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Josh Mountford

Cello

Professional Orchestral Experience
Paraorchestra member (+ principal cellist) 
LPO (extra) 
CBSO (extra) 
Orpheus Sinfonia (extra) 
NSO (extra) 
Regent’s Park Festival Orchestra (July 2025) 
Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra 
The Midland Sinfonia 
Manchester Video Game Orchestra 
Piccadilly Symphony Orchestra 

Orchestral Training 
CBSO Career Accelerator Fellowship 2024 - 2025 
Orpheus Sinfonia Foundation Programme 2024 - 2025 
RAM SO; Sir Mark Elder, Trevor Pinnock, Barbara Hannigan 2022 - 2024 
Riot Ensemble RAM side-by-side 2023 
The Hallé RNCM side-by-side 2022
Manchester Camerata PES 2022 
Elias Quartet RNCM Strings side-by-side 2019 
CBSO Youth Orchestra - Principal 2018 - 2019; tutti 2014 - 2016 
National Youth Orchestra GB 2014 - 2016 

Chamber Music 
Ember Trio 2025 
Indy Strings (Corporate trio) 2023 - present 
Bauhaus Piano Trio (RNCM Nossek Chamber Prize Winners 2022) 
Petford Ensemble (Founder) 2019 - present 
Fordante (Film music ensemble) 2017 - present 

Solo 
Elgar Cello Concerto with Gorton Philharmonic Orchestra 2024 
Haydn C Cello Concerto, Adrian Boult Hall with JRBC 

Commercial and session work 
Paraorchestra ‘Motability’ Advert, Abbey Road Studios 2025 
Forever Elton band (Cellist + Keyboardist) 2019 - Present 
Film work; Chocolate Club (2024), Beneath The Silence, The Sun Also Rises (2022), Breakdown (2016), Journey To Le Mans (2014), 
Vendetta (2013) 

Education Projects 
CBSO Career Accelerator Shireland CBSO Academy induction performances June 2025 
CBSO Repertoire Project (Learning and Engagement) West Midland Primary schools March 2025
Chamber coaching for students at Chetham’s School of Music 2022 

Education 
RAM - Distinction Master of Arts in Performance 2022 - 2024 
RNCM - 1st Class BMus (Hons) 2018 - 2022 

Teachers 
Jo Cole 
Hannah Roberts 
Nicholas Jones 
Elaine Ackers

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Instruments
Cello, Electric Cello