Education
Royal College of Music.
Royal College of Music.
Counsell has an honours degree from the Royal College of Music in London and is from Cardiff, Wales. Before Bond, her work included writing string arrangements and playing with many popular groups including The Divine Comedy, Cocteau Twins, Julian Cope, Gabrielle and Mark Knopfler. Her brother-in-law is the Welsh tenor Wynne Evans, best known for playing the role of Gio Compario in the Go Compare advertisements on British television
Counsell worked as Benedict Cumberbatch"s violin coach for "A Scandal in Belgravia", an episode of the British Broadcasting Corporation television series Sherlock.
Although Counsell"s playing is on the actual soundtrack, Cumberbatch was required to appear to be an expert violinist.