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Daniel Shao

Flute

COOL Music Ltd. (Gareth Griffiths)
Sessions with Ben Frost for 1812 (Netflix)
ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE       Position held Philharmonia Orchestra Trials BBC Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra    Welsh National Opera London Symphony Orchestra Ulster Orchestra Scottish Ballet Philharmonia Orchestra Northern Ballet Birmingham Royal Ballet Opera North City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Freelancing Principal Flute Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra London Sinfonietta Oxford Philharmonic Royal Northern Sinfonia London Mozart Players Chineke! Orchestra Bath Philharmonia London Chamber Orchestra Manchester Collective National Symphony Orchestra Riot Ensemble London Chamber Orchestra Sinfonia Cymru Brandenburg Sinfonia	Associate Member contract 2019-21 (50% 2nd Flute with Piccolo) Trial for Principal Flute (2024-2025) Trial for Sub Principal Flute (2023-ongoing) Trial for Principal Flute (2025-ongoing) Trial for Second Flute (2023-2024) Trial for Principal Flute (2024-2025) Trial for Principal Flute (2022) Trial for Principal Piccolo (2022) Trial for Principal Flute (2022- orchestra discontinued) Trial for Principal Flute (2022-2023) Trial for Second Flute with Piccolo (2022-2023) Trial for Principal Piccolo (2018-2021)                                                                                                                     Second / Piccolo Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Britten Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra of Europe Academy of St Martin in the Fields Royal Philharmonic Orchestra English Chamber Orchestra Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (HR-Sinfonieorchester) Royal Scottish National Orchestra Bergen Philharmonic Multi Storey Orchestra
Sessions

Solo flute for Anna Meredith film soundtrack ‘The End We Start From’
National Film and TV School

Chamber and Solo
Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artist 2024 (Making Music UK)
Founding Member of Tangram: Associate Ensemble at LSO St Luke’s, recipients of Jerwood Live Work Fund
Countess of Munster Recital Scheme Artist. Chamber concerts at Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, and Purcell Room
Concertos with Czech National Symphony, Oxford Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Swan
BBC Radio 3 Chamber Music Broadcasts with Nicholas Daniel, Laura Van Der Heijden, Anna Tillbrook

Competitions
Royal Overseas League Competition British Flute Society Young Artist Competition	1st Prize Wind and Brass Category 2024  1st Prize Winner 2018
Oxford Philharmonic Senior Concerto Competition	1st Prize 2014
BBC Young Musician of the Year	Wind Finalist 2014 (BBC TV Broadcast)

Awards

Education and Outreach
Adjudicator for National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, British Flute Society Competitions, University of Oxford.
Given Flute and ensemble classes at RAM, Universities of Oxford, Leeds, Canterbury Christchurch, and Leicester.
Live Music Now training for work in hospitals, SEN Schools, and care homes.

Training
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain		Co-Principal 2012-13
European Union Youth Orchestra		Full Member (Principal Piccolo) 2018
Lucerne Festival Academy		Member 2017
Music Academy of the West, California		Fellow with full scholarship 2017

Education
2016 - 2018: Royal Academy of Music (MA), Distinction and DipRAM for Outstanding Final Recital.
LRAM teaching Diploma (Distinction) Professors: Samuel Coles, Pat Morris, June Scott.
2013 - 2016: Oxford University (BA Music) - First Class. Professors: Kate Hill, Gitte Marcusson.
2011 - 2013: Purcell School of Music
Masterclasses: Emmanuel Pahud, Michael Cox, Andrea Lieberknecht, Sophie Cherrier, Emily Beynon, Kersten McCall

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