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Elaine Cocks

  ELAINE COCKS  (clarinet bass, clarinet, clarinet eflat, basset horn) » 

Biography
Elaine's concerto performances include the Mozart Clarinet Concerto with the London Mozart Players.

Elaine successfully auditioned for the Park Lane Group New Year Series (1998), and the BBC Radio 3 Young Artist's Forum (1997)

Orchestral Work
Orchestras: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Brandenburg Sinfonia, British Philharmonic Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, London Orchestra da Camera, Oxford Philomusica. Sessions: Colin Sheen, Music Solutions Ltd.

Elaine's orchestral work also includes Kokoro, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, London Mozart Players and the European Union Youth Orchestra (principal).

Education
Elaine was born in 1972. Elaine's schooling took place at Purcell School of Music (1984 - 1989), Guildhall School of Music and Drama (Junior dept, 1984 - 1989) and Chetham's School of Music (1989 - 1991, scholarship). Elaine's graduate studies took place at Royal Academy of Music (1991 - 1995, BMus (First Class Honours in Performance) & Licentiate of RAM (Teaching, 1994). Elaine is also a Licentiate of Guildhall School of Music & Drama (Teaching, 1991).

Prizes and Awards

  • Royal Over-Seas League International Music Competition (1995, Sussex Wind Prize)
  • Malcolm Sargent Music Award (1994)
  • Geoffrey Hawkes Memorial Prize (RAM, 1993

Teachers: Andrew Marriner, Angela Malsbury and Richard Addison. Masterclasses with David Campbell, Michael Collins, Karl Leister, James Campbell, Jack Brymer, Anthony Pay and Gervase de Payer.

Elaine joined Morgensterns in January 1998

Elaine's web profile was last updated 12th May 2012