Blue Topia String Trio

Blue Topia is a professional trio of two violins and double bass trained at the Royal Academy of Music, London. These talented ladies present a diverse and eclectic range of styles fusing popular and jazz music with the classical repertoire. The trio can also arrange music on request. Recent engagements include performances at The Guildhall, Two Temple Place, The Grosvenor House Hotel and The White Cube Art Gallery for an exhibition by the world-renowned artist, Anseln Kiefer. Blue Topaz can be booked to perform at all manner of special occasions including private functions, weddings and corporate events. Anna, violin, regularly performs with the New London Soloists' Chamber Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Oxford Philomusica and The Belmont Ensemble in London, the UK and abroad. She also enjoys working with symphony orchestras including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Concert Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. As a soloist Anna has performed works such as the Bruch Violin Concerto and the Bach Double Violin Concerto, with sister Libby, to critical acclaim and has toured across the country with various chamber music ensembles providing music for a wide range of audiences. Many of these performances also incorporated the Live Music Now! scheme. Anna has been fortunate to perform and tour globally with artists and groups including Luciano Pavarotti, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Simply Red, the Opera Babes and Il Divo. Libby, violin/piano, specialises in Chamber Music. She has performed in many prominent venues including the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal Festival Hall, and the Purcell Room and has played in the prestigious Haydn Chamber Music Festival as lead violin. Libby has performed the Kabalevsky Violin Concerto and the Bach Double Violin Concerto (with sister Anna) as a soloist. She also premiered Deborah Pritchard's work 'Saphirus' at the Royal Academy of Music to great acclaim. This was infact Libby's final recital for which she received a first. Having gained her place to study composition, Libby has since discovered a passion for choral writing and has had her works performed in Christ Church, Chelsea. Her keen interest in commercial music has lead to Libby working all over the UK and the USA with Sir Elton John including the renowned venues, Birmingham NEC, Wembley Arena, the Royal Albert Hall and New York's Radio City Music Hall. She has also performed with Il Divo on the Parkinson Show and has made many other TV appearances. Deborah, double bass and composition, has performed classically with such ensembles as the New European Orchestra, the European Union Youth Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO String Scheme). She has performed popular music with artists such as Andrea Boccelli on the Parkinson Show and Enya at the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo. In addition to playing the double bass Deborah is an experienced, professional composer. Her work has been performed by many eminent ensembles including the BBC Singers, the Philharmonia Chamber Orchestra and the Composers's Ensemble. She has also been broadcast by BBC Radio Three, recorded on CD by the NMC label, short-listed by BBC Radio Four and has had work published by Faber Music. She has recently composed the music for a production of the Oscar Wilde Fairy Tales that was performed at the Southwark Playhouse. She is currently studying for a DPhil in composition at Worcester College, Oxford.

Popular and Jazz

Another One Bites the Dust - Queen
Come As You Are - Nirvana
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
Drive My Car - Lennon/McCartney
Electrical Storm - U2
Fever - Davenport/Cooley
Fly Me To The Moon - Bart Howard
Forgotten Dreams - Leroy Anderson Golden Brown - The Stranglers
Holding Back the Years - Simply Red
I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown
It Don't Mean A Thing - Duke Ellington
It Must Be Love - Madness
Lovecats - The Cure
Makin' Whoopee - Walter Donaldson
Misty - Errol Garner
Moon River - Henry Macini
Moondance - Van Morrison
Moonlight in Vermont - Karl Suessdorf
My Baby Don't Care - Nina Simone
Night Fever - Bee Gees
Nobody Does it Better (James Bond) - Bayer/Sager
Por Una Cabeza - C. Gardel
Satin Doll - Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
Say a Little Prayer - Bacharach/David
Sexual Healing - Marvin Gay
She's The One - Karl Wallinger (Robbie Williams)
Memory (from Cats) - Lloyd-Webber
SOS - ABBA
Sound Of The Underground - (Girls Aloud)
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurhythmics
The Girl From Ipanema - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Tomorrow Never Dies (James Bond) - Sheryl Crow/Froom
Toxic - Britney Spears
Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack
When I Fall in Love - Victor Young
Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Yesterday - Lennon/McCartney
You Gotta Be - Desree
You Really Got Me - The Kinks

Classical and Traditional

Chanson de Matin - Elgar
Chanson de Nuit - Elgar Czardas - Monti
Nimrod (from Enigma Variations) - Elgar
Radetzky March - Strauss
Tara's Theme - Steiner Queen of Sheba - Handel
Down by the Sally Gardens - Traditional
Lara's Theme - Jarre May the Road Rise up to Meet You - Traditional Morning (from the Peer Gynt Suite) - Greig Voices of Spring - Strauss Romanian Dances - Bartok

...and many more!