Entries by Anna Bennett

New Appointment – Jessica Coleman as Violin 1, No.3

We’re very excited to announce that Jessica Coleman has been appointed as LMP Violin 1, No.3. Born in Aberdeen, Jessica was fortunate enough to grow up in a musical household. Her first orchestra tour was to China when she was 9 years old, and it would seem she never looked back! Now, Jessica enjoys performing […]

New appointment – Christine Anderson as Viola No.2

We’re very excited to announce that Christine Anderson has been appointed as LMP Viola No.2. Glaswegian violist Christine joined the viola section of the Hallé Orchestra in 2015, shortly after graduating from the Royal College of Music, where she studied with Simon Rowland Jones. Last year, she moved to London, where she enjoys a varied […]

New appointment – Antonia Kesel as Principal Second Violin

We’re very excited to announce that Antonia Kesel has been appointed as LMP Principal Second Violin. Antonia graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with a First Class honours degree in 2015 having studied with International Soloist, Jack Liebeck for 4 years. Since her graduation, she has been a chamber music fellow at the Royal […]

Welcoming George White as our Viola No.5

George grew up in the South West and was immersed in music from an early age, singing in his local church choir and later as a chorister at Salisbury Cathedral. He went on to hold a scholarship at Wells Cathedral School, later gaining a place at the Royal Academy of Music where he studied with Garfield […]

Our 23/24 Season Announcement

It’s our 75th birthday next year, and our 23/24 season is all about reflecting on how we’ve developed out artistic and community-based work over the years. Flynn Le Brocq, LMP Chief Executive, commented: “As we celebrate 75 years of music making, we’re using this season to look back on our past and particularly on our […]

Welcoming Alan Thomas as our Principal Trumpet

Alan is a former Principal Trumpet of both the BBC Symphony Orchestra and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra performing under Conductors Sakari Oramo and Andris Nelson’s. He is also a member of two of the countries leading brass chamber groups in Onyx Brass and Septura Brass Septet. He is a Trumpet Professor at the Royal […]

Bloch’s Building Blocks

BLOCK 1 Ernest Bloch was a Swiss-born composer who gained popularity in the 20th century. As with most composers, he went through something of an identity crisis as he tried to find his unique musical voice. We’d like to think of his life as a series of Building Blocks that led him to writing the […]

Equal Play: Our New Education Ambassadors Scheme to Bring Accessible Music Education to Croydon

Driven by the belief that every young person should have the chance to hear and play live music, we’ve launched a brand-new education programme called Equal Play. Building on our 30-year history of delivering education work in Croydon, we’re is working with a number of Education Ambassadors to help tackle the issue of young people […]