Audrey Riley

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Audrey Riley is an English cellist and string arranger, based in the UK.

Career

Riley trained at the Guildhall School of Music with Leonard Stehn. She was a cellist for Virginia Astley from 1983 to 1986 and a one-time auxiliary member of The Family Cat.

She has been a member of the post-minimalist band

indie session artist.[2]

During 2002/03, Riley embarked on her own project, entitled 'A Change of Light', a collaboration between musicians, composers and visual artist Philip Riley, with Andrew Zolinsky (piano), James Woodrow (guitar), Nick Allum (

David Gavurin, Harriet Wheeler (The Sundays) and Damian le Gassick. After many performances in art galleries and venues in the UK, the project was recorded in 2003/04 for a combined CD/DVD release, with a second series being subsequently developed.[3]

She took part in the first performance of a new work "Views", music by Cage, performing with the experimental Japanese violinist Takahisa Kosugi and the composer Christian Wolff, which toured throughout Europe in 2005–6.

In 2014, Riley has joined London music college The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance, as the tutor for the arrangements classes.[4]

Work

As an arranger and improvising session cellist she has recorded for two decades with numerous groups including

Statues) and Fightstar (Be Human
).

She has worked extensively with dance companies including

Random Dance. Since 2001 she has toured with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company performing Gavin Bryars Bi-ped and the solo work for cello, One8 by John Cage
, in Paris, Mullhouse, Berlin, Dublin, Reykjavik, Bergen, Hong Kong, Brazil and at The Barbican, London.

References

  1. ^ "I C E B R E A K E R". Icebreaker.org.uk. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Audrey Riley Discography at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  3. ^ "achangeoflight". A-change-of-light.com. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Audrey Riley". Icmp.ac.uk. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Lush: The Return of Sweetness and Light". Tapeop.com. Retrieved 21 July 2020.