Alice enjoys a varied performing career as a chamber musician, soloist and was principal cellist of BBCNOW from 2017- 24. Alice is delighted to have recently joined the London Haydn Quartet.  Familiar to listeners of Radio 3, festival performances include BBC Proms chamber series, Marlboro (USA), Bath International, Santa Fe (USA), AWE New Zealand and Lofoten. Recent concerto performances include Strauss Don Quixote, Honegger and Cheryl Frances-Hoade concertos with BBC NOW and future plans include Brahms Double Concerto with BBCNOW and a recording of Robin Stevens Cello Concerto for Toccata Classics.

 Alice was a member of the Gould Piano Trio from 2001-2018 - highlights include the complete piano trios of Beethoven, Schubert and Dvorak at the Wigmore Hall, annual festivals in Corbridge, commissioning of new works from Sir James MacMillan and Mark Simpson, regular US tours and over 25 CD releases. 

Alice has appeared as guest cellist with numerous groups including the Nash Ensemble, Ensemble 360, Esnjerg Ensemble and the Endellion, Elias, Sacconi and Heath quartets. She collaborates with pianists Viv McLean, Jâms Coleman, Robin Green and Benjamin Frith.  Regular visits to IMS at Prussia Cove, Marlboro Festival USA and Wye Valley Chamber Music festival provide ongoing inspiration. This season included a return to Marlboro Festival including Dvorak Piano Quintet with Mitsuko Uchida, artist-in residence at Presteigne Festival and appearances as guest principal cello with the ROH Covent Garden, Philharmonia, Academy of St Martin’s and BBC Symphony Orchestra. 

Alice studied with Ralph Kirshbaum (RNCM) and, as a Fulbright scholar, with Timothy Eddy at Stonybrook, USA.  She has been tutor in cello at RNCM and RCM and now teaches at RWCMD where she was awarded a Fellowship in 2015. She and her husband, David Adams founded the Penarth Chamber Music Festival in 2014.  Alice plays a cello by Alessandro Gagliano of 1710.