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Introduction

Penelope completed her undergraduate degree in academic music at Durham University before becoming a postgraduate performance scholar at Trinity Laban Conservatoire. She has played in a diverse range of chamber and cross collaborative groups as well as larger ensembles and orchestras – including  side-by-side schemes with the BBC Concert Orchestra and the Philharmonia. Penelope has performed at the British Isles Music Festival, Snape Proms and Sound Unbound amongst other festivals. Notable venue appearances include The Glasshouse, The Barbican, LSO St Luke’s, Maida Vale Studios and Cadogan Hall. Alongside performing, people offers obo and piano lessons, performance coaching and accompaniment, theory and academic tuition – as well as having an interest in music for social change through community and charitable workshops and projects, including Street Orchestra Live and the Nevis Ensemble.

Penelope is grateful to have been supported through Trinity College London, Alice Gertrude Pauline Hartley, Robert Stopford Westminster, the EMI Sound Foundation, the Macfarlane Walker Trust and the Carne Trust.