Violin
Naomi is an exciting, dynamic and adaptable freelance violinist, performing with orchestras, chamber groups, pit bands and as a soloist. Alongside her keen interest in contemporary repertoire, Naomi frequently performs in classical, baroque, operatic and musical theatre settings.
Contemporary performance
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Naomi is a keen advocate for contemporary music and performance.
Since first being exposed to the genre during her time at the University of Manchester, contemporary music has been a significant part of Naomi's musical life. She welcomes the innovative and novel ways in which composers address themes and issues present in life today, and enjoys working with new techniques and sound worlds. Naomi aims to commission, perform and record a wide range of new works for the violin, working with a variety of composers and creating works herself. |
Selected Contemporary Repertoire
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Symphony Orchestra performance at St. David's Hall, Cardiff.
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Performances
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State of Mind
'State of Mind' is a composition for violin and fixed electronics. The different musical sections and the way they move from one to the other, whether that be smoothly or intrusively, represent our different states of mind; how often and unexpectedly they can change, how they can interrupt each other and how you can try but fail to repress thoughts. The violin part is semi-improvised; the main melodic cells are all based on the interval of a second, whether that be major or minor. The electronics are created entirely from recordings of the violin- some have been heavily manipulated and others left in a raw state. |
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'the glitterings: transitory states'
Silent video score with improvised solo violin Created by Elizabeth Ditmanson Programme note by Elizabeth Ditmanson: 'the glitterings: transitory states' is in many ways a questioning of relationships, an exploration of structures. As a silent video score, the piece invites, requires, the performer to draw on visual themes and relationships to establish their soundworld in a live setting. The sonic character and form of the resulting piece are created through the performer’s navigation of the presentation and evolution, transitions and interrelations of the morphing stream of shifting image ideas. Displayed as a visual component of the work for the audience, this process of interpretation is made public: visible and audible. |
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Education
Quartet performance at The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester.
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Naomi has a first-class BMus (Hons) degree in music from the University of Manchester and an MMus in performance from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. She began playing the violin aged 8 with her local music service before moving on to studying at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance Junior Department during her sixth form years.
She has received tuition from highly renowned teachers and performers including Rebecca Turner (BBC Concert Orchestra principle violin), Lesley Hatfield (Leader of BBC NOW), Caroline Abbott (Violinist, Halle Orchestra) and Owen Cox (Orchestral Violinist and teacher at Cheethams School of Music) and has participated in masterclasses with world class players including Itzhak Rashkovsky (International Violinist), Lucy Gould (violinist of the Gould Trio) and Rachel Podger (International Baroque Violinist). Naomi also has experience on baroque period instrument. |
Performance Highlights
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