Facts: - instrument: electric violin - origin: northampton , england - birth date: 5 november - name: fiona brice - image size: 240px - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist - image: fiona brice placebo 20100911.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of fiona brice .
fiona brice is a composer , orchestral arranger and violinist .she is known as sidewoman with the alternative rock band placebo .brice writes orchestral arrangements for various artists and has toured and recorded with several major pop and rock acts , including placebo , kanye west , sugababes , boy george , westlife , sophie ellis bextor , patrick wolf and simply red .in addition , she conducts a solo career -lrb- with the latest album , '' the separate '' , released in july 2012 -rrb- and works as a songwriter with other artists .