The Thames String Quartet offer a line-up of young, talented and highly trained musicians.

Sheila trained at the Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music after early studies at St. Mary's Music School, Edinburgh and now enjoys freelancing.
She regularly performs with the London Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, Royal Philharmonic and Philharmonia orchestras in London, having also worked for BBC Wales, BBC Scotland and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. In the West End she plays for the orchestra for the "Phantom of the Opera" and as solo violin in "Wicked".
She has been seen on TV playing for Children In Need, Vanessa Mae and Donny Osmond and can be heard playing with the London Philharmonic Orchestra on the soundtracks for the Lord of the Rings movies.

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Jo graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music, having studied with Howard Davis, Bradley Creswick and Richard Deakin.
She has played with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia of England, City of London Sinfonia, Welsh National Opera and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Jo appears on TV regularly and has performed with McFly and Gloria Gaynor on Parkinson.
As a traditional fiddler Jo was the winner of the Open Fiddle at the Morpeth Northumbrian Gathering 3 years in succession and currently plays on the London scene, taking classes with Karen Ryan.

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Alexis read music, English literature and history at the University of Edinburgh, where he studied viola with Mary Breatnach and played for Edinburgh Grand Opera, Rose Street Quartet, Edinburgh Symphony Baroque and Edinburgh University Symphony and Chamber Orchestras. Previously he studied viola with Susan Bicknell of the London Mozart Players.
While at Edinburgh, he studied composition with Nigel Osborne and counterpoint with John Kitchen. On graduation, he took up a place at the Royal College of Music in London, where he studied screen composition with Dario Marianelli, also taking courses in music technology with Michael Oliva and baroque viola with Jan Schlapp. While at the RCM, he performed with their Symphony Orchestra, Classical Orchestra and Baroque Orchestra.
In 2007 Alexis attended summer schools at Dartington, Amsterdam Conservatorium and Aestas Musica, Croatia. He has recently been offered places to study at the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and hopes to undertake doctoral research into the music of the 18th Century.

Elizabeth Stone graduated from the Royal College of Music where she studied with Steven Doane. Previously she won Leverhulme Scholarships to attend the Purcell School and the RCM Junior Department. She has had masterclasses with many leading cellists, including Steven Isserlis, Alexander Baillie and Karine Georgian.
Elizabeth played with the Tavec String Quartet from 1999-2003, during which time the group won the RCM’s Helen Just prize, the Rio Tinto prize, the Miller Trophy in the Royal Over-Seas League Competition and the Net 4 prize in the Bristol Millennium Chamber Music Competition.
Elizabeth has performed at the Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, St. James’s Piccadilly, St. George’s Bristol, BBC Proms, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Cheltenham Festival and the Lower Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival.
Elizabeth teaches regularly at the Centre for Young Musicians and on the National Chamber Music Course. She is also a fully qualified, STAT registered teacher of the Alexander technique.