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Sarah Thurlow

  SARAH THURLOW  (clarinet, clarinet bass, clarinet eflat, clarinet classical, basset horn) » 

Biography
Sarah has been working as a freelance clarinettist since 1998. She also plays bass clarinet, E flat clarinet and basset horn, as well as performing with period instrument ensembles. She directs the ensemble Contemporary Consort and is also a member of the Clarino Ensemble. Sarah has performed concertos by Finzi, Weber, Mozart, Strauss, Copland, Debussy (with the Philharmonia) and Rossini (with the BBC Concert Orchestra). She has given recitals at the Purcell Room, St John's Smith Square, and Bridgewater Hall.

Orchestral Work
Orchestras: Academy of Ancient Music, Academy of St Martin In The Fields, Aurora Orchestra, Ballet Rambert, Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra, Camerata of London, Classical Opera Company, Contemporary Consort, English Haydn Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, Ensemble 360, Excellent Device!, Gabrieli Consort, Glyndebourne Touring Opera, JB Management, Johann Strauss Orchestra, London Chamber Orchestra, London Concert Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Marylebone Camerata, New London Orchestra, New London Sinfonia, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Philharmonia Orchestra, Pro-Arte, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Southern Sinfonia. Sessions: Isobel Griffiths. Education Work: London Symphony Orchestra Education / Discovery.

Sarah's orchestral work also includes the Brighton Festival Opera, Dartington Festival Orchestra, Minehead & Exmoor Festival Orchestra, English Mozart Players, Fine Arts Sinfonia of London, Dynamix Contemporary Music Ensemble and the Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra. Sarah has worked on education/outreach projects with Surrey Sinfonietta, Sarum Chamber Orchestra, London Chamber Players and the European Union Chamber Orchestra.

Education
Sarah's graduate studies took place at the Royal College Music (1992-98), Aspen Music School, Colorado (1998) and the Scuola Internazionale di Perfezionamento Musicale, Piacenza, Italy (1998-99).

Prizes and Awards

  • Park Lane Group Young Artist
  • British Clarinet & Saxophone Society Young Musician of the Year (1997)
  • English Speaking Union Robert Mayer Scholarship for study in the USA (1998)
  • Countess of Munster Trust Scholarship
  • KPMG Martin Fund Scholarship
  • Oxford Young Instrumentalist of the Year
  • Fallows Memorial Prize (RCM)
  • Constant & Kit Lambert Scholarship (RCM)
  • Anthony Saltmarsh Award (RCM)
  • Exhibition (RCM)
  • Senior Exhibition (RCM)
  • Mills Williams Junior Felowship (RCM)
  • Blanche Dalmaine Junior Felowship (RCM)
  • BBC Radio 2 Young Musician of the Year (finalist)
  • Royal Over-seas League Woodwind Competition (finalist)
  • South East Music Schemes Young Artists Platform (finalist)
  • Yamaha Wind and Brass Scholarships (finalist)

Teachers: Hans Deinzer, Michael Harris, Robert Hill, Andrew Marriner, Nicholas Bucknall, Theodore Oien (Eb), Richard West (Eb), Stephen Trier (bass & basset), Michael Harris (classical).

Masterclasses with Nicholas Cox, Sabine Meyer, Reiner Wehle.

Sarah joined Morgensterns in October 1998

Sarah's web profile was last updated 19th May 2012