erland Cooper, Corran Quartet, BBC
Wimbledon
-Artists: Ed Sheeran, Jamie Cullum, Lemar, The Snuts, Adam Lambert, Anne-Marie, NSG, Mnelia, Nothing But Thieves, Evanescence, Erland Cooper. Marti Pellow, Father John Misty, Rufus Wainwright, Unknown T.

Orchestral Training
LSO: Recording Session; Pantomime for British Airways
Czech Philharmonic - Side by Side
Scottish Ensemble - Side by Side (co-principal)
Royal Academy Soloists Ensemble
National Youth Orchestra of Scotland
National Children’s Orchestra of Scotland (past leader)

Chamber Music
Corran Quartet founding member 2017-2021; Beethoven Cycle, London 2020 amongst other concerts; Performed live on BBC Radio 3 ‘In Tune.’
Britten-Pears Young Artist 2021; Corran Quartet
Quartet in Residence at Music Cordiale in France, 2020
MacLeod Quartet: recitals include Rannoch Music Series; 2013-2017
Aquila Quartet - recitals include Glasgow Cathedral Festival & Aberdeen International Youth Festival 2013-2017
MacLeod-Dunsmore Duo: recitals include Westbourne Music Series; 2014 – present 

Festivals and Music Series
Mendelssohn on Mull Festival with Chilingirian Quartet: 2016
Cantelina Music Festival: 2014
Festival MusicAlpe: Invited by Jacqueline Ross, 2014
Aberdeen International Youth Festival: 2013 & 2017
Glasgow Cathedral Festival

Prizes
Barbara Harrison-Frank Award (2025) 
Robert Highgate Prize for Violin in 2014 (RCS Internal)
Mabel Glover Prize as part of a string quartet in 2015
Thomas and Margaret Roddan Scholarship
Wolfson Scholarship   
Donald Dewar Scholarship
Harrison-Frank Foundation

Other
Studied Baroque Violin at RAM
Second Study Piano RCS
Scottish Fiddle at RCS.
Co-Founder and business owner of function music company Dahlia Music.
Enhanced DBS

References:
Available upon request

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