Neil Tarlton

British classical (orchestral and chamber) double bass player, professor, transcriber and author, born in July 1952. He studied at the Royal Northern College Of Music. Before becoming a full-time student, he was a member of the National Youth Orchestra Of Great Britain. After leaving college, he freelanced, eventually settling with the New Philharmonia Orchestra (for orchestral work) and Philomusica Of London (for chamber orchestra playing). Between 1976 and 1979, he held the Principal chair of the BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra after which, he returned to London and the Philharmonia Orchestra. In 1981, he was a founding member of London Musici and the short-lived The London Double Bass Ensemble. In the late 1980s, he begun teaching at the Royal College of Music, London eventually becoming Professor of Double Bass. In 1990, he succeeded Gerald Drucker as Principal Double Bass of the Philharmonia Orchestra. Member of the Corinthian Chamber Orchestra and the Cerddorfa Dinas Powys Orchestra. He holds a teaching post at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.