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 and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade.

First Violins

Shreya Grover - Concertmaster - The Vicky Iveson Chair

Josh Evett - Co-Concertmaster

Anne-Mai Ong

Katherine Iveson-Vandy

Tzu-Yin (Christine) Sang

Stephen Wise

Edward Clark

Gaia Lim-Taylor

Jess Dowse

Alexander Menegas

Wenxi Zhao

Daniel Rix

Benjamin Mehta

Susannah Knowles

Emilia Pantelides

Second Violins

Eleanor Turner - Principal

Cameron Davies

Isabel Lorato

Eleanor Brown

Jemima Brewer

Emily Gooday

Romilly Tuckley

James Landale

Sophia Campbell

Nicholas Sanders

Lara Sowande

Mina Li

Agnes Bracey-Davis

Zak Rosin

Viola

Oskar Herbert-Young - Principal

Jamie Hardwicke

Ottavia Eliot

Millie Hindmarch

Charlie Linekar

Aleksiy Dyke

Will Bellaries

Molly Housley

Diya Baloo

Katherine Fenton-Smith

Cello

Maddie Murray - Principal

Cynthia Bottemly

Freddie Grimwade

Esther Burden

Luca Evans

Han Cho

Mia Roberts

Lynette Alsop

Ho Yan (Charlotte) Wong

Enya Lynch

Ben Davies

Double Bass

Ella Coates - Principal

Christian O’Brien

Frederic Campione

Aldred Alemany-Sanchez

Aaron Siu

Luca Whittle

Flute

Zac Smith - Principal

Jonas Flohr

Emma Phipps - Principal 2nd + Piccolo

Joe Ancell

Clarinet

James Riley - Principal + Eb Clarinet

Daisy Hickson

Oscar Jack - Principal 2nd

Katy Baker - Bass Clarinet

Trombone

Edward Whitehead - Principal

Marianne Gorton

Brook Aspinall - Bass Trombone

Harp

Holly Lancaster

Horn

Thomas Tomlinson - Principal

Michael Kohn - Associate

Zoe Chapman

Audrey Tsang

Alice Condliffe

Tuba

TBC

Oboe

Alice Maclachlan - Principal + Principal Cor Anglais

James Bland

Tom Dowdeswell - Principal 2nd + Associate Cor Anglais

Niamh Connellan

Trumpet

Leo Vernaglione - Principal

William Iveson-Vandy - Associate

Alex Milburn

Samuel Davie

Percussion

Barney Howard - Timpanist + Principal - The Liz Houchin Chair

Dan Hume

Chin (Jayden) Lam

Benjamin Houchin

Bassoon

Freya Garside - Principal

Robert Morris - Contrabassoon

Nathaniel Verdin - Principal 2nd

Connie Duggan