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BIOGRAPHIES
Samantha Barrand
Soprano Sax
Samantha is an enthusiastic and passionate musician based in Essex. Primarily a saxophonist, she achieved her Masters in Performance and Conducting at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. During her time there, she was awarded the Charles Proctor Prize for conducting and she also led a collaboration project focusing on Zydeco Cajun style music.Throughout her school, university and professional
life Sam has played at locations both at home and abroad, from the Horse Guards Parade and the Birmingham Military Tattoo to events in Italy, France and Spain, supplying music in a variety of forms. Along with Elizabeth Worth and Hannah Wainwright, Sam is a founding member of One Screw Loose Saxophone Quartet as well as Dixie Jazz group‘TradJazzled’.
Whilst studying for her degree in Colchester, she was the winner of the Concerto Competition, and she was given the opportunity to play keyboard, saxophone and violin in a range of musicals with local musical theatre societies, including Seussical, Cry Baby and The Wizard of Oz.
Sam currently teaches in a variety of schools across Essex. As well as teaching, Sam has been Musical Director for the Romford Drum and Trumpet corps youth band since 2014. During her work with the marching and concert band, she was given the opportunity to take part in a
composition competition for the military charity 'Soldier On', where
she was placed as runner up against former and current serving
musicians of the British Military.
Liking to keep busy and take on challenges, Sam recently put on a
‘Best of British’ style concert. With the help of musicians she had
worked with from her studies in both Colchester and London she
formed the Moonlighters' Wind Band, and conducted the concert in the University of Essex concert series, and thanks to popular
demand a second concert is currently being planned.
Hannah Wainwright
Alto Sax
Hannah enjoys working as a music teacher both in schools and privately. She teaches one-to-one and group lessons, leads ensembles, and teaches whole-class instrumental music lessons for the Essex Music Education Hub Services. Her principal instrument and first passion is the flute. She also plays the piccolo, alto saxophone and clarinet, and has been a woodwind player for many shows including
"Sweet Charity", "Grease", "Honk!", and "The Wedding Singer" for theatre groups all around Essex. She teaches young children how to read music using the Stave House method which uses songs, stories and kinaesthetic games to make music theory engaging and fun.
Hannah graduated with a first class BA Honours degree from Colchester Institute (accredited by the University of Essex) in 2013, and specialised in education and performance. During her studies she formed a flute and guitar duet called Flutarra, won a solo performance prize, and became part of "One Screw Loose". Music has always been Hannah's passion, but it was having her daughter in 2009 that encouraged her to follow it as a career. She was awarded music scholarships to both Ipswich High School and the Royal Hospital School, where she participated in choirs, orchestras, concerts and a marching band. She organised a concert whilst in sixth form to raise money for her gap year to Chile, where she was a classroom assistant and travelled in South America.
Hannah has performed in a variety of settings as a member of several soul and function bands, and is currently in a functions cover band called "It's Fete". They recently teamed up with "The Three Chordettes" vocal group to put on a charity fundraising gig. Hannah is a member of the "Tubular Bells Live" group which are currently on tour around the UK, performing Mike Oldfield music, which has been meticulously transcribed and arranged, and is one of only 5 groups performing his music live in the world. They have upcoming concerts in Sevenoaks, Portsmouth, Milton Keynes, Chelmsford, and Bury St Edmunds. Hannah really enjoys playing with One Screw Loose and all the variety of music they play; music by Queen and Michael Jackson are her absolute favourite!
Elizabeth began her musical studies at Redbridge Music School in 2001, and graduated from Colchester Institute in 2013 with a performance-based music degree with first-class honours. Primarily a clarinettist studying under Charles Hine, she won competitions for solo and duet clarinet performances as well as ensemble performances with
the University clarinet choir, and she
was awarded a distinction for her Associated Board Diploma in clarinet performance. During her time at university, Elizabeth co-founded Dixie Jazz sextet 'TradJazzled' and saxophone quartet 'One Screw Loose' with whom she performs regularly, as well as playing in pit bands for musicals in Essex and East London, including 'Sweet Charity', 'Guys and Dolls', and 'The Addams Family'. She also led the Colchester Institute Symphonic Wind Orchestra and the Essex
Youth Symphonic Wind Orchestra as principal clarinettist, and performed with Essex Youth Orchestra on E-flat clarinet. It was
during these years that she was able to experience recording
studios for the first time, and she features on Judy Dyble's album 'Flow and Change' which was recorded during her studies in Colchester. Elizabeth currently performs in groups such as
Greenwich Concert Band and East London Evensong Choir and conducts a number of ensembles, including Belvedere Concert
Band, Bexley Concert Orchestra, the British Clarinet Ensemble, the East Anglian Single Reed Choir and Poplar Singers.
Rebecca Philpot
Baritone Sax
Rebecca Philpot realised her love for music at 8 when she began to play the flute, and a few years later when she then began to play the tenor saxophone. She attended Coopers Company and Coborn school in Upminster, which greatly promoted music. Throughout her time there, Rebecca played in a number of jazz bands, orchestras and bands. This was where she met Samantha, and the two began playing in their first
saxophone quartet. During her time at Coopers, she played in Lake Garda and played in national competitions for Music for Youth. Outside of school, she also performed several times at the Queen Elizabeth Hall with Havering Music school.
After Coopers, Rebecca decided to continue her interest for music by completing a three year music degree at City University. There she studied the tenor saxophone and the flute, and in 2013 she graduated with a 2:1. During her time at City University, Rebecca focused on looking at and performing world music, playing in an African drumming and Gamelan ensemble alongside a chamber choir. She focused on performing classical and jazz music and was lucky to play with the jazz band at Guanabara in London.
After completing her undergraduate degree, Rebecca continued her studies and completed a PGCE in primary education at the Institute of Education- something she wanted to achieve from a young age. She currently teaches full time in a school locally whilst teaching individual music lessons at the weekend. Rebecca plays in a community orchestra every week and rejoined the saxophone quartet One Screw Loose after completing her studies in 2013.
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