Our Vision
We want to share our love of classical music with the community through our vibrant performances.
Our Community
We're always looking for new members to join Harmony Sinfonia. Contact us about current vacancies or to hire the orchestra.
What We Do
We offer three performances a year and meet weekly in term time to rehearse and organise upcoming events.
Elizabeth Worth
Conductor
A member of the Royal Philharmonic Society of Women Conductors, Elizabeth graduated from her music degree in 2013 with first class honours, before continuing her training through lessons and workshops with conductors such as Alice Farnham and Martyn Brabbins. Aside from her permanent conducting positions with Camden Philharmonia, the London Pop-Up Orchestra, Bexley Youth Orchestra and Belvedere Concert Band, Elizabeth regularly works with other local orchestras including Dartford Symphony Orchestra, North Downs Sinfonia and the Lydian Orchestra. Aside from conducting, Elizabeth freelances as a clarinettist and saxophonist (with recent notable appearances at 10 Downing Street and on BBC Persia), and she is currently serving as a clarinettist in the British Army Reserve. In her spare time, she enjoys a healthy dose of choral singing and assists with children’s choirs in disadvantaged areas.
Christian Halstead
Guest Leader
Christian started learning the violin with his mother when he was 5 years old. He continued his studies with Dona Lee Croft at both the RCM Junior Department and later at the Royal College of Music, where he won several prizes (including the concerto award for his performance of The Lark Ascending, which he subsequently performed with RCM Sinfonietta in the presence of Lady Ursula Vaughan-Williams).
Since graduating, Christian has enjoyed a busy and varied career as a freelance violinist, working with ensembles such as London Mozart Players and Royal Northern Sinfonia. Christian was a founder member of the Southbank Sinfonia and was appointed leader of Kent Sinfonia in December 2011. He also leads Surrey Opera, Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Whitehall Orchestra, with whom he recently performed Prokofiev 2nd violin concerto.
Passionate about chamber music, Christian has been 1st violin with the Abraxas Ensemble since 2000, which plays regularly for functions and events at places such as Chelsea Flower Show and The Savoy Hotel.