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John Smart

Violin

ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE

  • City of London Sinfonia
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • European Union Chamber Orchestra (co-principal 2nd violin)
  • London Mozart Players
  • English Sinfonia
  • Apollo Chamber Orchestra
  • Corelli Orchestra (period instruments)
  • English Touring Opera
  • Kings Chamber Orchestra
  • London Concertante
  • London Musical Arts Chamber Orchestra (period and modern instruments)
  • Southern Sinfonia
  • Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra - Full-time contract Tutti 1st Violins (1992 – 1994)


COMMERCIAL/SESSION WORK

  • Pop/Jazz: Paul McCartney, Travis, Suede, Courtney Pine, Incognito, Mel B, Divine Comedy, Another Level and Big Brovaz
  • TV/Film:  Sessions for BBC and Channel 4 - including 3 series of League of Gentlemen, leader for quartet soundtrack for Channel 4’s ‘Edwardian House’ series, and film sessions.


SOLO/CHAMBER EXPERIENCE

Solo
Professional

  • Bach E major Violin Concerto (Barn Sinfonietta)
  • Bach concerto for oboe and violin (Corelli Orchestra)

Amateur

  • Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4  (Mid Somerset orchestra)
  • Dvorak Romance (Wells Cathedral School Chamber Orchestra)


String Quartet
Leader of numerous string quartets for concerts and recordings including

  • Recording of Schubert’s Quartetsatz for Swedish Radio
  • Concert at the Purcell Room
  • Recitals at the Bergen International Festival
  • Member of the Hill String Quartet for 2 years whilst at college
  • receiving regular coaching from the Takacs String Quartet
EDUCATION


1980 – 1986

1986 – 1991
Wells Cathedral School: Specialist Musician
Teacher: Patricia Knight. Regular masterclasses with Yfrah Neaman
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
AGSM and Advanced Solo Studies Course
Professors: John Glickman and Detlef Hahn

1994 – 1995Manhattan School of Music, New York
Professor: Albert Markov
  

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Instruments
Violin