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Victoria Lyon - Violin

Victoria, a child prodigy in her day, is a highly gifted violinist. She graduated from The Royal College of Music 2 years ago. Victoria has toured with Simply Red, and War Of The Worlds amongst others. Victoria has gained loads of experience in a very short space of time. Victoria loves all styles of music, including pop, rock, funk and classical. She has recently performed with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra as well. As well as playing violin, Victoria enjoys sport, and travelling.

Izzy Johnston - Violin

Izzy comes from a highly musical family and is one of the top young performers in the country.. Having recently performed a solo performance at The Royal Albert Hall with her brother Magnus, Izzy Johnston has proved to be extremely talented in all areas of music. She has even been known to dabble in bit of acting from time to time, one achievement standing out, where she was invited to South Africa to feature in a Persil Advertisement!

Chantal Leverton - Viola

Chantal studied at The Royal Academy of Music. She was recently invited to perform on solo viola in Dubai for the launch of the new Baldessarini Boutique and was featured in the Middle East OK Magazine. She has performed with major pop artists including Blue, Alled Jones, War of The Worlds. She has performed in world famous venues including The Royal Albert Hall, Birmingham Symphony Hall , Barbican and many more. She has many other interests including Art, Sport and Film.

Tasya Hodges - Cello

Tasya graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2004 and enjoys a diverse and exciting career spanning a whole range of musical styles. Trained as a classical musician, Tas has performed with the prestigious London Symphony Orchestra. She was also on the 'War of the Worlds' tour in 2006, the Take That tour 2007 and recently she has recorded with the Arctic Monkeys and The Streets. She has been a member of 'The Heritage Orchestra' recording their first album in Abbey Road which released on the 14th August 2006. She has performed at the Montreaux and the London Jazz festivals. Her passion is music and languages, she speaks four!

OUR BLOG

14th August 08
Victoria-blog
Hi! Thanks for visiting our site. This is such an exciting time for us! We all had a bit of time off in the last week of July so I decided to go to Hong Kong. One of my brothers lives there so I went with another brother to visit for a week....it was awesome! We went on boat-parties, to the markets and there was a lot of dancing! It was great to see my brother and really relax as well. We have spent most of the last couple of weeks discussing music and ideas for our album. It’s been great because we have been really involved with ideas for tracks (I’m not giving anything away!) and different styles. We start recording this week. A few days ago we did a photo shoot for our album cover etc which was great fun. We were there from 7am so make-up took a while! We were lucky enough to wear the most amazing clothes from top designers. The idea was to try lots of different styles so that there will be a wide variety. We can’t wait to see how they look. The next day we played at the Community Shield match between Manchester United and Portsmouth at Wembley. It was such a great feeling playing in front of 90,000 people in the middle of the pitch. We performed Palladio, which we played for the final of Britain’s Got Talent (and which is also featured on the Sky Sports advert). We also got the opportunity to play The National Anthem with Hayley Westenra. It was the first time we had teamed-up with another artist; for it to be with such a talented singer was a huge honour. This week, we managed to squeeze in a classical concert in Harpenden as part of the festival which is run by Izzy’s parents. The money that was raised went towards the charity (BIRT) which helps Izzy’s brother. It was really fulfilling for us to go back to our classical roots and the fact that we were raising money for such a worthwhile cause made it even more so. Thanks for reading-will write again very soon! Lots of love, Victoria xx

4th August 08
New Blog from Chantal
Hello everyone! Just thought I would update you on what's been going on over the last few weeks... I arrived back from Sardinia mid July where I went on holiday for a week....it was lovely to have a week to relax and take in all that had happened! It's quite difficult to let everything sink in when you are so busy so a holiday is a great way to unwind and reflect on the last few months! The whole process of the competition was a complete whirlwind, but we enjoyed every minute and it made us girls even closer than we already were. Anyway, we have spent the last few weeks getting back to basics and rehearsing classical string quartets to make sure our playing is on top form for the album! It has been so lovely to rehearse together again as the last few months we have been performing daily, which is great fun but it's important to have time to rehearse as a quartet again. Of course when we rehearse it's not just 'rehearsing' it includes chatting, giggling (most of the time!) and generally catching up! I don't think there is a minute that goes by without someone taking the 'mic' or giggling!! I think it's very important to have a laugh and extremely healthy! So, we are now about to go into the studio to record and arrange some tracks together along with the producer who is an amazing guy! It's going to be a very intense and creative time for all of us so we are really looking forward as we are so keen to produce an amazing album that everyone will enjoy! That's about it for now, will update you soon!! Love Chantal xxx

31st July 08
New blog from Tasya
Hi everyone! we've all been away on holiday so I thought I'd let you know what's going on now that we're back and in the full swing of things! I had an amazing time away in Croatia with a big group of friends and did a lot of eating and going out late! having said that, I feel really rested and have caught up on some much needed sleep. The day I got back we were all invited to the Cartier Polo as guests which was amazing! The games were great and I got to catch up with the girls properly to talk about what we're about to get ourselves into! We're rehearsing a lot at the moment which is great and I'm enjoying getting to know the pieces we'll be recording in August. (not going to tell you what they are just yet though...) It's all really exciting and I cant believe our luck, we've got Trevor Horn on board who's incredible and I feel privileged to be working with him. I got a call from Andrew Johnston yesterday which was really sweet, he's doing really well and I cant wait to see what he's got planned. It made me realise what a great time everyone had on tour together, I spend a lot of time thinking about what everyone must be up to, I hope they're all doing really well! anyway, I'm off to go and rehearse again now, thanks for coming to our page! Tasya x

14th July 08
New blog from Izzy
Just thought i would write and let you guys know what we've been up to since the finals of britains got talent. It has been a complete whirlwind what with the live shows and then going off on tour. The best bit of tour was being with all the other acts who were such lovely and friendly people to be around, especially the cheeky monkeys who kept us so entertained! It was also amazing performing to such supportive audiences every night, not backing other groups meant so much to all of us. The highlight has to be performing at the o2, being in london it was great to have our family and friends there. After tour we went straight into recording palladio for the new sky sports advert, we were lucky enough to have Trevor Horn producing the track for us. On wednesday we arrived in london to film the advert for sky which was an incredible experience. We had an orchestra performing with us and there were some people we knew which was funny, especially as my brother who is also a violinist was asked to play in the orchestra but unfortunately he was busy! We had beautiful dresses and shoes which is the main thing of course! They had flames at the end of the stage which were so hot but looked absolutely amazing. I don't think any of us can believe what is happening we are so lucky to have the opportunity to do what we love together, especially as we are all best mates. We now have a bit of time off to spend with our friends and family, thanks so much for supporting us and i will write again very soon. Love Izzy x