DUPO Symphony Orchestra

The DUPO Symphony Orchestra is an 85 piece orchestra focusing on large scale, romantic and 20th century works.

The Orchestra performs termly concerts in notable venues such as Durham Cathedral and the Gala Theatre to sold out crowds year on year. Notable past performances has seen the orchestra perform Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 and Symphony No. 2, Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9, Sibelius Symphony No. 2, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6

First Violins

Shreya Grover - Concertmaster - The Vicky Iveson Chair

Josh Evett - Co-Concertmaster

Anne-Mei Ong

Katherine Iveson-Vandy

Alison Roberts

Tzu-Yin (Christine) Sang

Alan Erdelyi

Edward Clark

Alexander Menegas

Wenxi Zhao

Daniel Rix

Benjamin Mehta

Susannah Knowles

Romilly Tuckley

Emilia Pantelides

Second Violins

Eleanor Turner - Principal

Alana Griffiths Ennew

Jess Dowse

Eleanor Brown

Isabel Lorato

Jemima Brewer

Cameron Davies

Emily Gooday

Sophia Campbell

Mina Li

James Landale

Lara Sowande

Nicholas Sanders

Agnes Bracey-Davis

Viola

Oskar Herbert-Young - Principal

Jamie Hardwicke

Ottavia Eliot

Tallulah England

Charlie Linekar

Millie Hindmarch

Will Bellaries

Molly Housley

Diya Baloo

Katherine Fenton-Smith

Cello

Maddie Murray - Principal

Cynthia Bottemly

Freddie Grimwade

Tom Shaxson

Mia Roberts

Lynette Alsop

Luca Evans

Esther Burden

Ho Yan (Charlotte) Wong

Enya Lynch

Ben Davies

Double Bass

Christian O’Brien - Principal

Frederic Campione

Luca Whittle

Flute

Zac Smith - Principal

Emma Phipps - Principal 2nd + Piccolo

Eleanor Hughes (Flute 3)

Clarinet

James Riley - Principal + Eb Clarinet

Daisy Hickson (+Rhapsody in Blue Soloist)

Oscar Jack - Principal 2nd

Katy Baker - Bass Clarinet + Clarinet 3)

Oboe

Alice Maclachlan - Principal + Principal Cor Anglais

James Bland (+ Oboe 2)

Tom Dowdeswell - Principal 2nd + Associate Cor Anglais

Bassoon

Olivia McClintock - Principal

Robert Morris (+Contrabassoon)

Nathaniel Verdin - Principal 2nd

Connie Duggan (+Bassoon 3)

Horn

Thomas Tomlinson - Principal

Zoe Chapman

Audrey Tsang

Alice Condliffe

Trumpet

Leo Vernaglione - Principal + Cornet 1

William Iveson-Vandy - Associate

Alex Milburn

Samuel Davie - Associate 2 + Cornet 2

Trombone

Edward Whitehead - Principal

Marianne Gorton

Brook Aspinall - Bass Trombone

Tuba

Bronwen Roberts

Saxophone

Timothy Tsang - Alto 1

Annie Qosja - Alto 2

Beth Cooley - Tenor

Percussion

Barney Howard - Timpanist + Principal - The Liz Houchin Chair

Dan Hume

Chin (Jayden) Lam

Benjamin Houchin

Piano

Benjamin Houchin