Betsy Taylor Assistant Principal, Cello

I joined the orchestra in January 2000 - a great start to the new millenium! Since then I've particularly enjoyed performing in the Last Night of the Proms in Glasgow - the atmosphere is incredible.

I loved touring to Austria, Slovakia and Croatia with the RSNO the first year I joined. I've also toured with many other leading orchestras to the USA, South America, Khazakstan and mainland Europe.

I completed my BMus and Professional Performer's Diploma on the Joint Course at Manchester University and the Royal Northern College of Music, studying with the Russian soloist Leonid Gorokhov. I was also fortunate to have masterclasses with Paul Tortelier, Moray Welsh, Ralph Kirschbaum and Steven Isserlis.

When I'm not playing with the orchestra or teaching at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, I enjoy composing music with my husband, Neil Gowans, working on new ways to present the cello as a solo instrument. It's all very 'chilled' - Chilled Cello in fact!

I play a Joseph Hill cello made in London, 1770. Inevitably I call him Joseph - or sometimes Guiseppe.

Betsy is the founder cellist of the Glasgow String Quartet and she has her own website, www.betsytaylor.co.uk.

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