top of page
Grace Shepherd Violinist

About

​Orchestral work:
- Tutti 1st/2nd violin, BBC National Orchestra of Wales (2022-2025)
- Tutti 1st and 2nd violin, English Symphony Orchestra (2023-2025)

- Tutti 1st violin, English String Orchestra (2025)
- Outreach work, Orchestra of the Swan (2025)
- Tutti 1st violin, City of Oxford Orchestra (2025)
- Tutti 1st violin, Mozart Symphony Orchestra (2025)

- Tutti 2nd violin, Bristol Ensemble at If Opera Festival (2025)

- Tutti 2nd violin, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Great Britain (2025) 
- Tutti 2nd violin, Gabrieli Consort and Players (2024)
- Extras list, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra (2024)
- Guest leader, Orchestra of St John (2024)
- Tutti 2nd violin, London Concert Orchestra (2024)
- Tutti 2nd violin, Welsh Concert Orchestra (2024)
- Principal 2nd violin, Midland Opera (2024)
- Tutti 1st violin, British Sinfonietta (2024)
- Soloist and tutti 1st violin, Midland Sinfonia (2023-present)
- Principal and tutti 2nd violin, Piccadilly Sinfonietta (2023-present)
- Tutti 1st/2nd violin, The Studio Orchestra (2023-2024)
- Co-Leader, Bach Camerata, Leicester Bach Choir (2024)
- Tutti 1st violin, UK Proms in the Park (2024)
- Tutti 2nd violin, The Outcry Ensemble (2024)
- Tutti 2nd violin, English Sinfonietta (2023)


Orchestral recording work:
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales: Dr Who Soundtrack (2025/2024)
- Midland Sinfonia: Short film premiere (2024)
- Esk Film Services Limited (2024)
- English Symphony Orchestra: Mayflower on the Sea of Time, Philip Sawyers (2023)
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales: BBC Radio 3 Live (2022/2024)

 

Educational experience:
- Tutti 1st/2nd violin, BBC NOW Professional Placement Scheme (2022-2023)
- 1st Violinist of the Bevan Quartet, Cavatina Competition at Wigmore Hall (2023)
- Leader, Royal Welsh College of Music Symphony Orchestra (2023)
- Soloist with the Baroque Badinerie Consort, Royal Welsh College of Music (2022)
- String Soloists, Royal Welsh College of Music (2020-2023)
- Leader, Worcestershire Youth and String Orchestra (2016-2019)


Teaching and voluntary work:
- Violin and piano teacher at the Elgar School of Music, Worcester (2024-present)
- Deputy violin/viola teacher at CYM Guildhall Conservatoire, London (2023-present)
- Voluntary violinist at Worcester Warriors Foundation Dementia Café (2023-present)
- Voluntary violinist at Acorns Children’s Hospice Worcester (2018-present)

 

Awards and prizes:
- Master’s Examination Prize from the University of Oxford "for the highest overall mark in coursework and public examinations" (2025)

- Master of Studies (MSt) in Music Performance from the University of Oxford (2025)

- First Class Bachelor of Music (BMus) from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (2023)

- The Elmley Foundation Study Grant (2024)

- The Kathleen Trust Study Grant (2024)
- Harrison-Frank Family Foundation Award (2023)
- Philippa Whitelaw Yardley Memorial Award (2022)

- Scholarship at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (2019-2023)

© Michael Whitefoot
Grace Shepherd Violinist
michael whitefoot

© 2025 Grace Shepherd

bottom of page