Laura Justice graduated from the Royal College of Music with an honours degree in 2002, having previously studied recorder with Marion Scott. Whilst at the RCM she studied with Ashley Solomon and participated in several masterclasses with Walter van Hauwe. She has performed in London venues including St George's, Hanover Square as part of the London Handel Festival, Handel House Museum and St George's, Bloomsbury. Laura plays regularly with chamber groups Emerald and Iberian Archive, and performed a chamber concerto with the Romanian Baroque Players in St James's, Piccadilly and at venues across Norfolk. She has also played on stage at the London Coliseum with English National Opera in their production of Handel's Xerxes, with BBC National Orchestra of Wales, broadcast on Radio 3, and The Philharmonia. She has also played with the Leeds Baroque Orchestra. She has given demonstrations at the Greenwich International Exhibition of Early Music for The Early Music Shop and Stephan Blezinger. Laura currently lives and teaches in West Yorkshire and is the reviews editor for The Recorder Magazine.
Jennifer Bullock was drawn into the early music
world whilst undertaking postgraduate cello studies with Lowri
Blake at the Royal College of Music, following a somewhat unusual
initial degree in Microbiology and Immunology. Taking up both the
viola da gamba and baroque 'cello, she subsequently studied early
music at Trinity College of Music, London, with both Alison Crum
and Susan Sheppard, winning the intercollegiate Harriet Cohen
Memorial Music Award and gaining a coveted place on the Orchestra
of the Age of Enlightenment/Jerwood Experience for Young Players
during her time there. Since completing her studies in June 2004,
Jennifer has been enjoying a busy schedule of teaching and performing,
playing in the UK and abroad with both established and emerging
ensembles including the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment,
Musica Secreta and the Marésienne Consort. Jennifer has held
scholarships at both the RCM and TCM, generously supported by The
Drapers' Company, Beverly Creed, Etherington and TCM funds.
Bridget Cunningham is a young, dynamic harpsichordist and conductor who plays and
presents on several TV and Radio shows. Bridget's performing experience includes
working with the London Handel Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, English
Touring Opera and the Irish Chamber Orchestra. She conducts the exciting Broschi Ensemble
and various other groups and has assisted conducting and coaching the
Schola Pieta Antonio Vivaldi choir and orchestra.
Research, presentations and performances have been featured on ITV, Sky Arts, RTE, RTP 2 and BBC TV and Radio including Woman's Hour, Front Row, In Tune, Night Watch and Go 4 It. Recordings include the keyboard music for a CD for the Edward De Vere Society and a recording of French baroque music for Signum records. She has recorded BBC documentaries with the OAE on Vivaldi and recorded the virginal music for the BBC 1 series 'Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen' and for 'How London Was Built', and directed music for BBC2 's 'Messiah'. She performs regularly and is recording with her Irish baroque group Emerald, as well as the trio Fleuri, Fleuri Vox and Iberian Archive and is currently a Junior Fellow at the Royal College of Music in performance history where she researches, performs and coaches students on Baroque style.