Meggie Murphy

Trombone, Royal College of Music

Meggie is in her second year studying a Masters degree in performance at the Royal College of Music in London. Meggie is a Leverhulme Arts Scholarship holder studying under Lindsay Shilling, Byron Fulcher, Rupert Whitehead, Becky Smith and Amos Miller. Meggie was a former Elton John scholarship holder at the Royal Academy of music, where she did her undergraduate degree and studied under Matthew Gee, Peter Moore, Dudley Bright and Ian Bousfield.

During her first year at the Royal Academy of Music, Meggie achieved a place as a finalist in the brass category final of the BBC Young Musician of the Year 2020. In 2021 she won the Musicians Company Brass Ensemble prize with ‘Solis trio’ and subsequently became part of the musician’s company brass scheme. Meggie went on to win a place as part of the Philharmonia MMSF Fellowship Programme 2022–2023 and later on won a place as part of the Liverpool Fellowship Scheme 2023–2024.

Meggie has done professional work with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The London Symphony Orchestra, The Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Ballet and the Longborough Festival Opera. Meggie is currently on trial with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, English National Ballet, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.