The Eynsford Ensemble

Concert Details

Tickets are £7.00 per person (12yrs and under are free).

Tickets are available on the door or can be purchased through this website. 

EYNSFORD QUARTET

Willemijn Slijboom – First Violin

 

Willemijn was born in the Netherlands and moved to the United Kingdom in 2005 to study at Birmingham Conservatoire. Following her successful graduation, Willemijn joined the Suffolk County Music Service as  a Peripatetic Violin Teacher based around Bury St Edmunds. During her time in Birmingham Willemijn studied Kodaly music technique and has subsequently taken several courses in Colour Strings  and Kodaly for which she is a very enthusiastic exponent. Having settled in North Norfolk, Willemijn enjoys playing in many Orchestra’s and currently is a member of the Academy of St Thomas.

 

Deborah Harris – Second Violin

 

Deborah is a professional violinist performing and teaching in London and Norfolk.   Deborah has performed in London for many years, mainly in chamber orchestras and in recitals with piano.  She has performed with many notable conductors, including as concert master.   She is Principal of The North London Conservatoire, a Colourstrings/Kodály-based specialist music school, which she established in 1995 and which now has 1200 students attending weekly, with many going on to study music professionally.    Since moving to Norfolk in 2014, Deborah has played with local groups such as The Academy of St Thomas and the new Ensemble East, as well as being in demand for occasional groups for concerts, choirs and opera.   She lives in Fakenham with her two sons, her husband and an enormous Swedish elkhound.  

 

 

Zbys Kaznowski – Viola

 

Zbys was born in West Norfolk to a Polish father and an English mother. His father played professional Cello for a brief time in Poland and brought the whole family up playing various musical instruments. His early musical years were formed in Middlesborough, being taught by Keith Robson which were followed by lessons with Alexander Kirk in Norwich. He has played for many of the Norfolk Orchestras and has enjoyed doing many a show from Gilbert and Sullivan to full Opera. Currently he enjoys playing in The Academy of St Thomas where he has been fortunate to have played for over 20 years. An enthusiastic Chamber musician, he revels in the diversity that is on offer from a huge repertoire.

 

 

Michael Price - Cello

 

Michael started lessons on the cello aged 9 when he was living in Ethiopia. His first cello teacher was a Bulgarian professional cellist who taught at the Addis Ababa music school. Not sure what he was doing there at the height of the Cold War.  He spoke no English. Aged 14  Michael played in a cultural festival in the presence of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor Haile Selassie. A small group of musicians played a Bach trio sonata movement as the European contribution!

More recently Michael has played with AST for the past 15 years. He gave up for three years when he worked in a hospital in Sierra Leone, and had to restart on return to UK. The West African weather does not suit stringed instruments!

Chrissie Owens - Horn

Chrissie studied the horn at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music in Glasgow.  During her time there played in many orchestras and ensembles including the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland.

Following this she attended the National Centre for Orchestral studies, a postgraduate course designed to train graduates for an orchestral career, rehearsing five days a week to perform a weekly concert.

On returning to Norwich,. she continued her passion for music while developing a highly suyccessful career in sales and marketing, she  now uses these skills to support some of the orchestras she plays with across Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex.

Over the years Chrissie has performed an extensive range of the orchestral and choral repertoire playing under conductors such as Sir Alexander Gibson, Nicholas Braithwaite, Christopher Adey, Sir Colin Davies, Vernon Handley and Elgar Howarth.

Performing in some of the leading concert halls in Great Britain, Albert Hall, John Smith Square, Usher Hall and Snape Maltings.