Bea Schirmer

Bea Schirmer is an author, composer & professional double bass player with the Hallé Orchestra, one of the oldest UK symphony orchestras.

Born in Hannover/Germany she came to the UK to study double bass at the Royal Northern College of Music and subsequently joined the Hallé in Manchester.

She is very active in the Hallé's multifaceted education programme, as a workshop leader & a composer both for the orchestra & the Hallé's progressive new music ensemble, ALEAtronic (www.aleatronic.com).

With ALEAtronic Bea has released the album 'First Take'. Her solo efforts can be heard on Marbelious's album 'Almost Yours'. Both albums are available on Amazon Music.

She runs her own music production company, CoreSounds Productions (www.coresoundsproductions.com).

Bea is a prize winner of the UK songwriting competition.

She has also been awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society's inaugural 'Salomon Prize' for outstanding services to the orchestra, and to its education programme.

In 2015 Bea released her debut novel 'Match Games' & formed her publishing company 'Kinder Press'.

'Match Games' is part of a 5 book series of thrillers called 'The HemiHelix Effect' – “In human psychology The HemiHelix Effect is the individual's realisation that one has the ability to double back on oneself, whatever the circumstances”:

1. His Final Prey – Some Angels Spell Death

2. Ghost Cargo – Dark Secrets Are Best Lest Forgotten

3. Match Games – The Odds Are Lethal

4. The Hun Hunter – (Under Construction)

5. No U-Turn On Dead End Street – Fear Has No Mercy

Details of Bea's creative work can be found on her website at www.beaschirmer.com