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The Musicians

Ceridwen Heaney graduated with an MMus from the RSAMD, where she studied natural trumpet and cornetto, winning the British Reserve Prize for Early Music in 2001. She has performed with many prestigious ensembles throughout the UK, including the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Wallace Collection,the Scottish Consort of Trumpets and Ludus Baroque. She is currently studying with David Staff.

Catherine Strachan studied baroque cello with Alison McGillivray at the RSAMD and went on to graduate with an MA in baroque performance practice from the University of York. She has worked with various period instrument ensembles, such as La Serenissima, Ludus Baroque, The Eighteenth Century Concert Orchestra and Musica Donum Dei. Catherine gained a place in the Britten-Pears Baroque Orchestra in 2005, and was also awarded a bursary to attend the Baroque Orchestra course at Dartington International Summer School.

Allan Wright is in the final year of his Bachelor of Music degree at Glasgow university, where he studies harpsichord with David McGuinness. Following graduation, he intends to proceed to postgraduate study in aspects of early keyboard tablature for the organ. Allan is early music co-ordinator for the Music Club association at the university and organises concerts and recitals during term time. He is also organist at Glenburn Parish Church in Paisley.

Louise Eekelaar specialised in baroque music at the University of York, where she gained an MA in performance practice. Louise toured various European countries with Sinfonye in their Hildegard of Bingen programme, and also took part in their CD recording of Hildegard’s complete works for the ‘Celestial Harmonies’ label. She is a member of the Yorkshire Bach Choir, Ebor Singers and Cantus and is a co-founder of the vocal trio Thre. In 2005, Louise was involved in a BBC project on Vivaldi, which was
recorded and filmed in the Pieta in Venice.