Miranda Allen

Miranda is a professional orchestral violinist, playing regularly for orchestras such as the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, and English National Opera, as well as for chamber ensembles, theatres, and recording sessions, all across the UK, Europe, and worldwide. Major tours have included the US and European tours of ‘Star wars in concert’ and ‘Sting-symphonicity’, as sub-principal 1st violin with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra.

She is an experienced educator, having taught all ages, alongside her playing for over 20 years. For over twelve years, Miranda was the strings and violin tutor for National Children’s Chamber Orchestra, and a conductor, strings, and violin tutor on Musicale summer school courses, as well as for Ingenium international academy. She also continues to be involved with education projects with ENO, BBC, LSO discovery, City of London Sinfonia, and has been a lead tutor for RPO.

After being a student at Royal College of Music’s junior department, Miranda studied at trinity college of music, London, under the professorship of Clare Thompson and Sophie Langdon, before continuing post-graduate studies with Joshua Epstein at Strasbourg’s Conservatoire de Musique. She has also studied with Mark Knight, and Joey Corpus in New York.