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Daniel's Beard
http://www.danielsbeard.org.uk/
Daniel's Beard is an exciting new chamber ensemble made up of some of Scotland's top musicians and based in Glasgow's West End. In partnership with Four Acres Charitable Trust, Daniel's Beard will have a performance residency at The Cottier Theatre, where, once the renovations are complete, the ensemble will perform regular concerts featuring music that has been at the centre of the chamber music repertoire, but is now rarely played in Scotland. The group is named after the impressive facial hair of Daniel Cottier, the pioneering 19th century designer responsible for the interior of the theatre. With a core line up of violin, clarinet, horn, cello and piano, the group is hugely flexible and can perform repertoire for one to five (or sometimes more) players, covering music from the baroque up to the present day. The players are all familiar faces for any regular audience member at any of Scotland’s orchestras, but they are all passionate and enthusiastic about chamber music and are excited by the possibilities offered by Daniel’s Beard.
Daniel’s Beard Members:
Alastair Savage – a member of the First Violin section of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, regularly works with the Scottish Ensemble and his own folk group, The Alastair Savage Trio.
Greg Lawson – principal Second Violin in the BBC Scottish Symphony and a member of the well known band Moishe’s Bagel, previously a member of Scottish Opera and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
Jo Nicholson – Herald Angel winning composer and educationalist, freelance clarinet player with the BBC SSO,
SCO, RSNO, Ulster Orchestra, Scottish Ensemble, Red Note Ensemble and RLPO.
Jean Johnson – freelance clarinettist with the RSNO, SCO, BBC SSO, former principal of Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Andy Saunders – freelance horn player with the RSNO, SCO, BBC SSO, Scottish Opera, CBSO, Paragon Ensemble, Hebrides
Ensemble and Red Note Ensemble.
Tom Rathbone – part time as sub-principal cello in the BBC SSO, co-principal in Northern Ballet, as well as
freelancing with the RSNO and further afield
Sonia Cromarty – freelance cellist with the BBC SSO, Scottish Opera, Scottish Ballet, RSNO and Paragon Ensemble.
Lynda Cochrane – freelance pianist who has appears regularly as both a soloist and in the orchestra for the
RSNO and BBC SSO and with chamber groups and in recital throughout the country.
Sam Hutchings – freelance pianist who accompanies the RSNO and Edinburgh Festival Choruses.