The long-standing retiring members have a combined total of 160 years performing with the orchestra
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The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra bids farewell to long-standing string players this year, as it announces the newly appointed members ahead of the 2024/25 season.
The retiring string players are principal viola Rob Shepley, who joined the orchestra in 1984; section player viola Richard Wallace, who joined the orchestra in 1979; and section player first violin Alex Marks, who joined the orchestra in 1985.
The new string players joining the orchestra are Sophie McQueen as associate principal second violin no.2 and Joana Rodrigues as section player second violin.
McQueen studied jointly at the Royal Northern College of Music and Manchester University with Richard Deakin and the Royal Academy of Music with Clio Gould. She is a member of Manchester Camerata and has worked with the Scottish Ensemble, Academy of St. Martin-In-The-Fields, Berkeley Ensemble, London Contemporary Orchestra and London Sinfonietta.
Rodrigues is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is currently a fellow for the Philharmonia MMSF Instrumental Fellowship Programme 2023/2024. She has performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Chamber Orchestra and Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa.
In addition to the string section musical chairs, the orchestra has also announced the retirement of principal oboe Jonathan Small, who joined in 1984, and the appointment of Matthew Brett as section leader percussion.
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