A postgraduate student at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Charlotte Perkins loves researching, practicing, and playing in string quartets. Originally from New Hampshire in the Northeastern U.S., Charlotte’s primary teachers have been Alicia Casey, Timothy Kantor, and Hector Scott, and she plays on a contemporary violin by Christoph Götting.

 

As a chamber and solo musician, Charlotte specialises in Classical and Early Romantic repertoire; she can also be found baking bread, frequenting bookstores, and enthusiastically singing alto lines in the Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus.

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Brianna Berman is a classically-trained violinist with a love for traditional music. She moved to Glasgow from New York, USA to study at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with Angus Ramsay from 2016-2020 (BMus Hons) and is currently working towards a MA in music psychology. 

 

Brianna loves to teach and holds teaching-artist positions with both the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. 

 

When not teaching or performing, Brianna spends her time tending to her collection of houseplants.

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Sagnick Mukherjee is a musician from Kolkata currently based in Glasgow. Since completing his postgraduate studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, he has worked across India and the U.K. in a range of traditional and unconventional settings. Passionate about exploring music from different places, styles, and times, Sagnick enjoys facilitating cross-cultural collaborations and encouraging wider audiences to engage with music.

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When not musicking, Sagnick is busy with experiments in the kitchen, enjoying a swim, or exploring the beautiful Scottish outdoors!

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Cellist Peter Phelan hails from Cincinnati, Ohio. He has performed with orchestras including the Orchestra of Opera North, BBC Philharmonic, and Cincinnati Ballet Orchestra. He teaches at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Junior Department, Sistema Scotland, and St. Aloysius College.

Peter studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and the University of Cincinnati under Lee Fiser, Ilya Finkelshteyn, and Eduardo Vassallo. Outside of music, he enjoys making homemade granola and staying up late to root for the Cincinnati Bengals.