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Music in Farley presents The Zeitgeist Chamber Orchestra
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The Zeitgeist Chamber Orchestra from Oxford perform Mozart’s ‘Gran Partita’ The Zeitgeist Chamber Orchestra Formed in 2012, The Zeitgeist Chamber Orchestra brings together young professional and student instrumentalists to exhilarate audiences with repertoire both familiar and unexpected. Members include alumni of the Oxford, Cambridge and Bristol Universities, all the London Conservatoires, European and National Youth Orchestras as well as the Southbank Sinfonia. Aiming to challenge the group’s  Sam Poppleton (conductor) Photo credit Ian Gillett Sam Poppleton graduated from Oxford University with a First Class degree in Music in 2013 having studied at The Queen’s College where he also held the Maurice Pearton choral scholarship. In his second year Sam won the conductorship of Oxford University Student Chorus with whom he performed termly concerts in the Sheldonian Theatre. Sam has since continued working with choirs and conducted Kensington Brass’s performance of Purcell’s Funeral Sentence for the Death of Queen Mary and Jongen’s Messe en l’honneur du Saint-Sacrement. During his final year Sam was asked to stand in and conduct Beethoven’s Symphony No.8 for Oxford University Orchestra as part of their Beethoven marathon. Sam spent last year as a clerk in Magdalen College Choir and as a conducting apprentice to John Lubbock and the Orchestra of St John. Sam conducted in one of  Bryony Moody Bryony Moody is currently performing regularly as a freelance cellist in the South West and London whilst also working as a part-time classroom music teacher and chamber music coach at Bryanston School. Graduating last year, Bryony gained first class honours in a BMus Music degree from the University of Leeds, specialising in performance. She started to learn the cello with Muriel Daniels when she was a chorister at Salisbury Cathedral and continued her studies with Michael Mace. For the last six years she has been a pupil of Sue Lowe. Over the years she has participated in the International Eton and Bryanston Cello Course and studied with Anna Shuttleworth, Naomi Butterworth, Charles Medlam and has had master classes with Louise Hopkins, Pierre Doumenge and Alexander Baille. Living in Strasbourg for a year, Bryony studied the cello with Frank Van Lamsweerde and chamber music with Armand Angster. During this time she played with the ‘Volutes’ Orchestra and ‘Duna’ Trio, giving concerts around the Alsace region, and took part in performances of Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time and Bach’s Brandenberg Concertos. Bryony has played professionally on cruise ships touring both the Mediterranean and Baltic regions. She has performed recitals in Poole, Weymouth, Christchurch, Ripon and Leeds and has had the opportunity to play in some renowned venues such as St. John’s Smith Square and the Globe Theatre, London. Her solo performances with orchestra include Kabalevsky No. 1, Prokofiev Concertino, Elgar, J. C. Bach, and Vivaldi cello concertos. She has experience performing a range of genres from classical to pop and also contemporary. Bryony is a versatile musician and welcomes new experiences.
Tickets £10 from Salisbury Playhouse 01722 320333
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