Flute Salad Trio

Flute Salad Trio Info

The Flute Salad Trio was formed in Edinburgh in 2007 providing weddings and functions with an extra sparkle and a unique instrumental combination. They have had much experience performing in a variety of contexts and venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Mull Festival, Scottish Opera, Royal National Orchestra of Scotland, Hertford Castle, Grosvenor House Hotel and Southwark Cathedral (London).

Repertoire

A brief selection of repertoire is listed below to whet your appetite

Air on a G string
- Bach

Can't take my eyes of you
- Crewe/Gaudio

The Four Seasons
- Vivaldi

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
- Handel

Canon in D
- Pachelbel

Wedding March
- Wagner

My love is like a red, red rose
- Burns

Summertime
- Gershwin

I don't know how to love him
- A L Webber

When I'm 64, Strawberry Fields, etc - Beatles

Star Wars
- Williams

Maria (West Side Story)
- Bernstein

Anything Goes
- Cole Porter

Eine Klein Nacht Musik
- Mozart

Flower Duet
- Delibes

Please contact us for our full repertoire list and if you would like a particular piece or song for your wedding or event, we can easily arrange it for you!!

Heather Kennedy (Violin)

Heather was born in Alexandria in 1983 and started violin lessons with Muriel Dyer at the age of five. She attended the Music School of Douglas Academy in Milngavie, where she studied with Mark Duncan and Edwin Paling.

In 2001 Heather was awarded an Associated Board UK Scholarship to continue her studies at the RSAMD. Whilst there she won several violin prizes, including the Robert Highgate Scholarship, the Bessie Spence Prize and the Macklin Bursary.

Heather graduated with a First Class Honours BMus Performance degree in 2005, playing the Kenneth Leighton concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra as part of her final exam. She now works as a freelance violinist and teacher. As an extra player with the RSNO she has worked with such conductors as Weller and Lazarev.

Heather joined the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland in 1998 and was appointed leader in 2003 for their 25th anniversary tour with Martyn Brabbins, which included a BBC Proms performance at the Royal Albert Hall. She also led the second violins of NYOS Camerata Scotland for their tour to Estonia with Christopher Adey in 2005, and was invited to represent NYOS in orchestral exchanges to Spain and Japan.

As first violinist of the RSAMD Ceoil Quartet she has attended chamber music courses at the Banff Arts Centre in Canada and at Trondheim in Norway. She also attended the Mendelssohn on Mull festival in 2005.

Recent engagements include the solo violin part of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante with the Highland Chamber Orchestra, recitals in Perth and Crieff with guitar and flute duo Alma Nueva, a violin and organ recital with organist Philip Sawyer as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and a recital in Newtonmore as guest violist with the Alba String Quartet.

Louisa Gard (flute)

Having recently performed at the prestigious St. James' Church in Piccadilly, London, Louisa is establishing herself as an exciting young performer.

She has performed as a soloist and chamber musician for a variety of concert organisers including the The Travellers' Club (Pall Mall, London), Epping Music Society, Braughing Music Society, Holy Innocent's Music Society, Hertford Music Society, The Old Malthouse Music Society and Southwark Cathedral, London.

Future engagements include performances for the Yatton Music Society, Redbridge Music Society and the Theydon Bois Music Society.

In addition to the concert platform she has also performed at such highly respected venues as Leez Priory, Claridge's and Grosvenor House Hotel, London and The Balmoral (Edinburgh).

She has recently collaborated with the acclaimed composer Dominic Sewell (www.dominicsewell.co.uk) and premiered his flute quartet work, 'On Rumi' which will be performed again in London in the near future.

In addition to her busy solo and chamber career, she is also a member of the newly formed St. Paul's Sinfonia in London whom perform a wide range of orchestral works from Mozart and Beethoven to Bowden.

She recently completed her studies with a Postgraduate Diploma from Royal Academy of Music, London.

Barbara Misiewicz (Cello)

Born in Elblag, Poland in 1986, Barbara studied at the K. Wilkomirski National Music School with Russian cellist Oleg Studnicki for twelve years.

During this time she took part in a number of national and international competitions, including the Malbork Cello Competition and the Justus Johann Dotzauer International Competition in Dresden.

In 2005, Barbara was accepted on to the BMus Performance course at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, to study with Robert Irvine.

She has played in many high profile events and masterclasses with noted artists, including Moray Welsh, Louise Hopkins, Wolfgang Schmidt, Michael Flaksman, Johannes Goritzki, Melissa Phelps and others.

She was a soloist at the opening concert of Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum in 2006. Recent concerts have included performing in the Festival in Schwetzingen, Germany, the Winter 2006 Scottish Ensemble tour of Scotland and performing with the Orchestra of Scottish Opera.

In June, Barbara took part in the Mendelssohn on Mull festival, where she played chamber music with musicians from all over the world.

Future arrangements include both a symphonic concert (Edinburgh Festival Symphony Orchestra) and solo recital during the Edinburgh International Festival and Brechin Festival. She plays on a fine Florentine cello kindly loaned to her by RSAMD.

Barbara would like to thank the Dewar Arts Awards who support her studies.