Maria Payne

Maria studied saxophone and clarinet at Junior Trinity before gaining a place at Trinity College of Music where she was a founder member of the Spiral Saxophone Quartet. She later studied with Rob Buckland at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Maria currently teaches saxophone at Henrietta Barnett and Queen Elizabeth's Schools in north London and is the woodwind coach for Barnet Youth Wind Orchestra with whom she has toured Italy. Maria played soprano saxophone in the West End musical ‘Humble Boy’ and has also recorded with ‘The Streets’.