URSULA
EVANS
1ST VIOLIN
Ursula started playing the violin as an eight-year-old in Christchurch. She has a special interest in Germany owing to her German heritage and was awarded a scholarship for postgraduate study there in 1982. Ursula remained in Germany for eight and a half years, the last three of which she worked full time with the Philharmonic Essen. In 1991, Ursula returned to New Zealand to take up a position in the NZSO. In 2003, she was a recipient of the Scottwood Trust-sponsored NZSO Study Bursary.
Ursula has continued her overseas experiences in later years. Accompanied by her husband, John, and daughter, Tessa, Ursula moved to London to pursue a Diploma of Continuing Professional Development at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. While studying there, she received weekly violin lessons with Brien Stait.
From 2007 to 2008, Ursula undertook a player exchange with Agnes Bilowitzki, first violinist in the Philharmonic Orchestra of Augsburb in Germany. Whilst living in Bavaria, Ursula and her family enjoyed bike rides in the surrounding countryside and tramping trips in the Alps. Meanwhile, Ursula experienced the varied repertoire in an orchestra that plays in opera and ballet productions as well as symphonic concerts.
Ursula returned to Germany when she was awarded a study bursary in 2015, studying with Prof. Sebastian Hamann and Simon Fordham in Freiburg and Munich respectively.
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EVANS
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JOYCE
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ANDREW
KASZA
2ND VIOLIN
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ANDREW
THOMSON
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DEBNAM
VIOLA
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VAN DER ZEE
1ST VIOLIN
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LOESER
1ST VIOLIN
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MEIJERS
CELLO
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XUE
1ST VIOLIN
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BELINDA
VEITCH
VIOLA
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BRIGID
O'MEEGHAN
ASSISTANT SUB-PRINCIPAL EMERITUS, CELLO
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CAROLYN
MILLS
SECTION PRINCIPAL, HARP
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DAVID
CHICKERING
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DAVID
GILLING
SUB PRINCIPAL EMERITUS, 2ND VIOLIN
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DONALD
ARMSTRONG
ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER, 1ST VIOLIN
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ELEANOR
CARTER
CELLO
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ELIZABETH
PATCHETT
2ND VIOLIN
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ELSPETH
GRAY
2ND VIOLIN
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BARRON
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GREGORY
SQUIRE
1ST VIOLIN
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LIU
1ST VIOLIN
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ARMSTRONG
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JENARO
GARITA
VIOLA
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JOAN PERARNAU
GARRIGA
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JULIA
JOYCE
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KATHERINE
ROWE
2ND VIOLIN
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KEN
ICHINOSE
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL, CELLO
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ZELINSKA
1ST VIOLIN
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BOYES
VIOLA
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MOUNTFORT
VIOLA
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GOPAL
1ST VIOLIN
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MALCOLM
STRUTHERS
DOUBLE BASS
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MATTHEW
CAVE
DOUBLE BASS
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MEGAN
MOLINA
2ND VIOLIN
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CUNCANNON
VIOLA
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OLEKSANDR
GUNCHENKO
DOUBLE BASS
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JIANG
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BARBER
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STRUTHERS
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PRIOR
CELLO
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ISAAC
CELLO
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BROOM
2ND VIOLIN
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LEPPÄNEN
CONCERTMASTER, 1ST VIOLIN
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JAENECKE
VIOLA
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EGUCHI
ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER, 1ST VIOLIN
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GEZENTSVEY
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HANCOX
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MOLINA
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BROOKMAN
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JONES
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FRANCIS
VIOLA
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ECKERSLEY
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MCFARLANE
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