Oxford and Cambridge Musical Club

Saturday 14^th February 2004 at 5.30 pm
in the Housman Room, University College, Gower Street, WC1

Gala Concert

Concert No 1896

The Solstice Quartet

The Solstice Quartet was formed in September last year, three of its members having previously played together in a quartet at Dulwich College, London. Since foundation the quartet has received coaching from Howard Davis, Natalie Clein, James Boyd, and members of the Endellion Quartet through the University Instrumental Award Scheme, for which they are all award holders. Later this month they will perform Barber’s String Quartet and ‘Dover Beach’ with David Wilson-Johnson and in March they will perform Shostakovich’s 8th Quartet for the UK Shostakovich Society. In July they will give a recital at the Isle of Man Festival, and at the Aberystwyth International Musicfest they will perform the Mendelssohn Octet with the world-renowned Karol Szymanowski Quartet from Germany.

Jamie Campbell is a 2nd year student at Clare College, reading Music. He has studied violin with Howard Davis and Massimo Quarta in Switzerland and has recently had lessons with Wen Zhou Li in Manchester. He has been a member of Procorda and played with the National Youth Orchestra for five years. More recently he has played in the Britten-Pears Orchestra. As a Fresher he led the Cambridge University Symphony Orchestra.

Lucy Saunders is a 1st year student at Girton College, reading Classics. She studies violin with Howard Davis and was a member of the National Youth Orchestra for five years. She recently won the Chiltern Young Musician of the Year and is a Golden Jubilee Young Achiever Award holder.

Philip Nash is a 3rd year student at Trinity College, reading Natural Sciences. Having studied violin with Richard Milone he now studies viola with James Boyd. He was previously a member of Procorda.

Gregor Riddell is a 1st year student at Homerton College, reading Music. Having previously studied the ‘cello with Philip Shepherd he now studies with Natalie Clein. He has been a member of Procorda and of Music House.