ZOE DAVIES (ROGERS)  (Clarinet, Clarinet Eflat, Clarinet Bass, Saxophone) » 

Biography
As well as the orchestral experience detailed below, Zoe works with contemporary music ensemble Talkestra, having performed with them at the Arundel Festival, Adur Arts Festival and Soundwaves Festival.

Zoe recently formed the Cobden Quartet - a clarinet/saxophone quartet, giving recitals and working as musicians for functions/events. In the past Zoe has worked with Sirocco wind quintet, having a wealth of experience giving recitals as well as various education projects. Zoe's additional experience in education projects includes played for the London Philarhominc Orchestra in a Weekend Project and the Elastic Band ensemble in conjunction with the Philharmonia.

Zoe performs regularly with pianist Rachel Fryer - Chapel Royal and St Luke's concert series - and with Terzina Trio she has worked on board cruise ships to the Mediterranean and South America. As the Arica Duo with pianist Claire Capps she has cruised the Norwegian Ffjords. As a soloist she recently performed Weber's 2nd Clarinet Concerto at St Bartholomew's Church in Brighton.

Zoe has also played in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Dartington Music Festival and the Seychelles Festival; most recently at Brighton Festival Fringe she played to sold out shows in the Brighton Beach Boys; playing the whole of the 60s albums Pet Sounds and Sergeant Pepper.

Zoe has recorded television music for BBC 2 show History's Mysteries. She also doubles on saxophone and in this capacity has been hired for numerous local shows in the Sussex area.

Zoe is a committed teacher, working as a peripatetic teacher in schools and has her own teaching practice at home teaching clarinet, saxophone and piano.

Orchestral Work

Zoe's orchestral work includes

• New English Concert Orchestra (principal)
• Swansea City Opera/Opera Box (including principal)
• English Pocket Opera Company
• Seychells Festival Orchestra (including principal)
• Musicians of All Saints, Sussex (including principal)
• Southen Winds (including principal, bass clarinet and tenor sax)
• Canterbury Philharmonic Orchestra (including principal, bass and Eb Clarinet)
• Brighton Theatre Group (including doubling on bass, Eb Clarinet and sax)
• Surrey Pro Musica
• Dartington Festival Orchestra
• Sussex Symphony Orchestra
• Midland Sinfonia (including principal)
• Thursford Christmas Spectacular (including principal)
• Essex Sinfonia (including doubling on tenor sax and flute)
• Thames Sinfonia (including Bass Clarinet)
• Exmoor Singers/Tallis 8 (including bass clarinet)
• Glitspur Chamber Choir (including principal and bass clarinet)
• RPO education concert (through RCM)
• I Maestri Orchestra
• National Musicians Symphony Orchestra
• Birmingham Phiharmonic Orchestra (Eb Clarinet)

Chamber Music and Recording experience includes:

• Recording session for soundtrack of BBC2 programme History's Mysteries
• Cobden Quartet: clarinet/sax quartet based in Brighton doing recitals and function work.
• Talkestra: chamber group, Sussex, including performances at Arundel Festival, Adur Arts Festival, Soundwaves Festival in Hove, Pallant House Gallery Eye-music exhibition.
• Terzina Trio (clarinet, cello and piano): recitals including Southwark Cathedral and St James Picadilly.
• Cruise ship work with Swan-Hellenic and Saga cruises - Terzina Trio and Arica Duo.
• Hartington Ensemble - wind quintet/quartet/trio.
• Sirocco Wind Quintet - recitals included St James PIcadilly, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Horsham Arts Festival, National Gallery and Britten-Pears Ensembles course.

Education
Zoe's graduate studies took place at University of Leeds where Zoe received her BMus 2.i (Hons) between 1994 - 1998. Zoe then completed a MA in Performance at Birmingham Conservatoire in 2000 before going to the Royal College of Music to undertake her PostGraduate Diploma in Orchestral Studies which she obtained in 2001. Zoe received her LLCM Diploma in 1993.

Prizes and Awards

• Sullivan and Farrar Composition Competition (Award for Best Performance, RCM)
• Study Support Grant (RCM)
• Awarded grants and loans towards the purchase of her Bass Clarinet from the (Rivendell Trust, EMI Music Sound Foundation, Abbado Young Musicians Trust, Alper Charitable Trust, John Wates Trust)
• Lord Snowdon Prize for overall contribution to the Music Department of University at Leeds

Teachers: Timothy Lines, Robert Hill, Richard West, Joan Enric Lluna and Colin Honour.

Masterclasses: Antony Pay, Colin Bradbury, Michael Collins and Colin Parr.

Zoe joined Morgensterns in August 2004

Zoe's web profile was last updated 20th Feb 2012