WOODFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - Key Persons
Rosemary is a music graduate from Goldsmith's, London, and has a wide experience of violin teaching, performance, and general education. With this background, she is not only able to perform the major works which form part of the orchestra's repertoire but also to instruct the string section in matters of technique and musicianship. Her knowledge of education and how people learn enables her to maximize the effect and impact of what she teaches during general rehearsals. These qualities, combined with the structured rehearsal schedules produced by the conductor, make Woodford Symphony Orchestra a good place for players returning to the field to find their feet, and for people who want to expand their experience of orchestral playing.
Seb Marshall is a freelance conductor and clarinettist based in London. He has played with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Northern Chamber Orchestra, the Hallé, and the Netherlands Wind Ensemble. He also regularly plays with choral societies, at music festivals, weddings, and scratch projects. In February 2022 appeared as clarinet soloist with the Amaretti Chamber Orchestra, playing Mozart's Clarinet Concerto.
Seb is currently the Musical Director of the Woodford Symphony Orchestra and the Tonbridge Community Singers, and the Assistant Musical Director of Hallmark of Harmony, a multi-award-winning barbershop chorus. He also conducts the Sinfonia at Camden Music Service on a Saturday morning (a youth orchestra for under-18s) and in the past has worked with Junior Trinity, Warrington Youth Orchestra, Bradford Music and Arts Service, Warrington Musical Society and Street Orchestra Live.
Seb trained as a clarinettist at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) and studied music at the University of Manchester, and took conducting lessons at both institutions. He conducted all of the University's orchestras and choirs, including on European tours, and also played principal clarinet in many of their most prominent orchestral projects, including Nielsen's Fifth Symphony and Mahler's Fourth Symphony. At RNCM he played principal clarinet with the Symphony Orchestra in a concert including Stravinsky's Firebird and Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, and 2ndclarinet in the college's most prestigious concert in the Bridgewater Hall, which included Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony and Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.
When Seb is not playing or conducting, he has a full schedule of peripatetic teaching of clarinet, saxophone, flute, recorder, and music theory. In his spare time he enjoys socialising, watching movies, cooking, and watching dog videos.