HEATHER TUACH (cello) is from the west coast of Newfoundland, Canada. She joined the Fitzwilliam String Quartet in September 2008 after completing a Doctorate of Musical Arts at Stony Brook University, where she studied with Colin Carr. Heather also studied at Memorial University of Newfoundland, McGill University in Montreal, and at the International Menuhin Music Academy in Switzerland. So far, highlights of her time with the Fitzwilliam String Quartet include a Haydn Quartet marathon at the Castle Hotel in Taunton, concerts at Kings Place in London, and two voyages on Martin Randall Travel's 'Classical Civilizations' cruise of the Aegean Sea.

As well as playing in the Fitzwilliam String Quartet, Heather teaches cello in Islington and performs with other ensembles including Southern Sinfonia. She has recently given solo performances at the Castle Hotel in Taunton, at the York Late Music Festival and on Martin Randall Travel's 'Bach Journey' in Germany. Upcoming solos include the Shostakovich Concert No. 2 with the Academy of St. Olave's in York, Schumann's Adagio and Allegro at the Ryedale Festival in Yorkshire, solos at the Festival de l'Abbaye du Pin in France and a solo recital at the Ceilidah Place in Ullapool Scotland in October.

Heather has been a member of the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, performing the Haydn C major Cello Concerto with them in 2005, and the Camerata Lysy in Switzerland. She recorded the cello solos on the Naxos recording of the Rutti Requiem and looks forward to recording the complete quartets by John Ramsay and the Bruckner Quartet and String Quintet with the Fitzwilliam Quartet this fall.

Heather's cello is a copy of a 1705 Matteo Goffriller made by Roger Hansell in 1993.

Email: htuach@hotmail.com