THE PLAYERS
Emma McPhilemy - soprano sax
Hannah Corcoran - alto sax
Isobel Williams - tenor sax
Catherine Hanson - baritone sax
BIOGRAPHY
The
Abelia Saxophone Quartet are a young and energetic Manchester-based ensemble currently studying at the Royal Northern College of Music under
the tuition of Rob Buckland. Recently, they have been awarded the Trevor Wye
Woodwind Chamber Prize and have also been named the RNCM Ensemble of The Year;
The Chris Rowland Prize.
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| Abelia Sax Quartet with Timothy McAllister |
During
their time at RNCM so far the group have received coaching from chamber music
specialists such as Carl Raven, Andy Scott and Huw Wiggin and have performed in
public masterclasses for Johan Van Der Linden, Ainars Ŝablovskis and for Timothy McAllister at the World Saxophone Congress 2015 in Strasbourg. The
quartet recently commissioned new works by RNCM composers as part of a January
2015 composition festival, and followed this with a live performance on BBC
Radio 3 contributing to the ‘BBC Young Artists Day’.
The
group has given recitals at venues including The Cosmo Rodewald Hall (University
of Manchester) and The Carole Nash Recital Room (RNCM) as part of the Spotlight
Concert Series, Buxton Opera House, The Lowry (Salford Quays) and many other local venues. Abelia have also accompanied Philippe Geiss in his solo feature
recital at the RNCM Saxophone Day 2014 and are looking forward to recitals later
this year at St Martin-in-the-Fields (London) and Whitworth Art Gallery (Manchester).
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
Friday 30th October @ 1pm
Bury
Monday 2nd November @ 1pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
Friday 6th November @ 1pm
Cross Street Chapel, Manchester
Wednesday 25th November @ 1pm
St Ann's Church, Manchester
Sunday 6th December @ 3pm
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
June Emerson Wind Music would like to thank Rob Buckland for organising the
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