A graduate of King's College London & the Royal Academy of Music, Fiona now lives in London, and works as a violinist and orchestral arranger for rock bands and singer/songwriters. She also collaborates as a songwriter, plays piano/keyboards and sings.

Artists she has worked with include Placebo, Howard Jones, Patrick Wolf, Ed Harcourt, Martha Wainwright, Joan as Policewoman, Kate Nash, The Feeling, Vashti Bunyan, Mark Lanegan, Charlotte Hatherley, Stephanie Dosen, Michael J Sheehy, Jaymay, Kelly Jones (Stereophonics), Anais, Gemma Ray, Kill the Young, Amy Studt, Clearlake, Andy Hunter, John Grant, Toni Halliday, Anthony Reynolds and Lucas Renney.

As a musician she has toured, recorded & performed live with a huge variety of celebrated artists, some of the most well known being Simply Red, Meatloaf, Kanye West, Jay-Z & Beyonce, Lemar, Russell Watson, Katherine Jenkins, Harry Connick Jr, Sugababes, Katie Melua, Il Divo, Gorillaz, Westlife and Leona Lewis.

Fiona prepared the orchestral scores for Kanye West's "Late Orchestration" live gig from Abbey Road studios, and has also written music for theatre including additional incidental music for the West End show "Billy Elliot". She featured in the following films:

"The Making of Battle for the Sun:The Album" - Placebo documentary DVD
"Vashti Bunyan: From Here to Before" - cinematic release directed by Kieran Evans
"A1: The Road Musical" - Endomol / Channel 4
"The Busker Symphony" - Channel 4 / Triple Stop
"The Abbey Road Sessions- Donavon Frankenreiter" - DVD
"Kanye West - Late Orchestration" DVD
David Axelrod Live at the Royal Festival Hall - CD + DVD

Fiona personally organises all recording sessions for her own arrangements, drawing from a talented, friendly, experienced & reliable group of freelance, London-based musicians. She is a registered Musicians Union contractor and can organise & conduct recording sessions for any combination of orchestral instruments.

As a performer she has toured, recorded & performed live with a huge variety of celebrated artists, some of the most well known being Simply Red, Meatloaf, Kanye West, Jay-Z & Beyonce, Lemar, Russell Watson, Katherine Jenkins, Harry Connick Jr, Sugababes, Katie Melua, Il Divo, Gorillaz, Westlife, Leona Lewis... although Fiona tends now to concentrate on working closely with independent artists and singer/songwriters, eg. Stephanie Dosen, Michael J Sheehy, Ed Harcourt, Vashti Bunyan, touring & performing at music festivals in the UK & Europe.



Tired of hearing & playing the same old classical string quartet music repeated at weddings and parties across the land, Fiona founded the Alchemy String Quartet in 2007 to perform a unique repertoire of her original arrangements of pop & rock songs, including classics by David Bowie, The Beatles, Prince, Madonna, The Rolling Stones, Bjork, Radiohead, The Carpenters, Michael Jackson & many more. Alchemy are available for gigs, recording sessions, private parties, corporate events & weddings.

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