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Flutes | Recorders | Baroque Flute | Indian Flute

Freelance Orchestral Flute:

•Royal Ballet and Opera Orchestra, Sub-Principal + Piccolo (both opera and ballet)

•The Hallé Orchestra, Principal Piccolo (incl. recording with Sir Mark Elder)

  • Sinfonia of London (John Wilson), flute 

  • •Philharmonia Orchestra, Flute

•Opera North, Principal Piccolo 

•London Chamber Orchestra, Second Flute and Piccolo 

•Britten Sinfonia, extras list 

•Royal Ballet Sinfonia, extras list (by audition)

•Bath Festival Orchestra, Principal Piccolo 

 

Freelance Orchestral Recorder and Baroque Flute:

•London Contemporary Orchestra, Principal Recorder (Netflix session)

•BBC Concert Orchestra, Solo Recorder (recording for BBC Radio 3)

•Armonico Consort, Principal Flute, Principal Recorder, 2nd flute 

•London Baroque Orchestra, Recorder Concerto Soloist

 

Theatre, Shows and Commercial:

•Phantom of the Opera International Tour, dep. flute

•Charlie and the Chocolate Factory UK and Ireland Tour 2022-2024, chair holder (flute, piccolo, alto flute)

•Les Misérables UK and Ireland Tour, deputy

•The Lion King UK and International Tour, deputy

•Wicked UK and Ireland Tour, deputy 

•A Christmas Carol -Dominion Theatre, deputy

•Chess: In Concert, Theatre Royal Drury Lane - Principal Flute/Piccolo with London Musical Theatre Orchestra

•Upstart Crow - Gielgud Theatre, backing music (flute, piccolo, recorder, Indian flute)

•‘Later with Jools Holland’ for BBC2, recorder alongside Damon Albarn

•Music In Vision sessions for Apple TV, flute

•‘As You Like It’ at the Globe Theatre for CBeebies, flute and recorder 

•The Secret Garden - National Tour with New Creations Collective, principal flute 

 

 

Solo and Chamber Music:

•London Symphony Orchestra, Mozart Flute Quartet in D with orchestra principal players

•London International Festival of Early Music recital with ‘Parandrus’

•BBC Radio 3 ‘Early Music Show’ with Parandrus 

•Cheltenham Music Festival Solo Recital 

•Swaledale Festival with ‘Highwire Baroque’ 

 

Teaching and Community Music Work:

•Junior Royal Academy of Music, Recorder Teacher (2022 - present)

•Wellington College, Flute and Recorder Teacher (2022 - present)

•City of London School for Girls, Flute and Recorder Teacher (2023 - present)

•Junior Royal Academy of Music, Deputy Flute Teacher

•Seaton House Preparatory School, Flute and Recorder Teacher (2021-2022)

•LSO Next Generation workshops tutor

•LPO Funharmonics workshops  

•RPO Resounds workshops 

 

Prizes and Awards:

 

•Postgraduate Woodwind Award (for highest mark in final recital), Royal Academy of Music 

•Piccolo Prize Winner, Royal Academy of Music 

•Nancy Nuttall Early Music Prize Joint Winner, Royal Academy of Music

•Christopher Hogwood Scholarship, RAM

 

Education and Training:

 

•Royal Academy of Music, Master of Arts in Performance (Distinction), DipRAM for outstanding final recital 2024

•Royal Academy of Music, 1st Class BMus (Hons) and LRAM teaching diploma, flute and recorder - 2021

•The Purcell School (Woodwind Prize winner)

•Junior RAM (Senior Woodwind Prize winner)

•NYOGB, full orchestra member 2017

•LPO Junior Artist Scheme 2016

 

Teachers and Referees:

Katherine Baker (flute), Anna Noakes (flute), Michael Cox (flute), Helen Keen (piccolo), Barbara Law (recorder and pedagogy), Anna Stegmann (recorder), Pamela Thorby (recorder), Maurice Steger (recorder)

Contact

©2022 by Daniel Swani. Photography by Inis Oirr Asano

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