Maria Prowse studied at the Purcell School and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she was awarded the Dudley Cookes chamber music prize. Maria's love for playing the viola was primarily inspired by her first teacher, Phyllis Ebsworth, who was herself a violist in a string quartet in the early 1930s. Maria is an experienced recitalist, chamber musician and tutor, and has freelanced with many orchestras and ensembles throughout the UK and abroad. Maria currently lives in Hertfordshire where she continues to play and teach. She is a member of the Kings Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonia Verdi and the Element String Quartet. She also teaches for Hertfordshire Music Service tutoring many of the county’s junior string ensembles and orchestras.
