Joshua Batty
Flute
Joshua Batty began his studies at Chetham’s School of Music with Gitte Marcusson, Richard Davis and Katherine Baker, during which time he became Principal Flute of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London on a full scholarship with Michael Cox and spent a year studying with Jacques Zoon at the Haute Ecole de Musique Genève. He was awarded both the Sussex Award in the Royal Overseas League Competition and the LSO Candide Prize following his participation in the LSO Woodwind Academy. Joshua was then accepted into both Aldeburgh World Orchestra and as Principal Flute with Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester.
Joshua has guested as Principal Flute with the London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Welsh National Opera, Royal Northern Sinfonia, John Wilson Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Halle Orchestra and Ensemble 360. He has performed in prestigious festivals and international concert series such as Berliner Musikfest, Salzburg, Lucerne, Edinburgh International, BBC Proms, Singapore Arts, Royal Concertgebouw, Staatskapelle Dresden and La Scala Milan as well as performing solo concerts at Buckingham Palace and the London Flute Festival amongst others. Joshua is the former Principal Flute of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra (2015-17) with whom he has also appeared as a concerto soloist and is currently a tutor of flute at the Royal Northern College of Music.
Joshua has guested as Principal Flute with the London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Welsh National Opera, Royal Northern Sinfonia, John Wilson Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Halle Orchestra and Ensemble 360. He has performed in prestigious festivals and international concert series such as Berliner Musikfest, Salzburg, Lucerne, Edinburgh International, BBC Proms, Singapore Arts, Royal Concertgebouw, Staatskapelle Dresden and La Scala Milan as well as performing solo concerts at Buckingham Palace and the London Flute Festival amongst others. Joshua is the former Principal Flute of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra (2015-17) with whom he has also appeared as a concerto soloist and is currently a tutor of flute at the Royal Northern College of Music.
Joshua appears in Schoenberg and Poetry on 27 June 2018
