Gilbert Shufflebotham

Gilbert Shufflebotham (1907–1978) was a British violist and violinist. He studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music.^[1] He started his playing career on the violin, performing for radio broadcasts in the 1920s.^[2]

He was principal violist of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra^[3][4] and played in the Hallé Orchestra,^[5][6] the Birmingham String Quartet,^[7] the Birmingham Ensemble Players^[8][9] as well as a number of other ensembles.^[10] He was a pupil of Lionel Tertis.^[11][12]

In 1947 he gave the CBSO's first performance of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante with the orchestra's deputy leader and Element Quartet violist, Dorothy Hemming.^[13] He performed the work again in 1950 with the CBSO and Norris Stanley, with George Weldon conducting.^[14]

In February 1948, he performed William Walton's Viola Concerto with the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.^[15]

Shufflebotham was the Head of Music at Ripon Grammar School. He founded and conducted the award-winning Knypersley String Orchestra^[16][17] and conducted the Ripon Schools' String Orchestra.^[18]