BIOGRAPHIES

Eunice Pike studied piano and violin at the Royal Academy of Music and worked as a peripatetic piano teacher.  She has acted as official accompanist at music festivals in the south of England and has been house pianist on several music courses.  Besides working with opera groups she regularly plays chamber music with local musicians.  

Cathy Mathews studied at the Royal Northern College of Music.  She then enjoyed a career as an orchestral violinist, with positions in the Bournemouth Sinfonietta, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the Welsh National Opera Orchestra, the BBC Radio Orchestra and the BBC Concert Orchestra.  Cathy also freelanced extensively in and around London and with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. She now plays in local orchestras and chamber groups.