Staff
Tim Crooks - Musical Co-Director
Originally a violinist, Tim studied at Manchester University , then with Thomas Kemp at the the Royal College of Music , graduating with an MPhil in performance. At the RNCM he won the Hirsch string quartet prize with the Baker Quartet, and the quartet appeared as featured young artists at the Lake District Music Festival, studying with the Chilingirian and Skampa Quartets.
Tim enjoys a wide variety of professional engagements and has appeared as a violinist at the Cheltenham Festival and BBC proms. He performs regularly with the Manchester Camerata , and has broadcast on BBC radio 3, ITV and Channel 4 in recent years.
As an arranger of music Tim has transcribed many pop, rock, TV and film titles for string quartet and string orchestra, including a large collection of classic Mancuinan Britpop titles, commissioned for the 2009 Manchester International Festival.