The Symphony Orchestra
Violin I
Millie Harding leader
Amy Ying
Katie Jankinson
Alex Down
Dohyun Kim
Elizabeth Kearney
Alexander Lee
Sonia Bae
Joe Savage
Beth Zheng
Violin II
Clara Falkowska principal
Megan Hathaway
Julian Adler
Charles Gurnham
Hortense Comon
Mollie Lewis
Safia Merchant
Lucy Parr
Kirsty Dempster
Rachel Weller
Ruth Hardy
Viola
Laura Cooper principal
Takeo Broadhurst
Charlotte Sasse
Tom Walker
Alex Ridley
Grace Fu
Anna Davey
Rosie Harrison
Eben Gutteridge
Rosy Heneghan
Cello
Gabriel Francis-Dehqani principal
Ben Messenger
Estelle Liu
Ruth Thursby
Alex Acomb
Sophie Baxter
Lauren Hardyman
Lucie Loridon
Flute
Elen Clarke principal
Tad Davies
Elizabeth McCauley
Saskia Huxham
Oboe
Jonathan Blake principal
Alex Milne
Ishaan Shukla
Clarinet
Katie Fyffe principal
Annabelle Cooke
Matthew Pearson
Alex Wardill
Bassoon
Samuel Napier-Smith principal
Olivia Peacock
Sarah Cliff
Yasmin Prior
French Horn
Oonagh Taylor principal
Martha Kean
Charlotte Smith
Jessica Muurman
Trumpet
Alex Cooke principal
Martha Dean
Catherine Flanders
Jesse Turnock
Trombone
Billy Crook principal
Peter Fewster
Josh Hill
Tuba
Kate Long principal
Timpani
Luca Lorenzini principal
Percussion
Zein Checri
Natalie Houlston
Double Bass
Nathanael Thomas-Atkin principal
Sonia Sin
Anna Kendal
Annika Hanson
Gabriel Dixon-Hardy
Conductor
Marcello Palazzo
Marcello is a third year Music student studying at St. Chad’s College Durham, where he was a Choral Scholar in his first year. He began his studies at Junior Guildhall, and is a violinist, pianist, singer, conductor and composer.
A previous Music Scholar at secondary school, Marcello has received conducting tuition from Peter Stark, Timothy Burke and Jac Van Steen. As an orchestral conductor, he has been extremely fortunate to have had permission to watch rehearsals under conductors such Antonio Pappano, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Ed Gardner and Simon Rattle, amongst others. Marcello feels very fortunate to have been present at Oliver Knussen’s final rehearsals with the BBCSO and George Benjamin’s rehearsals for his latest opera, Lessons in Love and Violence.
As a composer, he has been both Shortlisted and Highly Commended in the BBC Inspire Composition Competition and awarded a place as an NYO composer. Marcello was awarded 2nd prize at the Windsor Festival for vocal composition. He has engaged in masterclasses with Nico Muhly and Laura Bowler, and has studied with Christian Mason, David Horne, Laurence Osborn and Jonathan Woolgar. He is currently studying privately with Julian Anderson. Marcello recently won the DUOS Composition Competition under adjudication from James Weeks, John Casken and Sir Thomas Allen. His winning composition will be performed at The Sage in Gateshead with Sir Thomas Allen as narrator in June 2021.
In his previous two years at Durham, Marcello has also been the conductor of Durham University Chamber Choir, and has founded two ensembles: The Patchwork Ensemble and Durham University Concert Opera (DUCO), of which he was Musical Director and President. Marcello was also appointed Assistant Musical Director of Durham University Opera Ensemble (DOE) in the first term of his first year, and Musical Director during his second term. Other interests include writing short stories, poetry and plays; whilst at school, he won a regional poetry competition and directed and acted in his own play.
Marcello intends to take his composing and conducting onwards into professional capacities and is absolutely thrilled to be working with DUOS this academic year (2020/21).
