At the heart of the Company’s artistic life, the ENO Orchestra has in recent years received several prestigious awards. As well as opera performances at the London Coliseum, the Orchestra has also performed at the Aldeburgh Festival and at Glastonbury. Recent recordings include Kate Royal’s CD Midsummer Night (2009), conducted by ENO Music Director Edward Gardner, and (as part of Chandos’s ‘Opera in English’ series) Janáček’s The Makropulos Case, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras (2007).

The Orchestra is closely involved in ENO Evolve, an initiative led by ENO Music Director Edward Gardner, in which students from the Royal College of Music shadow players from the Orchestra. Many of the players participate in the work of ENO Baylis, the company’s learning and participation team.

Leader
Janice Graham
Associate Leader
Gonzalo Acosta

First Violins
Helena Wood
Margaret Roseberry
Jayne Walker
Jeremy Allen
Catherine Haggo
Simon Jackson
Jacqui Miles
Kolbrun Lovell
David O’Leary

Second Violins
Nicole Wilson
Claire Sterling
Elizabeth-Anne Neil
Sophie Kostecki
Susan Carvell
Jonathan Newton
Claire-Louise Sankey
Glen Sheldon
David Spencer

Violas
Amelie Roussel
Delyth John
Terry Nettle
William Clark
James Hogg
Samantha Hutchins
Penelope Thompson

Cellos
David Newby 
Caroline Gough
William Bruce
David Perks
Gillian Bragg

Double Basses
Graham Mitchell
Hugh Sparrow
Rupert Ring
Andrew Jones
Duncan Goode

Flutes
Paul Edmund-Davies
Katie Bedford
Alan Baker

Piccolo
Alan Baker

Oboes
Ruth Bolister
Rosie Jenkins
Helen Vigurs

Cor Anglais
Helen Vigurs

Clarinets
Robert Ault

Bass Clarinet
Robert Ault

Bassoons
Daniel Jemison
Simon Couzens
Catherine Duckett

Contra Bassoon
Catherine Duckett

Horns
John Thurgood
Peter Blake
Corinne Bailey
Andrew Sutton

Trumpets
Colin Clague / Julian Brewer
William O'Sullivan

Trombones
Martin Kelly
Joe Arnold

Tuba/Cimbasso
Nicholas Hitchens

Timpani
William Lockhart / Dominic Hackett

Percussion
Michael Doran
Giles Harrison

Harp
Alison Martin

Orchestra Manager
Richard Meads

Assistant Orchestra Manager
Charlotte Sandford

Orchestra Logistics Manager
Kevin Elwick