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Lucy JankowskiLucy began classical violin when she was seven.
She continued her studies achieving a BA (Hons) in Music and a Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching at the UEA in England. Lucy has supported many singer-song writers and performed in pop and folk bands in Bristol, Norfolk, London and at Glastonbury Festival. She has been deputy violinist in the UEA Symphony Orchestra and a first violinist in Bristol Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Metropolitan Orchestra, Penrith Symphony Orchestra, Orpheus String Orchestra and the Blue Mountains Orchestra. Lucy founded the Blue Mountains String Quartet in 2014 and plays violin in the ensemble. She is also a violin and primary school teacher in the Blue Mountains. |
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Sonja Keller
Sonja started playing the violin when she was six.
She studied under Harold Brissenden for eleven years and then later with Leonid Zeyde from Leningrad Symphony Orchestra in Russia. She completed a Bachelor of Music Education in 1992 and over the years she has played with many symphony orchestras. Her highlight was performing with the Orana Chamber Orchestra in Melbourne from 1994-1999. Sonja has enjoyed being a session musician for the Wiggles, The Soul Movers and more recently with Jimmy Barnes. Sonja joined the Blue Mountains String Quartet as a violinist in the Autumn of 2021. She lives and works in the Blue Mountains. |
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Jeanie BrooksJeanie began learning the violin at the age of six.
She was taught principally by her uncle, Gordon Bennett in the Mountains. Growing up, she played with the Western Youth Orchestra, as well as a number of ensembles in the Mountains and the Sydney University Symphony Orchestra. She has achieved a Bachelor of Arts from Sydney University and a Masters in Teaching. Jeanie is accomplished in arranging requested, popular music for string quartet and she also enjoys playing the piano. She has been playing with the Blue Mountains String Quartet both as a violinist and as a violist since it's establishment in 2014. Jeanie performs and teaches in the Blue Mountains. |
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Kate HaddersKate started playing cello aged five.
She was a member of the Darwin Youth Orchestra and Darwin Symphony Orchestra. She has played in theater productions, musicals and special events as part of chamber ensembles and string quartets since the age of 13. She graduated from Adelaide University in 2000 with a Bachelor in Musical Performance. In 2006, Kate moved to Amsterdam, where she recorded and performed with artists from broad genres, including Classical, Folk and World Music. Here she wrote and recorded original music of her own. She is also a skilled arranger of popular string quartet music. She has been performing with the Blue Mountains String Quartet since 2015. |