Carol Attwood Having learned recorder from a young age, Carol later continued her musical journey on classical guitar. An interest in early music led her to rediscover the exciting possibilities of the recorder, and she has since gained wide-ranging experience as both recorder player and percussionist in repertoire spanning several centuries.
Dominic Cesarz is a concert guitarist, educator and collaborative artist based in Bristol UK. A graduate of Kingston University, he began his professional teaching career in Greater London before pursuing a Master’s degree in Guitar Performance at Royal Holloway, University of London. His passion for contemporary repertoire later earned him a Dip ABRSM with a programme featuring works by Leo Brewer and Toru Takemitsu.
Dominic has performed and taught internationally, including a year in Mexico City, and appears regularly across the UK with the Cesarz Tabor Duo. He also performs with specialist ensembles, playing early music on vihuela and traditional Brazilian repertoire on seven-string guitar. Equally at home on the electric guitar, Dominic is active in Bristol’s live music scene, performing in bands and at jam nights, while also exploring global music traditions such as makam and Hindustani classical music. His work as a music copyist has supported premières at major venues, including the BBC proms.
Matt Davies Matt grew up in Bath, where he started playing the organ under David Hoburn, well as taking lessons on piano and double bass. While at Bristol Cathedral School, Matt was a member of the National Youth Orchestra for two years, performing under the baton of Sir Mark Elder, Sir Colin Davis and Sir Simon Rattle. He continued his studies at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge, graduating in 2006. As an organ scholar he enjoyed a wealth of performance opportunities in a variety of ensembles including CUMS, CUCO and CUSO as well as chamber ensembles and the Choir of Kins College Cambridge. Since graduation, Matt has worked as an accompanist with a number of choirs, including Bristol Phoenix Choir, Portishead Choral Society and, locally, the South Devon Choir and Torbay Singers. After an unfortunate decade as an accountant, Matt now teaches music at Exeter School, and directs the senior choirs and choral ensembles. He has also held a number of church appointments, in Cambridge, Bristol and, currently, at Stoke Gabriel in Devon.
Rick Fitzsimmons developed an interest in singing at school, both in the chapel choir and in several large-scale choral works. Graduating from Bath University, he settled in the West Country and sang with various local choirs. More recently he has performed as a soloist with choirs and choral societies across the region. Recent focus has been small vocal ensembles, founding the Bath-based vocal octet Vox8. With Bath Opera, he played Baron Douphol in La Traviata (2015), Schaunard in La Bohème (2018) and Valentin in Faust (2020). He was Valens in a semi-staged concert performance of Handel’s oratorio Theodora (2019). Rick also enjoys playing Renaissance wind instruments – cornetts, shawms, dulcians, recorders and crumhorns, forming the Favonius Collective in 2019.
Heather Jenne Heather’s early music career started when she sneaked out of boarding school to go to a WEA (Workers Educational Association) evening class in early music. On moving to Bristol she started playing recorders with the Court of Pie Poudre for Tudor Banquets and performed for several years with Good Companie. The early music passion has since developed into singing in chamber choirs and playing sackbut and crumhorns, including making (most of) a bass crumhorn.
Amelia Jones is a Welsh-Australian classical crossover vocalist whose voice has captivated millions worldwide. With training at WAAPA and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, she has developed a versatile style that bridges everything from early music to contemporary compositions.
Amelia performs with ANÚNA, the pioneering Irish vocal ensemble known for its atmospheric blend of ancient and contemporary traditions, and with SYSTIR, a female vocal collective that explores ancient and modern repertoire through the expressive power of the voice. Engagements in 2025 include performances in Iceland, Ireland, China, Finland and the Netherlands with these ensembles. She is also the founding Artist of the Sonaris Ensemble, dedicated to presenting video game scores in chamber music settings.
Her work as a recording artist spans over a decade in video game music, including Hollow Knight, where her performance of City of Tears has reached over 24 million listeners, Alan Wake 2, and Slay the Princess, where her improved vocals feature in the 2025 World Soundtrack Award winning score.
As a soloist, Amelia has appeared in the Fulltone Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra, Southbank Sinfonia, Bristol Ensemble and others. Most recently, she was a featured soloist in the world premiere of Kosmos & Orchestra with the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Great Britain in Basel, Switzerland.
Find Amelia online at @ameliajonesvocals.
Isabel Jones Isabel plays fute and piano and studied music at Dartington College of Arts. Her interest in contemporary and world music was formed whilst at Dartington, and whilst there she also had the fortune of learning the shakuhachi and playing the Balinese gamelan. Today, alongside Mosaic, Isabel also plays the flute in contemporary music ensemble, CoMA Bristol.
Marian Mullen
Cypress Newton Cypress started playing the clarinet around the age of 11. She studied music at Bath Spa University where her main focus was on performance and composition. Here, she gained a huge interest in playing a range of music and was involved in ensembles such as gamelan, samba drumming, Classical/Georgian orchestras, wind ensemble, and a contemporary music group. She now plays in contemporary music group, CoMA Bristol, and is one of the newer members of Mosaic. In her spare time, she also enjoys arranging music from her favourite video games for fun, and is currently developing her skills in using amplified clarinet and effects.
Tim Senior is a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at the University of Bristol and Director of ‘Wicked Problems’ research agency ‘Supersum’. He has a background in cello (modern and baroque), piano and crumhorn, has been a member of the Cambridge University Music Society’s first orchestra, a long-standing cello-section-leader of the Oxford University Philharmonia and has performed frequently with the Oxford Millenium Orchestra and OU Graduate Philharmonia.
Steve Walter A former teacher and performer of the classical guitar, Steve has long been the driving force behind the varied groups of ‘Music at Number 11’. Steve has had a long standing interest in early music forming the Bristol based group Tamburrini in 1997, superseded by Rosafresca in 2009. Stepping back from performing in 2024, Steve is enjoying a renewed focus on composition. He is also making arrangements for Mosaic and exploring new and exciting repertoire for Rosafresca and Baroque and Beyond.
Ben Westley Ben learned piano from a young age, later switching to violin at primary school. He holds a diploma in violin performance and has extensive experience as an orchestral violinist and, on occasion, violist. A passing interest in the recorder unexpectedly became a full-blown obsession and Ben now regularly performs on this instrument with Baroque and Beyond as well as the Pink Noise Recorder Quintet.