Amanda Aston Msc, Grad Dip Theol. Is passionate about Christian worship and plays violin at Bath Abbey, and for the RUH. She has been playing in the Bath Abbey worship team, at weddings and also lunchtime recitals for a decade. She has played regularly at St Michael’s Without and St. Swithin’s in Bath and Vineyard West Wilts. Also performing solo violin to the President of Singapore, frequently at the British High Commission, and most recently to Princess Anne in London.

Amanda enjoys arranging and playing violin in Jane Austen events such as 3 annual balls at St Swithin’s for the Genesis Trust, and in the Guildhall, No.1 the Royal Crescent for the Bath Preservation Trust. Also at Stourhead and Montecute House for the National Trust.

Amanda also plays violin at weddings, funerals and other events with her piano accompaniment in “Serenade Strings”.

She also teaches adults violin and has formed the first community Violin Ensemble for the University of the Third Age in Bath; “Simply Strings U3a”.