Jessica Kerr
Jessica Kerr is a cellist with a nature connected creative practice. Happiest when sharing music amongst the trees, Jessica’s work focuses on creating and performing music that explores and communicates our relationship with the more-than-human world, and draws audiences out into nature by musical invitation.
Jean-François Carrière
Jean-François Carrière is currently pursuing studies in Baroque Cello at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg. At the age of 14, Jean-François was accepted to the prestigious Yehudi Menuhin School in Surrey, where he studied for five years under Prof. Bartholomew LaFollette.
Garwyn Linnell
Garwyn Linnell is a Canadian born Welsh-Chinese cellist and musician with a deep passion for exploring diverse music genres, artistic collaborations, and innovative performance styles. After completing his classical performance studies at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany, and the Royal Academy of Music in London, Garwyn broadened his artistic horizons, embracing a wide range of creative expressions.
Héloïse Werner & Colin Alexander
French-born soprano and composer Héloïse Werner is currently an Associate Artist at Wigmore Hall and is "quickly becoming a latter-day Cathy Berberian or Meredith Monk" (The Times), in demand as both a composer and soprano. Her anticipated second album “close-ups” was released to critical acclaim in June 2024 with Delphian Records.
Tara Franks
Cellist Tara Franks composes, curates and facilitates a myriad of creative projects working across genres and art forms. Her work centres around collaboration, both when working with other professional artists and within the community. As co-founder of acclaimed string duo Balladeste, she has been interviewed on Radio 4 Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 3, Soho Radio and NTS. She has worked with renowned artists including; Kae Tempest, Akala, Jocelyn Pook and Jasdeep Singh Degun and is a core member/composer of contemporary trio Quest Ensemble. Tara also collaborates on cross-arts projects for theatre, dance and visual artists, including creating the sound score for the acclaimed show ‘Foreign Body’ by Imogen Butler-Cole.