Anne Chaurand & Rebecca Carson

Rebecca Carson

After attending Wells Cathedral School as a scholar, Rebecca Carson completed her Bachelor’s Degree at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she won 1st prize in the needle makers competition, followed by completing her Masters Degree at the Royal Academy of Music.

Rebecca has played as principal flute, sub principal flute and principal piccolo with many of the UK’s leading orchestras including the BBC symphony, Bournemouth Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, English National Ballet, and various others. Being a successful and amiable  flute player, Rebecca finds work wherever she goes and post lockdown decided to change direction and took the position as woodwind instructor for the Dumfries and Galloway music service. Now Rebecca mainly focuses on teaching, chamber music and solo work.

Aside from all her musical endeavours, Rebecca has just completed a Diploma in Pearls awarded by the Gemmology Institute of America. With her creative flare and eye for detail Rebecca is putting together a Pearl stringing business which will be launched this Summer. She learnt Pearl stringing with Maria Schiavi, one of the last remaining leading Pearl stringers in the Uk.

In her free time Rebecca is a keen mountain biker and can often be found racing around the bike trails at Kirroughtree national park, accompanied by her dog, Bobbie

Anne Chaurand

French born guitarist Anne Chaurand has a long established reputation as an exciting solo and chamber music performer.

After graduating both from the RSAMD in Glasgow and the Sorbonne in Paris, she developed her own style of playing and musicianship abroad with Spanish and Cuban Maestros Pepe Romero and Leo Brouwer, with whom she also studied composition.

For over forty years, she has performed as a soloist throughout Scotland as well as in France, Germany, Spain, North Africa, Cuba and Russia. She remained based in Scotland, where she has been in demand as classical guitar teacher and lecturer.

An eclectic musician, she is equally passionate about contemporary and traditional music as well as the classical repertoire. She has commissioned, premiered and recorded several pieces by major composers such as E. McGuire, J. Maxwell Geddes.

As an ensemble musician she toured with mezzo soprano Sandra Porter, and in a variety of small ensembles. She was one of the founder members of Soundstrata, a contemporary music ensemble led by Janet Beat. She also performed along with traditional music groups such as the Whistlebinkies and worked for a few years as a visiting musician with Feis Rois, a Highland based Youth Music Initiative.

Her two solo albums, ‘Celtia’ (Eclectic records, Scottish Arts Council) and ‘Airs d’Ecosse’ reflect the variety of her repertoire along with a strong sense of artistic identity and commitment.

Since 2013 she has made her home in rural Dumfries and Galloway.

Anne plays on guitars made for her by Scottish luthier Michael Ritchie.

Rebecca and Anne met near their homes on the Solway shores in 2023.

Flute and guitar is an idyllic marriage of sounds, and the repertoire is rich and exciting. Playing with Rebecca has also inspired Anne to write new, and transcribe existing works for their duo.

Last year they played several acclaimed concerts in Scotland, enjoying a musical ‘Bon Accord’ and for a start building up their repertoire around music of all periods from France and Scotland, and also Latin America.