Cadenza Musicians Directory
Players

Name: Rachel Ward
Skills: Arranger, Player, Teacher, Writer (Violin and piano)
Phone: +44 (0)7946 409962
Address: London E6, United Kingdom
Links: E-mail
 
I am currently the head of music in a primary school but prefer to be known as a musician! My principle instruments are the violin and piano but I can also bash out a few chords on the guitar - mainly for song writing purposes. I have completed a Classical Music degree at Middlesex University and have experience in performing in orchestras, string ensembles and funk bands and enjoy composing, songwriting and arranging. I have a wide interest in many styles of music but I have to admit to being a bit of a Jazz head. I also teach piano and violin periapatetically and privately and always welcome new students.

 

Name: John William Watson
Skills: Accompanist, Arranger, Composer, Player, Teacher
Phone: +1 732 672 6478
Address: 577 Ashland Rd. , Middlesex 08846, United States
Links: E-mail
 
John has been an active musician for over 11 years. He plays piano, trumpet, guitar, electric bass, flute, and clarinet. He previously studied at Raritan Valley Community College then transferred to William Paterson University of New Jersey where he is currently acquiring his Bachelor of Music degree in music education. Among his credits include musically directing over 13 shows for community theaters as well as teaching private lessons.

 

Name: Sarah Watts
Skills: Player, Soloist (solo bass clarinettist)
Phone: +44 (0)7961 364758
Address: 10 Denby Court, Netherfield, Nottingham NG4 2RJ, United Kingdom
Links: E-mail
 
Sarah Watts was born in Nottingham in 1978. She studied clarinet at the Royal Academy of music with Angela Malsbury and bass clarinet with Victoria Soames. Sarah then continued her bass clarinet studies with Henri Bok at the Rotterdam Conservatorium where she was awarded the Exxon Prize for the best classical Musician.

Successes include: Winner, UK Howarth Clarinet Competition, Winner, Hawkes Clarinet Prize (Royal Academy of Music, Winner of wind prize and Finalist in UK Performing Australian Music Competition. Sarah has performed concertos with the Royal Academy of Music Sinfonia and the European Union Youth Wind Orchestra. Sarah has also been awarded funding from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, the Musician's Benevolent Fund and a Leverhulme Trust study abroad Studentship.

Sarah is a specialist bass clarinettist. She has performed solo bass clarinet music in the UK, Holland and Spain and has had works written for her by Marc Yeats, Alicia Grant, Sungji Hong and Ian Wilson. In January 2003, Sarah performed a concert of solo bass clarinet music in London's Purcell Room as part of the Park Lane Group's Young Artist Series.

 

Name: Megan Weeder
Skills: Arranger, Composer, Player, Teacher (Violin/ Electric violin)
Phone: +1 (212) 717 7590
Address: N.Y.C., United States
Links: E-mail
 
Megan Weeder is currently a freelance violinist based in New York City. Classically-trained since the age of five, Megan's broad base of musical performance styles include pop, rock, bluegrass, gypsy-jazz and Middle Eastern.

Megan is at ease in the studio, and is proficient at both reading music and improvising parts or arrangements. She has recorded for record companies such as RCA and Virgin, as well as assorted Indie labels such as Flat Earth and Secretly Canadian.

A very versatile player, Megan is also professional and easy to work with.

 

Name: William Weir
Skills: Player
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Ayrshire born, Willie Weir is an accomplished accordionist who has over twenty five years of experience performing traditional music. Together with Alistair McCulloch, Willie is a founding member of Coila, with the band forming in 1989 following a European Tour with the Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra.

Along with Gavin Welsh, Willie regularly plays at concerts across the country with the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra and has toured with the orchestra in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. As well as playing in Coila, Willie occasionally travels internationally to perform solo gigs. He has recently had engagements in Kuwait, Qatar and China, playing at St Andrew's and Burns' night celebrations for Caledonian Societies.

 

Name: Dave Wiggins
Skills: Arranger, Composer, Player, Teacher (Guitar, Bass and Keyboard)
Phone: +44 (0)1535 661582
Address: 24 Cliffe Crescent, Keighley, West Yorks BD20 5LB, United Kingdom
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Played guitar from age 17.After hearing Hank Garland became interested in jazz.Played guitar and bass in various local bands over the years, but at the age of 55 I have turned to writing and recording.

I have written and recorded 3 albums, the latest being SHOCKHAZARD. This is available in mp3 format via napster.

Although not currently teaching, I have had many pupils in the past who have become good guitarists.

 

Name: Eveline Wijaya
Skills: player, singer, teacher (I Play Piano, electone (organ), and I also join in choirs, and also teaching small children.)
Phone: 001-62-21-5673976
Address: Jl. Tanjung Duren Raya No.1 , Jakarta 11470, Indonesia
Links: E-mail
 
I Learn music since I was 4 years old. I started with junior music course there. But actually I love singing more.. Now I'm still learning ,in electone, piano and vocal. And I also teacher in JMC too.

 

Name: Marguerite Lynn Williams
Skills: Player, Soloist, Teacher, Harp
Phone: +1 (773) 791 7520
Address: Chicago, IL 60613, United States
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Harp lessons can begin at any age. Marguerite is currently accepting new students of all ages and level of ability on both the pedal and lever harps. Please contact her at 773-791-7520 or marguerite@mlwharp.com to inquire about available lesson times and rates. Along with being an active performer, Marguerite is very passionate about teaching. She is currently the harp teacher for the People's Music School in Chicago, IL; adjunct harp professor at Carthage College in Kenosha, WI; chamber music coach for the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra; harp coach for both the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Youth Concert Orchestra; as well as has an active private studio. Her students have been awarded full-tuition scholarships to Northern Illinois University to study with Liz Cifani, Principal Harp of the Lyric Opera; performance scholarships to the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, as well as attended master classes with Indiana University Harp professor Susan McDonald. Currently, she has students headed towards the American Harp Society national competitions.

 

Name: Frances Wilson
Skills: Player, Teacher, Writer
Phone: +44 (0)7876 286147
Address: 16 White Heron Mews, Teddington TW11 0JQ, United Kingdom
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Frances Wilson is a London-based pianist, teacher, writer and blogger on music and pianism as The Cross-Eyed Pianist. In addition to running a popular private piano teaching practice, Frances is a keen concert-goer and writes music reviews for her blog, and also international concert and opera listings site Bachtrack.com and for US-based culture and arts site Culturevulture.net.

A regular columnist for Pianist magazine's online content, Frances also contributes guest posts to other classical music and music education websites around the world, including Clavier Companion and Making Music magazine.

She is a passionate advocate of amateur pianism and co-hosts, with Lorraine Liyanage, the London Piano Meetup Group, which organises performance and social events for adult amateur pianists in and around London. Another recent initiative is the South London Concert Series, an innovative concert series which promotes young and emerging professional pianists and offers amateur musicians the opportunity to perform in the same formal concert setting.

 

Name: Jacky Ho Tung Wong
Skills: Accompanist, Conductor, Player, Soloist, Teacher (Artistic Director and Conductor of Hornton Chamber Orchestra)
Phone: +44 (0)7472 748040
Address: 54 Hornton Street, London W8 4NT, United Kingdom
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Born in Hong Kong in 1994, Jacky began learning his piano studies at the age of five and violin studies at eight. After his studies at Diocesan Boys' School in Hong Kong, he attended Harrow School for Sixth Form studies. Jacky is now on his third year of undergraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music with an entrance scholarship, studying violin with Rodney Friend, piano with Amandine Savary, and viola with James Sleigh. He has attended masterclasses held by various artists including Maxim Vengerov, Tasmin Little, So-ock Kim, Feng Ning and Erich Gruenburg. For conducting, he has been mentored by opera conductor and vocal coach Peter Robinson, as well as conductor John Landor. Jacky has also been interested in the roles of Opera Repetiteur, most recently appeared at Opera de Bauge as Repetiteur for Cosi fan tutte in summer 2015. Jacky founded Hornton Chamber Orchestra in early January 2015, and has given three concerts throughout the year appearing as conductor as well as soloists for Mozart's Violin Concerto No.4 and Piano Concerto No.20.

Jacky's major achievements in competitions include Third Prize in the Pancho Vladigerov International Violin Competition held in Bulgaria in 2013, First Prize in the Youth Category of Hong Kong International Violin Competition in 2011. He has served as Concertmaster and Second Violins' Principal of the Asian Youth Orchestra, performing with renowned international artists including cellist Steven Isserlis, violinist Stefan Jackiw and conductors Richard Pontzious and James Judd. Jacky has also taken part in the co-principal Bursary Scheme of the Rehearsal Orchestra and the LSO String Academy. Jacky has performed in various concert venues in London and Hong Kong, most recently violin lunchtime recitals at St. Martin in the Fields church in Trafalgar Square and Southwark Cathedral, as part of the Royal Academy of Music series.

Jacky held the position of Concertmaster of the Duet Philharmonic Orchestra, a joint high-school project in England, performing Mahler's 8th Symphony in the Royal Festival Hall in March 2013. Jacky is the leader of Ardour String Quartet, formed in 2014 and has seen performances around London. Recently, Jacky has also been appointed as Director of Music and Organist at St. George's Church, Bickley, after serving as Church Organist and Choir Master at St Helen's Church, Wheathampstead since May 2014. He is very grateful for the support of the Robert Anderson Research Charitable Trust, and for being awarded the Eta Cohen Memorial Award for the support of his studies in London. Jacky is now playing a Postacchini Violin on loaned by Royal Academy of Music.

 

Name: Verdi Wong
Skills: Accompanist, Arranger, Player
Phone: +6281808010529
Address: jl batunuggak indah I no 31, bandung 40266, Indonesia
Links: Website     E-mail
 
I'm a pianist for classical music, pop, jazz, orchestra. I love classical music like mozart and chopin, it's so hard to play it. I really want to play with another orchestra all around the world.

 

Name: Vincentius Verdi Wong
Skills: Player, Teacher
Phone: +62818812250
Fax: -
Address: Jl. Karang Anyar No. 28, Bandung, Indonesia
Links: Website     E-mail
 
I'm sorry, my english is so bad.... Born Date:1980,November 29 Composer & piano player. I can play all Richard Clayderman music, and piano Sonata, Nocturne, Waltz without see the notation. I can remember 272 original notation Music Classic include Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Schubert, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, etc.

 

Name: David Sebastain Wright
Skills: Accompanist, Conductor, Player, Soloist, Teacher, Tuning and maintenance (Supplier and tuner of instruments (chamber organ and harpsichord) for concerts and recordings.)
Phone: +44 (0)7941 093 066
Address: 11 Wren House, Gernon Road, Bow, London, United Kingdom
Links: E-mail
 
Born in Bethnal Green in the East End of London, David Wright received no musical training as a child. His interest in music began after the death of his father when he was nine, through subsequent involvement in the local church. It was there he discovered the piano and organ and taught himself to play ‘by ear’, nurturing a love of the music of Bach and Mozart. At the age of sixteen he had his first piano lesson and learned to read music, later going on to study harpsichord at Trinity College of Music, where he won the Ella kidney prize for early music and graduated with honours.

David later graduated with distinction from the Royal College of Music in 2003 where for two consecutive years he won the Richard the Third and Century Fund Prizes. In 2003 he also won first prize in the prestigious Broadwood Harpsichord Competition, an international event held at London’s Fenton House where he became artist in residence. As a soloist and accompanist David works regularly with some of the world’s leading ensembles and musicians. He has directed concerts from the harpsichord including the first modern performance of Thomas Arne’s ballad opera ‘The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green’. David is engaged regularly amongst the artists at Dartington International Summer School and as repetitieur with the English Touring Opera and The English Bach Festival. David’s radio and television broadcasts include performances as a finalist in the York Early Music Competition and solos at the Handel House Museum London (both for BBC Radio3) and more recently a recital as part of the Belfast Music Festival, broadcast on BBC Northern Ireland. Just recently, David was assistant musical director to Jean-Claude Malgoire in a production of Rameau’s Platee at the Megaron in Athens with the English Bach Festival, with whom he will be performing Monteverdi’s l’Orfeo in the New Year.

During 2006, much of David’s time has been devoted to The Goldberg Variations which he has performed extensively though out the UK and abroad. He is planning to record them in 2007. Future live performances include: Chelsea Arts Festival on the 11th of March 07, St Martin-in-the-Fields on the 1st of May 07, Dartington International Summer School in July-August 07 and Handel House Museum on the 23rd of August 07.

 

Name: Roger Wright
Skills: Accompanist, Composer, Player, Soloist, Teacher, Pianist (Concert Pianist)
Phone: +1 (323) 933 1693
Fax: +1 (323) 933 1634
Address: United States
Links: Website     E-mail
 
The Washington Post has called Mr. Wright “a major pianist” and his work “a gorgeous display of effortlessly flowing melody, rhapsodic bravura and electrifying passagework….freshly conceived and spontaneous.”

Mr. Wright gained international attention when he won the 24th Frinna Awerbuch International Piano Competition in New York City, which led to his debut at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall. His international reputation was further enhanced when he was eliminated from the finals of the 2000 Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia.

The decision of the jury precipitated mass protests from listeners who followed the competition via national radio broadcast and worldwide web cast. In response to this unprecedented outpouring of support, the ABC, the competition's principal sponsor, marketed a debut recording of Wright's performances at the competition. His recording of Between Five Bells from this CD earned composer Peter Sculthorpe the Australian Performing Rights Association's (APRA) Award for the Most Performed Contemporary Classical Composition of 2001. From Australia, he returned to North America where he was a finalist at the 3rd Esther Honens International Piano Competition in Canada and the Audience Favorite at the 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth. Most recently, he won the gold medal at the San Antonio International Piano Competition and the awards for Best Performance of the Commissioned Piece and Best Performance of a Romantic Work.

Mr. Wright has been performing to the acclaim of audiences worldwide since his debut with the Houston Symphony at the age of eighteen. Recent performances include recitals in Charleston (SC), Chicago, Cincinnati, Houston, Fort Worth, Los Angeles, New York, San Antonio and San Diego. His performances have been broadcast on ABC Australia, CBC Radio Canada, 105.1 K-Mozart in Los Angeles, WFMT-FM Chicago, WQXR in New York City, and on David Dubal's celebrated series Reflections from the Keyboard. A versatile performer, Wright savors the opportunity to play with chamber groups and ensembles and collaborates frequently with Camerata San Antonio, a group comprised of outstanding string players from the San Antonio Symphony. He has also toured in the United States and Germany with Hudson Shad, the celebrated Comedian Harmonists

 

Name: Janet D Wyndham-Hall
Skills: Conductor, Manager, Player, Soloist, Teacher, Trumpet/Cornet
Phone: +44 (0)1832 274676 MOB +44 (0)7880 631901
Address: New Road, Oundle, Cambridgeshire PE8 4LB, United Kingdom
Links: E-mail
 
Musician brass player and conductor. Jan plays whole range of trumpets and cornets first study and can also play any valved brass instrument,and slide trombone and french horn to a lesser extent.

She has taught in regional schools and privately for over a decade since qualifying as a music teacher in 1994 at Trent Park, Middlesex. Jan graduated from Guildhall with honours and also completed the postgrad performance and communication skills course at the Guildhall.

Jan is currently teaching in the Peterborough and Cambridgeshire area for CIMA and has taken ip the Band Master's job at March Brass 2000 in the fens. Jan is also regularly asked to play by local orchestras and show/pitbands, jazz bands and is also regularly doing soul band gigs in Cambs and Northamptonshire.

Jan is available for most functions, jazz bands, pop and brass bands orchestras and concert bands and will soon be part of an excellent brass quintet based in Cambridgeshire which will be available to hire for any occasion.

 

Name: Aksinja Gioia Xhoja
Skills: Player
Phone: +39(0)831-573653
Fax: +39(0)831-573653
Address: Viale Belgio,21, Brindisi-Italy 72100, Italy
Links: Website     E-mail

 

Name: Eisen Yeo
Skills: Arranger, Player
Phone: +86-13818581350
Address: 1202 Nanyang Road, Apt Block 1, Lane 183, Shanghai ....., China
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Been a professional musician since 1979, work with various bands in S.E.Asia. Became a session musician in Taiwan since 1985, produced and arranged on many of the Pop albums for Taiwanese/Hong Kong artist. Also do remixes. I have been producing and animating music videos since the year 2000. U can see my work at my website.

My main instruments are Bass and Guitar. I'll love to get in touch with musicians from the world over and if u r in Shanghai, much better :)

 

Name: Levent Yurtseven
Skills: Arranger, Composer, Player, Singer
Phone: 02164146631
Address: istanbul, Turkey
Links: E-mail

 

Name: Igor Yuzefovich
Skills: Player, Soloist (violinist)
Phone: +1 410 685 3733
Address: 606 St. Paul St. Campus Box 466, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, United States
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Igor Yuzefovich was born in 1979 in Moscow, Russia. Coming from a musical family, Mr. Yuzefovich started his violin studies at the age of five, and soon enrolled at the Moscow State Gnessin Music School for Gifted and Talented, where he studied with Irina Svetlova. In 1990, Mr. Yuzefovich was a part of a small group that took part in an exchange program between the Gnessin Music School and the Rubin Music Academy in Tel Aviv, Israel. In Israel, he performed on the National Television.

In 1991, Mr. Yuzefovich's family moved to the United States, where during his middle school years Igor studied with Jody Gatwood at the Catholic University of Music, in Washington, D.C. After a short time, Mr. Yuzefovich was accepted to the Peabody Preparatory program in Baltimore, Maryland, where he continued his violin studies with Leri Slutsky.

Since coming to the United States, Mr. Yuzefovich has performed numerous concerts at such venues as Carnegie Hall, and the Cairo Opera House in Egypt, a number of solo performances in countries around the globe such as South Africa, Jordan, where he performed the Beethoven Violin Concerto at King Hussein's birthday celebration, Israel, England, Ireland, Scotland, Canada, and throughout the United States. Mr. Yuzefovich has won numerous competitions such as the Arlington Symphony Competition, the Omega Psi Phi International Talent Hunt, the Fairfax Symphony Competition, the Wolf Trap Foundation Scholarship Competition, and, most recently, the Marbury Violin Competition at the Peabody Conservatory.

Mr. Yuzefovich is continuing as a Graduate student at the Peabody Conservatory, with Professor Victor Danchenko.

 

Name: Sue Li Zhou
Skills: Composer, Player, Singer
Links: E-mail

 

 


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