MAHALIAH EDWARDS

Mahaliah is a violinist, educator, music education advocate and board member based in Surrey, UK.  She attributes her musical versatility to her formal training at both the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and the Purcell School for Young Musicians and also her upbringing in a musically vibrant pentecostal church.

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​In 2013, Mahaliah was awarded a full scholarship to study at the Purcell School for Young Musicians where she studied violin with Alda Dizdari, jazz piano with David Gordon and classical piano with Caterina Grewe. She has played in masterclasses for Jamie Campbell, Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Oliver Wille, Ben Sayevich and Heifetz assistant: Ayke Agus. From 2015-2019, Mahaliah was an undergraduate scholar at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire where she studied under Susanne Stanzeleit. 

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She now freelances in a variety of settings and capacities including as a session musician, backing strings in quartets and string ensembles, functions and events and in religious and educational environments. 

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Mahaliah plays a 19th century violin by Honoré Derazey on generous loan. 

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