Biography

Moira is a member of the Schomberg string quartet and has performed throughout the UK since 2004 with Jane Gilchrist & Denise Leigh (winners of channel 4's Operatunity), The Opera Babes and many of the UK's leading opera soloists.

As an orchestral musician Moira has worked with the Orchestra Sinfonica Dell'Emilia-Romagna, Italy, the National Symphony Orchestra, Young Persons Concert Foundation. She has played for Howard Keel, Kim Criswell and toured the UK with Johnny Mathis.

Sessions ITV This Morning - Pianist for Christmas Name That Tune Quiz 2003, BBC Born and Bred - Vocal overdub, Rehearsal Pianist for Rod Stewart's 2nd Jazz Standards album, Titanic Town - piano overdub MD of Musical theatre items for Children in Need, London Tonight, Pebble Mill.

Moira is widely experienced as an MD and Assistant MD and she has worked on the following shows:

• Evita (2009 UK Tour, Accordion/Keyboards)
• West Side Story (2008-9, 50th Anniversary tour, Principal Cello/Cover MD)
• Treasure Island, Derby Playhouse (2007-8, Cello/Double Bass/Accordion)
• Moon Landing, Derby Playhouse (2007, Cello/Double Bass)
• Merrily We Roll Along Derby Playhouse, (2007, Assistant MD/Electric bass/Keyboards)
• Johnno, Derby Playhouse (2007, Cello/Double bass)
• Chicago, UK Tour (2006-7, dep, Piano/Accordion)
• Into the Woods, Derby Playhouse (2006, Assistant MD & Cello)
• Company, Derby Playhouse (2005, MD Keyboards)
• Sweeney Todd, Derby Playhouse (2004, Assistant MD/Cello)
• Chicago, Adelphi Theatre (dep) & Leicester (2003, Piano/Accordion)
• Fatale, Bridewell Theatre, (2003, MD Piano)
• Cabaret, Chichester Festival Theatre (2002 & 2002, Piano/Keyboards/Accordion)
• Blood Brothers, UK Tour (2000, Keyboards)
• Sesame Street, Live German Production (1999, Rehearsal Musical Supervisor)
• South Pacific, UK Tour (1998, Assistant MD/Cello)
• Sweeney Todd, Holland Park Theatre (1996, Cello)
• Great Expectations, 2nd UK Tour (1996, Keys MD )
• Me & My Girl, UK Tour (1995, Keyboards/Rehearsal piano)
• Oklahoma, UK Tour (1994, Assistant MD/Cello)
• Fiddler on the Roof, London Palladium (1994, Rehearsal Pianist)
• The Sound of Music, UK Tour (1993, Assistant MD/Cello)
• Annie Get Your Gun, Prince of Wales Theatre & UK Tour, (1992, Assistant MD/Cello)
• Some Like it Hot, Prince Edward Theatre & UK Tour, (1991, On stage Pianist/Band leader)
• The King & I, Saddlers Wells Theatre & UK Tour, (1990, Cello/ rehearsal piano)
• Showboat, London Palladium, Cello (1990)
• South Pacific, Prince of Wales Theatre, Cello (1988)

Moira also has a great deal of experience playing the piano and with string quartets at corporate events and for residencies in the following venues (all piano unless specified):

• Chelsea Town Hall; Film Launch for Calendar Girls
• Natural History Museum: Pirelli Calendar Launch
• Heathrow Airport: Ralph Lauren Romance perfume launch, playing for 2 weeks (as part of a string quartet)
• LWT Lily Savage - after-show hospitality for 'Lily Live'
• The Galtymore: Irish entertainment awards
• Aspinalls 10 year anniversary and New Years Eve
• QE2 Centre, Westminster
• The Talk of London
• Rags of Mayfair
• The Belvedere, Holland Park
• The Landmark Hotel
• Private rooms at The Savoy and Claridges
• Rubens Hotel, Victoria (resident)
• Inter-Continental Hotels in Park Lane (resident) and Mayfair
• el Victoria
• The Millennium Gloucester Hotel
• The Marriott Hotel County Hall

Orchestral Work
Orchestras: British Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, City Concert Orchestra, Opera Project. Shows: Cabaret, Evita, West Side Story.

Education
Moira's graduate studies took place at Trinity College of Music London (1980-84, LTCL cello ARCM cello GTCL ); Goldsmiths College, University of London (1987-88, PGCE), The Institute of Education, University of London (2003-04, MA Music Education)

Teachers: Derek Aviss, William Pleeth, David Waterman

Moira joined Morgensterns in April 2007

Moira's web profile was last updated 21st Aug 2010

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