Penelope Cave studied at the Purcell School and the Royal Academy of Music. She won the Raymond Russell prize, the National Harpsichord Competition at Southport and was a laureate of Bruges International Harpsichord Competition. She has given solo performances at the Purcell Room, the Wigmore Hall and at music clubs throughout Britain and festivals have included Flanders, Edinburgh, York, Winchester, Ryedale, Presteigne and Greenbelt. She has recorded for Hyperion, Naxos, Pace Recordings, Belgian Radio, Classic FM and BBC Radio 3. Well known for her educational work, she has given masterclasses, workshops and courses in France, Italy, Germany and Mallorca and throughout Britain, including the universities of Ulster & Stirling, Benslow, Jackdaws and Dartington International Summer School.

Helena Brown attended Oxford High School and subsequently won a scholarship to study music at Dartington College of Arts. She then studied at the Royal College of Music where her professor was Hubert Dawkes. After leaving college, she worked for the Royal Ballet for some years. Helena now combines performing with teaching harpsichord at Brunel University and St Paul's Girls School. She also runs weekly classes at the Adult Education Centre in Hounslow, both for Baroque Chamber Music and for Harpsichord playing. Playing chamber music is a great source of enjoyment for Helena, and she is the harpsichord player for Musica Dolce, the Telemann Players, For Two to Play with fellow keyboard player Penelope Cave, and Duo Pastorale with recorder player Michael Keen. This duo has recently issued a CD of Italian and German baroque music. Helena also works with larger-scale ensembles: the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, the City of London Sinfonia and the English Chamber Orchestra. Helena is Musical Director for the Isleworth Actors' Company and with them she has performed the Canterbury Tales, Arabian Nights and Twelfth Night.

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