Heidi Fardell

About Heidi Fardell

Heidi is a freelance recorder player, Baroque flautist, music tutor and workshop director, performing with early music groups such as Armonico Consort, Fiori Musicali, and Sounds Historical. ​Heidi also collaborates and records with many contemporary artists.

Heidi gained her Bmus (Hons) and Mmus in performance qualifications at Goldsmiths University (1998-2004) and studied recorders with a variety of tutors including Louise Bradbury, Dan Laurin, Katriina Boosey and Peter Holtslag. Heidi also studied on a further PgCert degree course at Birmingham Conservatoire specialising in the Baroque Flute.

Alongside her recorder playing, Heidi is also a respected musician in education. In 2006 she began her post as a recorder tutor at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance Junior department and has taught in a wide variety of educational settings across London and Oxfordshire since 2001.
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With her colleagues in Sounds Historical, Heidi creates bespoke musical workshops for a variety of clients who have included Kensington Palace, the Royal Festival Hall, Handel House Museum, Tate Britain and the National Gallery.