Winifred Copperwheat

Winifred Copperwheat (10 October 1905, Fulham, London — 23 February 1976, Hounslow, London) was an English viola player and music pedagogue, one of the founding members of the Zorian String Quartet in 1942. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Lionel Tertis, and later taught at RAM for many years. As a soloist, Copperwheat premiered several works by Theodore Holland and performed with The London Symphony Orchestra under Sir Henry Wood at BBC Proms in 1940.