Samantha Norman

Samantha is a freelance violinist classically trained at Birmingham Conservatoire to Masters level. She performs all year round at weddings, parties, ceilidhs and many other events. As well as a huge classical repertoire, Samantha performs modern pop songs on violin and can create a perfect setlist of your favourite artists and songs for your event. She is also a specialist in folk/gyspy/klezmer styles and plays regularly in these styles in other settings too. Samantha has a wide-ranging performing career, working with several orchestras and chamber groups and works regularly at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Since 2012 she has appeared in numerous productions and has often appeared on stage and in costume playing from memory. Some of these performances have been broadcast live to cinemas and subsequently released on DVD. Samantha was a founding member of seven-piece cinematic folk septet the Old Dance School, now know as the Fair Rain. With them she toured the UK and Europe in theatres, arts centres and festivals and released three studio albums and one live album. The band have won critical acclaim and have been featured several times on BBC Radio 2. She performed with them until 2015. Samantha has a busy freelance career combining events, theatre, orchestral and chamber work, session recording and also performing with ceilidh bands and folk groups.