Callum Davis is a London based freelance tuba player, making music in a variety of settings and styles. Appearing regularly with leading UK orchestras, Callum enjoys a dynamic career both on and off the concert platform. Creative exploration and collaboration are vital to their career, which has seen them work with poets, artists, community members and the natural world. Bringing music into the wider community is a passion that Callum was able to channel in their year as an Open Academy fellow and London Philharmonic Foyle Future First, and they continue to work as a support musician with orchestras including the City of London Sinfonia, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Britten Sinfonia. Work with children and young people includes workshop leading and coaching at both the National Youth Orchestra and National Children’s orchestra, as well as touring the Mishmash Summer Ensemble in 2024. To continue to working alongside friends made during their Open Academy Fellowship is a pleasure and a privilege, and Callum is excited to be a member of WhatKnot ensemble and bring The Sail many more young people!

Award winning performer and Royal Academy of Music alumna, Anna Phillips is establishing herself as a creative and diverse musician. Anna has worked in a variety of community music settings, collaborating with members of The Academy of St Martin in the Fields orchestra and The Connection, a London-based charity supporting people experiencing homelessness. Anna was a Music Mentor for Wigmore Hall’s Chamber Tots programme, bringing interactive workshops to young children and their parents/carers. Anna was a Southbank Centre Future Artist in 2023, which culminated in a performance at the Purcell Room. Anna has performed in a variety of venues such as Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, Vortex Jazz Club and Times Square in New York. Last month, Anna played in the oldest professional orchestra in the Baltic States, Liēpaja Symphony Orchestra, in Riga.

“It was such a joy to work with Callum, Gosia and Meadow over the course of a year during the Open Academy Fellowship at RAM. Not only have we formed a chamber ensemble together, but I have made three new friends too. I am so excited to continue with our project, The Sail, that we wrote together!

When I’m not playing the harp I like eating good food, (preferably without having to do the cooking or washing up) and dancing 💃”

Małgorzata Zwierzchowska is a London based violinist and violist. Born in Warsaw, Poland, Gosia pursues a busy career performing, teaching and engaging in outreach work across the UK. 

Gosia has performed in festivals and concert series across the UK, such as BBC Proms, Aldeburgh Festival, Spitalfields Festival, Presteigne Festival and Petworth Festival. Alongside being the leader of Brent Symphony Orchestra, Gosia performs with the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Aurora Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Orchestra for the Earth, Fantasia Orchestra, the Outcry Ensemble and Aurora Orchestra and the Hallé Orchestra.

Finally, Malgorzata is the founder of Music with No Borders – a winning project of ‘Davis’ Projects for Peace 2019’ and a conference promoting the idea of music being a universal language and a tool in building mutual understanding between people of different cultural backgrounds. In the academic year 2024/25 she fulfilled the role of the Open Academy Fellow at the Royal Academy of Music.

“In 2024-25 I was incredibly lucky to fulfil the role of the Open Academy Fellow, alongside three other aspiring workshop leaders and inspiring instrumentalists – Anna Phillips, Callum Davis and Meadow Brooks. 

When not making music, you can find me in the kitchen exploring new recipes! I am a passionate sailor, skier and climber. I treasure time with close friends, learning together as we pursue our own walks of life.