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Anna Noakes has given recitals at all the major London concert halls, making many festival appearances, including City of London, Brighton, Salisbury, Leicester and Dartington.

She has recorded numerous CDs featuring music by Martin Yates, Cecilia McDowall, Jean-Claude Damase, Andre Jolivet & Astur Piazolla, receiving Gramophone Magazine’s coveted ‘Critics Choice’ a number of times.

As well as broadcasting for BBC Radio3 and Classic FM she works as Guest Principal Flute with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House among others and is Professor of Flute at Trinity College of Music.

Leo Nicholson studied at the Purcell School, the Junior Royal Northern College of Music, and with Douglas Finch and the late Yonty Solomon at Trinity Laban.

At Trinity, Leo won the John Longmire Beethoven Competition, the Alfred Kitchen Chopin Competition, and represented Trinity in the BPSE Intercollegiate Beethoven Competition. He graduated with First Class Honours and won three prizes: the Silver Medal awarded by the Worshipful Company of Musicians; the TCM Silver Medal for most outstanding contribution to the Keyboard Faculty and performance activities throughout his course, and the Nancy Thomas Prize for academic achievement.

Julie Murray is a well-known flute teacher and free-lance performer in the North west of England. Julie is a graduate of RNCM and has acquired a wide reputation as a teacher of distinction incorporating the Dalcrose and Kodly techniques.

She has performed with some of the UKs biggest orchestras including Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, Manchester Camarata, Manchester Motzart players, Northern Ballet and Opera North. She is a regular performer with the Carlton Ensemble and in recent years has performed in various festivals including Buxton festivals and Yoxford festivals.

Julie is currently planning a project of lunchtime recitals in Churches around the Languedoc-Roussillon area of France.