Belinda Sykes & JOGLARESA
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Belinda Sykes - voice, director, bagpipes, frame drums
As an oboist she has played for the Gabrieli Consort, English Concert, King’s Consort, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Age of Enlightenment, and The Hanover Band, and won the 1990 Reichenberg Award for Baroque Oboe. She has also collaborated with many composers including Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Dominic Muldowney, Trevor Jones, Howard Shore, Adrian Johnston and Jocelyn Pook. Belinda has a Masters Degree in Ethnomusicology (Arabic music) from London University's School of Oriental and African Studies and is Professor of Medieval Music at Trinity College of Music.
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Belinda Sykes - director of Joglaresa - was raised on a pure diet of English folk song, and is now an international concert and recording soloist. 2011 saw her solo debut at The Carnegie Hall, New York. Belinda studied voice and improvisation in Morocco, Bulgaria, Syria, Spain and India; oboe and recorder at the Guildhall School of Music. She has recorded and sung solo with Red Byrd, New London Consort, Tragicomedia, Harp Consort, Paul O’Dette, Ensemble Unicorn and Oni Wytars. Belinda is the soloist on Karl Jenkins' album Stabat Mater, with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.