Stephen Shingles

UK classical viola player, and Professor of Viola. Following six years as Co-Principal Viola of The London Symphony Orchestra (1949-1954), he devoted himself to chamber music. A former member of the Hirsch String Quartet for 12 years, he was a principal member of The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields from 1961. He was a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, and Professor of Viola there, from 1965 onwards. He was one of the five founding directors of ASM (orchestra) Ltd from June 1971.