More about Westerly Winds:

All of the instrumentalists in Westerly Winds are well established players in the south west of England:

Sarah Ellis read music at the University of Manchester where she studied flute with Janet Bannerman. She is now a freelance teacher and conductor of Worcestershire Intermediate Wind Orchestra. Sarah is Principal Flautist with Chandos Symphony Orchestra and performs with many ensembles in Worcestershire and Gloucestershire.

Ros Honeywill studied Music and French at the University of Reading, and oboe at the Conservatoire in Lyon.  As well as teaching Music and Languages, she plays oboe and cor anglais in a variety of professional musical groups throughout the South West and Wales. Her latest musical venture is to learn the baroque oboe, with a view to performing the music of that era on the instrument for which it was written.

 

Katy Wenham studied French and Spanish at Bristol University, and clarinet with Richard Rimbert at Bordeaux Conservatoire and Michael Harris at Birmingham Conservatoire. She is principal clarinet of the Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra and has played for a number of local ensembles and orchestras.

 

In her final year at school, Sophie Ellis studies French Horn with Laura Morris. She plays in several ensembles and is Head Chorister at Worcester Cathedral.  She hopes to study Veterinary Medicine at Cambridge where she has been awarded a Choral Scholarship.

 

Lisa Portus studied the bassoon at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.  A busy freelance player, Lisa has performed with many local and regional professional ensembles and orchestras. Together with teaching (at Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Cheltenham College and Badminton School in Bristol) Lisa is also a well-known arranger and publisher of music for small wind ensembles.  In 2008 she set up Portus Press which offers an extensive and varied catalogue and her work is regularly played, recorded and broadcast around the world.