Lineup:-
colin_riley
elizabeth_nygård
ben_jarlett
joe_jarlett
pete_wilson
rob_millett
natalie _rozario
zoe_martlew
colin_riley - keyboards, director & conductor
Colin Riley’s work is hard to categorise. It aims to integrate electronic and improvised elements as well as aesthetics from pop, into a unique entity. As well as commissions from a wide range of groups, Colin creates for his own ensembles the Homemade Orchestra and MooV. He was Composer-in-Association with the Bournemouth Orchestras (1995-8).
www.colinriley.co.uk
elizabeth_nygård - voice
Elisabeth Nygaard is a performing and composing vocalist. She has a Masters Degree in Jazz and Contemporary Studies, specializing in voice and advanced vocal techniques. She currently resides in Leeds,UK.
www.myspace.com/elisabethnygaard
ben_jarlett - laptop
Ben Jarlett is a programmer, live_samplist, and loves noisy electronic sounds (and in another life he creates clever websites and designs for print). He has a lovely daughter and lives in Stroud.
www.benjarlett.co.uk
joe_jarlett - video
Joe Jarlett is a live visualist (ex-sex pixels), vj, mashup artist, laptop musician, performer, saxaphone player (and in another life he creates clever websites). He lives in Bristol.
www.joejarlett.co.uk
pete_wilson - bass
For the past twenty years Pete has balanced an academic career with playing bass guitar in a variety of pop and classical settings. In 1989 he became a founder member of The Steve Martland Band (Factory Records) and Icebreaker and went on to play for Ensemble Modern with John Adams, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, American Composers Orchestra (Carnegie Hall) and in a BBC Prom (Royal Albert Hall). Pop credits include Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Melanie C and Rufus Wainwright; but playing Sir Paul McCartney’s violin bass in Abbey Road Studio 2 in front of the man himself probably eclipses all the rest.
Read more on his profile at Southampton Solent University
rob_millett - percussion
Rob trained at the Royal College of Music as an orchestral percussionist. He has worked in many different settings including Ballet Rambert, English National Touring Opera, Tim Whitehead's Homemade Orchestra, contemporary music group Icebreaker, The London Philharmonic Orchestra and others. Recent solo work includes a recital in Cambridge and performances at the Isleworth Festival. Robert has undertaken education and community projects for several organisations, and has written the music for several dance pieces created by Rambert's education team. He teaches percussion and music technology at the Lady Eleanor Holles school in Hampton.
natalie_rozario - cello
Natalie Rozario's freelance work includes the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Grange Park Opera, the Brunel Ensemble, Pimlico Opera and the Camerata Roman string chamber orchestra in Sweden. She is a founder member of the Trio Bernaola with whom she toured Venezuela, Spain and the UK last year promoting their CD Jovenes Compositores Vascos (produced in association with the Basque Arts Foundation). She also plays with The TS Ensemble, a jazz-based collective performing regularly around London.
zoe_martlew - cello
Zoë has played the cello in lots of different ways with lots of different people all over the world including many contemporary music groups, rock, pop and electronica artists including Ensemble Modern, London Sinfonietta, Paul McCartney, Radiohead, Super Furry Animals, Plaid and Katie Melua. Recent projects include her one-woman show Z Unleashed; perfomances of her music for Ballet Black at the Lindbury, ROH II and MD for the Ballet Boyz show, Sadler Wells; a judge for BBC2 TV's Maestro, regular guest commentator for BBCTV Proms and soloist in 1st performances of Colin Riley's Concerto and Brian Lock's Sonata for cello and electronics. She has worked with disabled and autistic kids, drug addicts, in prisons, universities and music colleges. She is naturally blonde and draws the line at Country and Western. www.zoemartlew.com/