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Upcoming engagements:
​Wednesday 18th April 2018 - 19:30
Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro

St. John's Church, Waterloo, SE1 8TY
London Incidental Orchestra Concert

Conducted by Alexander Conway
Saturday 21st April 2018 - 19:30
Stravinsky, Monumentum
​Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto
​Brahms, Symphony No. 4

St. John's Church, Waterloo, SE1 8TY
Philharmonia Britannica Concert
Conducted by Peter Fender
 Sunday 29th April 2018 - 19:00
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Wagner, excerpts of Die Walkure

St John's Church, Waterloo, SEI 8TY
New Palace Opera Concert
Conducted by Jonathan Finney
 Penny James is a violinist based in London. She is a versatile musician with many interests including ensemble playing, folk music and is a dedicated and passionate teacher. She offers lessons in violin, piano, cello and music theory from beginners to advanced.

Penny currently teaches as a peripatetic violin teacher as part of Stretto Music and has worked with organisations including Animate Orchestra, Greenwich Music Hub, Music Maestros, The Future Music Group, Trinity Laban's Teenies Group and Boppin' Bunnies.

She is also a very enthusiastic orchestral player and has played with many ensembles including Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra in Finland, the London Euphonia Orchestra, the Philharmonia Britannica and GoodenSemble. She has played under the batons of Sakari Oramo, Roy Goodman, Gerry Cornelius and Diego Masson to name but a few.


Penny plays with Matt Tighe as part of the Hygge Duo. Together they provide live music for events, weddings and educational workshops.

Organised and self-motivated Penny has been expanding her portfolio career over the past several years whilst studying full time at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. She is currently in her 4th and final year studying with John Crawford. In 2016 she went on an Erasmus Exchange in Finland where she studied with Reijo Tunkkari and Kreeta-Maria Kentala.

Penny has taken part in a number of masterclasses and courses including:
  • Chamber masterclass with Yuri Zhislin in Finland.
  • Adam Sutherland Folk Fiddle course in Glasgow.
  • Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas Folk Fiddle Course in Skye.
  • Oxford Cello School, which included masterclasses with Lionel Handy and Alexander Boyarsky.
  • English Schools Orchestra.
  • ProCorda.​​
Click here to book me for an engagement or to enquire about having lessons.

London Euphonia Orchestra String Rehearsal with Ofer Falk

3/10/2017

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After a busy day at Trinity I went straight from Greenwich to rehearse with the London Euphonia Orchestra. This time we had a string sectional rehearsal (just violins, violas and cellos) with Trinity Laban and Guildhall violin professor Ofer Falk. We played through some of Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet but it's not all work and no play; Ofer had a go on the cello!
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