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