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Lucie SkeapingA short biographyLucie trained as a violinist at the Royal College of Music and worked on the concert platform and in the theatre, later joining BBC television as a presenter of popular children’s programmes. Her interest in Early Music began when she formed ‘The City Waites’, a four-piece group specialising in the broadside ballads of 17th century England, in essence, the pop songs of the day. In between touring the world and recording more than 30 CDs, she was commissioned to present music documentaries for BBC Radio. She became Radio 3’s ‘Voice of Early Music’ presenting the weekly series ‘Music Restored’ which became the current ‘Early Music Show’. (The Daily Telegraph dubbed her ‘the bawdy babe of Radio 3’). The urge to explore the music of her own heritage led Lucie to form what was to become Britain’s leading klezmer band ‘The Burning Bush’. Recordings and international tours followed, with sell-out concerts at London’s Royal Festival Hall, Barbican and Queen Elizabeth Hall, appearances in Polanski’s Oscar-winning movie ‘The Pianist’ and Simon Schama’s ‘History of Britain’ for BBC TV. Other TV appearances include ‘The Beggar’s Opera’, ‘Mr Pepys’ Diary’, ‘Heaven and Earth Show’, ‘Dickens’ London’ and ‘Early Music’ (all for BBC TV). Burning Bush performed with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, in a specially commissioned work, also broadcast on Radio 3. Lucie has worked with the Royal National Theare, Shakespeare’s Globe, Rambert Dance Co and the RSC. She is Patron of the Finchley Children’s Music Group, sits on the judging panel for ‘Live Music Now’ and is a contributer to ‘Sing Up’ the government’s new National Singing Programme. She writes a regular column for the BBC Music Magazine and her publications include the TES award-winning ‘Let’s Make Tudor Music’ (Stainer and Bell) and ‘Broadside Ballads’ (Faber Music), winner Music Industry Award for Best Classical Music Publication 2006.
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