Originally from the South of England, Annabel Kidd graduated from her scholarship study on the BMus Hons Course at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with a First-Class Degree in September 2020, receiving the Mary D Adams Prize for Chamber Music. In October 2021 she graduated from scholarship study on an MA in Chamber music at the RCS, where she learnt under the tutelage of Donald Grant. Annabel was a grateful recipient of the Universal Music UK Sound Foundation Scholarship. Previously she studied with Gina McCormack, Greg Lawson and Andrea Gajic. In 2022 she was grateful to receive a grant from Help Musician’s Development Fund to support her for the upcoming year.

Annabel is an avid chamber musician – she formed the Resol String Quartet in 2018. As an orchestral musician she has performed with Manchester Camerata on a freelance basis, joining them on tour. Whilst studying she Co-lead Amicus Orchestra and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Chamber Orchestra and participated in several schemes and side-by-side days with the Scottish Ensemble, RSNO and Scottish Opera. She has also performed alongside many well-known pop artists such as Twin Atlantic and Brit Award winning artist Tom Walker.

Annabel greatly enjoys teaching; her pupils range from ages 5-25 and in August 2017 and 2018 she worked as a violin assistant to Andrea Gajic and Lev Atlas on the RCS International violin and viola summer course. In the Summer of 2019, she gained a distinction in her ABRSM diploma in teaching. In 2020 she worked side by side with Nicola Benedetti as a ‘Benedetti Ambassador’.

With the Resol String Quartet she has given masterclasses, workshops and coaching in several schools across the United Kingdom. Since August 2024 she has been working with Sistema Scotland as an upper strings teacher at Big Noise Govanhill.