Nicola Ashton has been conducting orchestras from her kitchen A musician from Marlborough who set up a virtual orchestra bringing together more than 300 musicians for concerts conducted entirely from her kitchen has received Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Points of Light award. Nicola Ashton, who lives in Cherhill, started her Virtual Symphonies project as a way of getting together online with a group of local musicians to play all nine of Beethoven s symphonies. The popularity of their performances saw musicians from across the UK and internationally taking part, enabling them to share music with one another at a time when orchestras, bands and choirs are unable to rehearse and perform in person due to coronavirus restrictions.
Nicola Ashton has been conducting orchestras from her kitchen A musician from Marlborough who set up a virtual orchestra bringing together more than 300 musicians for concerts conducted entirely from her kitchen has received Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Points of Light award. Nicola Ashton, who lives in Cherhill, started her Virtual Symphonies project as a way of getting together online with a group of local musicians to play all nine of Beethoven s symphonies. The popularity of their performances saw musicians from across the UK and internationally taking part, enabling them to share music with one another at a time when orchestras, bands and choirs are unable to rehearse and perform in person due to coronavirus restrictions.