Cream Tea Concert

Thomas Hancox - flute

Thomas Hancox is co-principal flute of the English Chamber Orchestra and Britten Sinfonia, and works regularly as guest principal flute for other orchestras, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and English National Opera, amongst others.

Solo and chamber work has led to collaborations with artists and ensembles including the Allegri, Castalian, Piatti, and Sacconi string quartets, Haffner Ensemble, Trevor Pinnock, Mahan Esfahani, Stephen Hough, and Jeremy Denk, with recitals in prestigious venues and festivals throughout the UK and further afield.

He also has the privilege of recording scores for film and television, with recent titles including James Bond, Doctor Who, Spiderman, The Crown, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Thomas read Music at St Peter’s College, Oxford, from where he graduated with a first, before pursuing further studies in Paris with Patrick Gallois, and subsequently at the Royal Academy of Music with Paul Edmund-Davies and Samuel Coles, finishing with a distinction and the honorary DipRAM.

In his spare time, he is an avid cook, a moderately keen gardener, and enjoys anything written by D. H. Lawrence, Evelyn Waugh, or Graham Greene.

In 2019 he was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.

Rachel Wick - harp

Rachel is a graduate of St. Peter’s College, Oxford and the Royal Academy of Music.  She freelances with many of the UKs leading orchestras including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony and Concert Orchestras and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. She also plays a nineteenth century Erard harp, most recently with the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Rachel has performed with the English rock band Procol Harum and for Quincy Jones’ 85th birthday concert at the O2 Arena.

Rachel is also an active chamber musician, appearing at festivals and music clubs across the UK. She has recorded with New College and Christ Church Cathedral Choirs, Oxford and has broadcast live on Classic FM from Buckingham Palace with Her Majesty’s Choir of the Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace. Other film and session work includes playing on Howard Goodall’s album Inspired, ITV’s Sound of Music ‘Live’, appearing on screen in Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation and on Google’s ‘Inside Abbey Road’ virtual online tour.

Rachel teaches harp at Berkhamsted School, City Junior School and the Junior Department of the Royal Academy of Music and coaches for the National Children’s Orchestra.

In 2018 she was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music. Rachel co-founded the Dunster Festival, a chamber music festival which takes place in May each year.