Ellie read music at New College, Oxford and subsequently went on to work in orchestral management with the English Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Glyndebourne Opera.

Most recently she spent two years as the Administrative Director of the Opera House Orchestra in Santiago, Chile.

Ellie was appointed Manager of Stringers in London in March 2009 and her principal instrument is cello.

Cecily holds a BMus in performance from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music as well as her Licentiate and Associate Music Awards on both violin and viola with distinction.

Cecily has toured worldwide as a musician and has worked as a professional performer and teacher in Sydney, Hong Kong and London.

Alongside her teaching and performing work, Cecily has been the Violin / Viola Specialist at Stringers in London since May 2011.

Mary read Modern Languages at Queen's College, Oxford and subsequently went on to study for a Performance Diploma in Piano.

Since leaving university she has worked as a teacher and freelance musician in London.

Mary started working part time for Stringers in London in September 2010 and her principal instruments are cello and piano.

Anna studied cello at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music.

She is now a successful freelance cellist and cello teacher in London (Anna is available by appointment only).

After training in violin making in Italy and in Germany (her home country), Barbara earned the title of Master Violinmaker in Düsseldorf.

She subsequently ran a successful workshop in Madrid, Spain, for 9 years and in 2000 she taught instrument making for a year in Indonesia.

In 2002, Barbara took up the position of Workshop Manager and Restorer at Phelps, London (under Rachel Douglas) and later worked for Bridgewood and Neitzert. She has been working for Stringers in London since the summer of 2010.

Ana studied linguistics at the university in Santiago de Compostela, Spain (her home country) before embarking on the instrument making and restoration course at the Escola Artes a Oficios in Vigo (Spain).

She came to London in 2008 to undertake the course in violin making and restoration at the London Metropolitan University under Shem Mackey and Norman Myall.

Ana started working as the Junior Restorer at Stringers in London in February 2011.

Julia studied at the prestigious bow making school in Cremona, after which she worked alongside Emilio Slaviero making and restoring bows.

She was subsequently employed by the workshops of Erhard Buntrock and Rainer Krause in Germany before returning to Cremona in 1996 to set up her own workshop and teach at the evening bow making course.

Julia has been working as the Senior bow restorer at Stringers in London since November 2010.