Orchestral bookings (since July 2005) ORCHESTRAS Brandenburg Sinfonia Britten Sinfonia City of London Chamber Orchestra City of London Sinfonia London Chamber Orchestra London Concertante London Musical Arts Manning Camerata National Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Opera House Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra SESSIONS Graeme Perkins Hilary Skewes Millennia Strings EDUCATION WORK Philharmonia Orchestra Education 13th June 2008 (7.30pm) (Recital) Concordia Foundation Recital With Ahmed Dickinson (guitar) June 13th National Portrait Gallery, 7.30pm 15th June 2008 (4pm) (Recital) Concordia Foundation Recital With Ahmed Dickinson (guitar) June 15th St George's Church, Bloomsbury, 4pm 17th June 2008 (6pm) (Recital) Florian Leonhard's 3 Frognal Lane, London NW3 7DY 6pm (with drinks) James Pearson (piano) FREE ENTRY 19th June 2008 (6.30pm) (Recital) Spitalfields Festival, Christ Church EC1 6.30pm Solo violin with GSMD New Music Ensemble www.spitalfieldsfestival.org.uk 21st June 2008 (6pm) (Recital) Exhibition Road Music Day, Goethe Institute 6pm & 7pm With Ahmed Dickinson, guitar (6pm) & Classical Latino (7pm) FREE ENTRY www.exibitionroadmusicday.org 25th June 2008 (8pm) (Recital) Final Recital 8pm Music Hall, Guildhall School of Music and Drama Silk Street, EC1 James Pearson, Piano. FREE ENTRY   The Repertoire button is inactive.   The Review button is inactive.   The discography button is inactive.      Outreach experience Lizzie has extensive education project experience having led the micro-orchestra for the Philharmonia's Elastic Band project, a unique educational project directed by Kevin Hathway (co-principal percussionist of the Philharmonia). She has also worked with Kevin Hathway as leader of the National Youth Orchestra Band (2004) on a 6 day educational project in Cardiff & Bristol. ball_e_8377_1.jpgball_e_8377_2.jpgball_e_8377_3.jpg        The Teaching button is inactive.

Biography
Since leaving the Royal College of Music, Lizzie has worked with top orchestras including the Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia and the Manning Camerata. Lizzie held positions of leader and principal in the RCM orchestras for some of the world's leading conductors including Bernard Haitink and Ginandrea Noseda.

Lizzie is presently leader of both the Il Maestri Orchestra who perform regularly in venues such as St John's, Smith Square, and Elastic Band, a mini orchestra which visits schools around the country giving inspiring interactive workshops to children of all ages.

Lizzie's studio work includes BBC TV's Come Dancing, Children in Need, Top of the Pops and the Two Ronnies Show; ITV's Parkinson Show. Lizzie also worked on the re-recording of Michael Nyman's soundtrack for The Piano at Abbey Road (2005) and for Praed Musical at Angel Studios (2005). She was booked for the Simply Red Tour in 2005.

As a chamber musician Lizzie is a member of Classico Latino. The trio perform popular Latin American repertoire in a unique combination of instruments and styles. Classico Latino has a St John's, Smith Square debut on November 9th 2006, which is sponsored by the Friends for Colombian Social Aid and the Colombian Embassy. They are currently awaiting completion of a recording contract with Sony BMG Colombia, and their CD Classico Latino is due for worldwide release in Autumn 2006.

Lizzie also has future plans to perform a showcase of the long awaited String Eclectica project with Bernard Gregor-Smith (cellist of the acclaimed recently retired Lindsay quartet) in November 2006 together with renowned jazz guitarists Pete Oxley and Luis d'Agostino, beginning with a performance on the Holywell Room, Oxford.

Lizzie was guest leader of the Soloists of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden for the International Chamber Music Festival, Costa Rica (2004), giving five recitals of programs that included the Brahms Sextets.

She was also a founder member of the Kerem String Quartet, who have given recitals at the Crush Room Covent Garden, St James' Piccadilly, as part of the Lincoln Inn's Chapel Series and the V&A Museum Series, and also in Oxford, Sussex, Derbyshire and Salisbury. The Quartet have also given recitals and taken part in Educational Workshops at the London International String Quartet Festival, 2004, and were awarded the Quartet Residency for the Britten-Pears Young Artists Scheme in Aldeburgh in January 2005.

As a soloist Elizabeth has performed concertos by Bruch, Tchaikovsky, and Beethoven, as well as Vaughan William's Lark Ascending and Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante. She has also given Solo and Trio recitals with Huw Watkins, Dominic John, and Christopher Robinson CBE at the Colombian Embassies in London and Stockholm, in Switzerland, at St James' Piccadilly, the National Portrait Gallery, St Michael's Chester Square, West Road Concert Hall Cambridge, as part of the Deal Recital Series and the Cambridge Summer Music Festival.

Elizabeth is also interested in Philosophy, Buddhism, South American Dancing, Waterskiing, Shakespeare, Theatre.

Orchestral Work
Orchestras: Brandenburg Sinfonia, Britten Sinfonia, City of London Chamber Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, London Chamber Orchestra, London Concertante, London Musical Arts, Manning Camerata, National Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Sessions: Graeme Perkins, Hilary Skewes, Millennia Strings. Education Work: Philharmonia Orchestra Education.

Elizabeth's orchestral work also includes Britten Sinfonia, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Manning Camerata (co-principal violin 2) directed by Peter Manning Concert Master of the Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden, International Cantieri d'Arte Opera Festival in Montepulciano, Italy, (leader for Holst's Savitri, 2004), Dionysis Opera Ensemble (co-leader, 2004), Southbank Sinfonia, New Professionals (member, 2004), Brunel Ensemble.

Elizabeth's training orchestrasit in sessions (2004) with Oliver Knussen.

At the Royal College of Music Elizabeth led the Opera Orchestra Die Zauberflote; (2003), co-led Dialogue of the Carmelites (2004); was co-leader of the Symphony Orchestra for Roger Norrington and Janos Furst; principal 2nd for Andrew Litton; co-principal 2nd for Bernard Haitink; co-principal 2nd of the String Ensemble with Gordan Nikolitch; and also worked with Ginandrea Noseda, Martin Andre and George Benjamin.

Elizabeth was also principal & co-principal 2nd of the Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra (1999 - 2000) and leader of the City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra (1998 - 2000).

Education
Elizabeth was born in 1981. Elizabeth's schooling took place at Lady Manners School, Bakewell, Derbyshire. Elizabeth's graduate studies took place at St John's College, Cambridge (BA (Hons) 2:1) 1999 - 2002. Her postgraduate studies took place at the Royal College of Music where she gained a Postgraduate Diploma and an Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Performance, 2002 - 2004.

Prizes and Awards

• John Lewis Partnership Scholar (RCM), 2003 - 2004
• Robert MacFadzean Whyte Award Scholarship (RCM) 2002 - 2003
• University Instrumental Award Holder (Cambridge) 1999 - 2002

Teachers: Yossi Zivoni

Elizabeth's web links
www.classicolatino.com
www.lizzieball.com

Elizabeth joined Morgensterns in September 2004

Elizabeth's web profile was last updated 19th Jul 2008