Margaret Lamb

British viola & violin player and teacher, born in Exeter, Devon, England, UK. She was a member of the National Youth Orchestra Of Great Britain, and was later awarded a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. She went on to become Co-principal Viola with The English National Opera Orchestra for nine years before spending eight years playing with the Philharmonia Orchestra. She left the Philharmonia in 1995 to take up the post of Head of Strings at St Peter's school in York. Since being in York, as well as teaching the violin and viola, playing in The York String Quartet, and conducting student orchestras, she has continued to play the viola, freelancing with orchestras including the Philharmonia Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic, The Manchester Camerata and Opera North. In 2001, she founded a chamber orchestra, the York Young Soloists.