Simone studied on the postgraduate Early Music programme at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she took recorder lessons from Pamela Thorby and Robert Ehrlich. Here she also received coaching from Stephen Preston, Nancy Haddon, Nic Parle, Rachel Podger and Bill Carter. Most recently Simone has received tuition from Anneke Boeke.

Simone also studied the recorder at Birmingham Conservatoire where she graduated in the summer of 2002 having taken lessons with Ross Winters and Annabel Knight, and regular coaching from Louise Bradbury. In the September of 2000 Simone spent five months studying at the Franz Liszt Hochschule fur Musik in Weimar with Myriam Eichberger.

Simone has taken part in a number of master classes including those with Markus Zahnhausen and Dan Laurin. She has performed in a number of concerts of both chamber and solo works, including the Telemann A minor Suite and Sammartini Concerto in F major.

Simone also plays with 'Polyphonica Recorder Trio' and ‘Speranza Ensemble’ a young ensemble consisting of soprano voice, recorder and harpsichord with whom she has performed across the UK, the Netherlands and Poland.

Yoko was born in Kanagawa, Japan where she studied the violin at the Tokyo College of Music. Here she first discovered the Baroque violin which she studied with Keiko Watanabe.

After performing with many groups throughout Japan, she came to London where she continued her post-graduate studies with Rachel Podger at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Whilst studying there she received coaching from Brinley Yare, Stephen Preston, Nic Parle, Bill Carter and Nancy Haddon whilst playing in numerous chamber music ensembles. Yoko also performed regularly with the Baroque Orchestra which she led in a performance of Charpentier ‘La malade imaginaire’.

In September 2005 Yoko spent four months on tour with the Ambronay Baroque Academy where she performed in concerts in both Spain and France and has recently worked with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Yoko now regularly performs in ensembles across London and is enjoying building her career as a Baroque Violinist in England.

Takako graduated from Musashino College of Music in Tokyo where she completed a BMus majoring in the piano. After graduating she developed a passion for early music during which time she began playing the harpsichord.

In 2002 Takako moved to England to study with Carole Cerasi and James Johnstone and has recently completed her studies on the postgraduate Early Music programme at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama majoring in the harpsichord. Whilst studying there Takako  performed both as a continuo player and a soloist, receiving coaching from Stephen Preston, James Johnstone, Nancy Haddon, Bill Carter and Rachel Podger. Takako has also received coaching from members of the Florilegium Ensemble.

Further afield Takako has performed in various concerts in England and abroad including J. S. Bach’s concertos for three and four harpsichords, solo and ensemble concerts for Upper Norwood music society and for the San Martino Music trust. She has recently begun to perform with the new ensemble La Nuova Stella in concerts around London.