2018 Launchpad Prize Winners #2

Introducing...

Festivo Winds

(Royal Northern College of Music)

The Players

Leila Marshall - flute
Adam Bowman - oboe
Andy Mellor - clarinet
Sara Erb - bassoon
Thomas Edwards - horn

Biography

Festivo Winds are a dynamic group of young musicians from around the world who formed at the RNCM in December 2017. They are a strong group - each member has numerous personal accolades - and together they create a palpable sense of energy and fun. 

The ensemble specialise in the core quintet repertoire, whilst maintaining an interest in arrangements and new works. 

Festivo Winds are the winners of the 2018 Fewkes Woodwind Competition and the June Emerson Wind Music Launchpad Prize. The members are very excited to see what the future holds.

June Emerson Wind Music would like to thank Suzy Stonefield for organising 

the awarding of the Launchpad Prize at the Royal Northern College of Music.

Links

Festivo Winds

Leila.Marshall@student.rncm.ac.uk

Royal Northern College of Music

www.rncm.ac.uk

2018 Launchpad Prize Winners #1

Introducing...

Rosewood Clarinet Quartet

(Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama)

The Players

Joanna James
Carwyn Thomas
Katherine Nunn
Jason Hill

Biography

Based in Cardiff, the Rosewood Clarinet Quartet was formed in September 2017 by Joanna James, Carwyn Thomas, Katherine Nunn and Jason Hill, four Master's students at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Within its first year alone, the quartet has already gone from strength to strength, securing the Wind Plus Chamber Music Prize, being highly commended in the McGrenery Chamber Music Prize, and most recently winning the June Emerson Wind Music Ensemble (Launchpad) Prize 2018. The Quartet have raised money for charity, regularly working with Music in Hospitals and Care, and have most recently played for the College's Open Day. Some pieces the Quartet have played over the past few months include Uhl's Divertimento for Clarinet Quartet, Lenny Sayers' "Bute" and Clare Grundman's Caprice for Clarinet Quartet.
In 2018 they won the June Emerson Wind Music Launchpad Prize.

June Emerson Wind Music would like to thank Kevin Price for organising 

the awarding of the Launchpad Prize at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.

Links

Rosewood Clarinet Quartet

rosewoodclarinetquartet@gmail.com

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

www.rwcmd.ac.uk

2017 Launchpad Prize Winners #1

Introducing...

Coburn Saxophone Quartet

(Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama)

The Players

Sarah Knight - soprano sax
Sarah Smith - alto sax
Megan Davies - tenor sax
Amber Reeve - baritone sax

Biography

Formed in 2015 at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, the Coburn Quartet are an energetic and upcoming female saxophone ensemble based in Cardiff. We are a close group of friends and colleagues who enjoy rehearsing and performing together. Our experience includes events ranging from concert recitals to private engagements. With our extensive set list varying from jazz and pop to concert repertoire, we are available to hire for all events and functions throughout the UK. We are extremely thankful for the continued support and specialist coaching from many industry professionals.

June Emerson Wind Music would like to thank Kevin Price for organising 

the awarding of the Launchpad Prize at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.

Links

Conurn Saxophone Quartet

coburnsaxquartet@gmail.com

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

www.rwcmd.ac.uk

Launchpad Prize Winner's Profile No.2: Seren Winds

THE PLAYERS

Katie Lower - flute

Eric Wolfe-Gordon - oboe

Laura Potter - clarinet

Bartosz Kwasecki - bassoon

Michael Gibbs - horn

BIOGRAPHY

Seren Winds is a Cardiff-based wind quintet comprised of postgraduate students and graduates from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. They regularly perform in and around Cardiff, including engagements in the Wales Millennium Centre and St David’s Hall as pre- and post-concert recitals.
In 2015 so far they have taken part in the Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition and the June Emerson Wind Music Launchpad Prize.
The Quintet enjoyed a tour to Quiberon, France, this summer, to introduce a new music festival, 'Les Musicales de Quiberon', by invitation from Pascal Gallois.
Seren Winds are also available to play at public and private events, weddings and corporate events. They perform a variety of works from the classical period through to the twentieth century and are able to arrange lighter pieces upon request.

www.serenwinds.co.uk

June Emerson Wind Music would like to thank Kevin Price for organising 

the awarding of the Launchpad Prize at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.

LINKS

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

www.rwcmd.ac.uk

Launchpad Prize Winner's Profile No.1: Elysium Brass

Ollie Haines - trumpet

Kaitlin Wild - trumpet

Alex Willett - horn

Ian Sankey - trombone

Chris Claxton - tuba

BIOGRAPHY

Elysium Brass is a brass quintet formed from students currently studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Formed in 2013 the individual players have a vast amount of experience in many different genres and styles of music and have played in venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, Barbican and Bridgewater Hall as well abroad in France, Hong Kong, Germany, India, Luxembourg to name a few.

As well as concerts, Elysium Brass have performed in a number of interactive educational workshops to primary schools in and outside of London inspired by our participation in the 'Decoda Project' 2014.

Elysium Brass were the Guildhall's winner of the June Emerson Wind Music Launchpad Competition 2015 and have since been fortunate to be guest artists at Festival de Torella de Montrí in Girona, Spain and guest artists at the Stogumber Festival 2015.

THE PLAYERS

Ollie Haines is a trumpeter, pianist, composer, arranger and teacher based in the South West but living in the heart of central London. In 2012 he was awarded a DfE scholarship to study at specialist music school Wells Cathedral School. After two fruitful years studying all styles of music he was awarded a place at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and now studies with Anne McAneney (LPO), Noel Langley (Jazz Freelance), Stephen Keavy (Natural trumpet and historical performance).

Kaitlin Wild started learning the cornet age 5, and went on to study the trumpet aged 11, when she was awarded a music scholarship to Rugby School. She gained entry into the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain aged 13, during which she was awarded the McCann cornet award in 2012, and gained a scholarship to study at The Guildhall in 2013 where she studies with Anne McAneney (LPO) and Paul Beniston (LPO). Kaitlin currently plays with many London Orchestras, including Arch Sinfonia and Orion Orchestra.

Alex Willett started playing the horn aged 16 and quickly progressed gaining a place at Guildhall in 2013. Alex now studies with Jonathon Lipton (LSO) and is a busy performer with some of London's top student orchestras including the London International Orchestra and Arch Sinfonia.

Ian Sankey studied trombone at St. Marys Music School in Edinburgh with John Kenny where his passion for music grew. After deciding to pursue a career in music he auditioned to music college and began his studies at Guildhall where he now a student of Eric Crees and Simon Wills.

Chris Claxton started playing tuba at the age of 12 and after progressing quickly went to study at Wells Cathedral School under the tuition of Sam Elliot (BBC SO) and Alan Hutt. While at Wells he performed with the National Youth Wind Orchestra and European Union Youth Wind Orchestra both in the principal tuba seat. In 2013 Chris was awarded a full scholarship to  Guildhall School of Music and Drama and currently studies with Patrick Harrild (LSO).

LINKS

Listen to Elysium Brass on Youtube playing 'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2GFM4XUd7w

Tickets for Elysium Brass at Stogumber Festival

Saturday 12 September, St Mary’s Church, TA4 3TA at 11am

http://www.stogumberfestival.com/elysium-brass

Elysium Brass at Open House London,

the capital's largest annual festival of architecture and design.

Sunday 20th September, Milton Court, EC2Y 9BH at 12:15pm

(a free, open rehearsal in Milton Court concert hall)

Milton Court concert

June Emerson Wind Music would like to thank Richard Benjafield for organising the 

awarding of the Launchpad Prize at Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Guildhall School of Music & Drama
www.gsmd.ac.uk

June Emerson Wind Music - Launchpad Prize 2015

About the Prize

The Launchpad Prize was an idea that began as a desire to help young musicians in some significant way. With our limited financial resources it was difficult to come up with something that would make enough of a difference to make it worthwhile. The idea of sponsoring a prize at one of the UK music colleges was something we just couldn’t afford, and we also felt that we’d like to be able to offer something to more than just one college and be a little more ‘hands on’. We eventually decided that we would assist one predominantly final year wind ensemble from each of the major UK music colleges to launch themselves onto the professional circuit.

First awarded in 2009, the Launchpad Prize consists of practical help, including:

a substantial JEWM music voucher; dedicated space on the JEWM website; publicity at any time through our online media channels (JEWM blog, Twitter, Facebook etc); editorial coverage wherever possible; unlimited free advertising flyers in JEWM music orders in order to publicise themselves; exclusive access to the JEWM shop with use of all music and facilities; complimentary copies of any existing and future Emerson Edition publications which fit their instrumental line-up, and anything else we can think of.

The Winners!

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

Seren Winds

Trinity College of Music

The Risatina Quintet

Royal College of Music

Hestia Saxophone Quartet

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Elysium Brass

Profiles of each of this year's winners will appear on this blog over the coming weeks...

Helmsley Arts Centre Performance: Bells Up! from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

 

The award-winning Bells Up! were the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 2011 recipients of the June Emerson Wind Music Launchpad Prize for outstanding wind/brass ensembles. The group was formed two years ago by senior students studying at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. This afternoon they will play a wide variety of music, and pride themselves in being a platform through which young Scottish arrangers and composers can be heard.

This is the first performance in our new North Star Series, which aims to support young musicians whose opportunities for professional performance are limited by their own lack of financial and marketing resources.

Bells Up! Andrew McLean (horn), Cillian Ó Ceallacháin (trombone), Eoin Tonner (trumpet),
Rachel Brown (tuba), Holly Boddice (trumpet)

Tickets: £8 including Tea

Visit helmsleyarts.co.uk for tickets and info

June Emerson Wind Music 2012 Launchpad Prize

We are absolutely thrilled and extremely proud to announce the winners of the 2012 June Emerson Wind Music Launchpad Prize. They are:

Royal Northern College of Music
Lekker Quintet

The Lekker Quintet is an exciting wind ensemble, formed in Manchester in 2011.  Formerly studying at the University of Manchester, all players have studied at the Royal Northern College of Music.

The Quintet tour the UK performing a varied repertoire at a variety of venues; including the Bridgewater Hall, St. Martins-in-the-Field and the Carol Nash Recital Room.  Musical education is close to the group's ethos and they enjoy giving educational recitals and workshops.

The ensemble have participated in the North West New Music Festival (2011), the Royal Northern College of Music Chamber Festival (2012) and the Per Nørgărd and Hans Abrahamsen festival (2012).  This coming October the quintet have been asked to perform as part of the Malcolm Arnold Music Festival in the Midlands.  The Quintet are regularly coached by Matthew Hunt, Malinda Maxwell, John Miller and Tim Reynish.

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Anime Duo

The Animé flute and guitar duo formed in 2010 while studying at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. It was here that they established their shared passion for ensemble performance, finding a particular enthusiasm for the music of the 20th and 21st Centuries. The duo aim to bring the music for this unique combination of instruments to a wider audience in an engaging and approachable style.  

Animé were accepted onto the Live Music Now scheme in April 2012, a charity which aims to organise concerts for those who may have limited access to live music. They went on to be selected by the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama for the June Emerson Launchpad Prize  The duo have also performed in a number of recitals around Wales and the rest of the UK, including a performance at the Arcomis International Flute Festival held at the Wales Millennium Centre.

Royal College of Music
Echo Trio

The Echo Trio, formed in 2011 at the Royal College of Music (RCM), is an exciting combination of saxophone (Amy Green), violin (Radu Ropotan) and piano (Alexandra Zlatior).

They participated in the Chamber Music and Woodwind Ensemble competitions at the RCM in 2012, winning the June Emerson Launchpad Prize.

Based in London, they have performed in the concert series at St Mary Abbots Church, High Street Kensington, and in St John’s Church, Notting Hill, in conjunction with the Music Chamber series. This engaging trio enjoy working together and performing a diverse range of music.

About the Launchpad prize

The Launchpad Prize was an idea that began as a desire to help young musicians in some significant way. With our limited financial resources it was difficult to come up with something that would make enough of a difference to make it worthwhile. The idea of sponsoring a prize at one of the UK music colleges was something we just couldn’t afford, and we also felt that we’d like to be able to offer something to more than just one college and be a little more ‘hands on’. We eventually decided that we would assist one young (predominantly) final year wind ensemble from each of the major UK music colleges to launch themselves onto the professional circuit.

The Launchpad Prize consists of practical help including: a substantial JEWM music voucher; dedicated space on the JEWM website; publicity at any time through our online media channels (JEWM blog, Twitter, Facebook etc); editorial coverage wherever possible; unlimited free advertising flyers in JEWM music orders in order to publicise themselves; exclusive access to the JEWM shop with use of all music and facilities; complimentary copies of any existing and future Emerson Edition titles which fit their instrumental line-up; anything else we can think of.

We’d like to wish the 2011 winners all the very best for a successful future. Please support them by going to hear their performances - they’re all incredibly talented ensembles and you won’t be disappointed! They are: Les Trois Canards, Vesuvio Wind Quintet, Kudo Saxophone Quartet, Hafren Quintet, HMS Quintet and Bells Up!

UPDATE
Follow the link to see two more Launchpad Prize winners for 2012.

The Hafren Wind Quintet - Launchpad Winners 2011

The Hafren Wind Quintet

The Hafren Wind Quintet was formed by a group of friends who began studying as BMus (hons) students at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in September 2007. They came together through a mutual love of ensemble playing and their motivation, drive and determination together with their sense of fun, passion and ambition has proved a winning formula. Following the success of their first recital just a few months after their formation, the Quintet have performed at music societies and in concert series across Wales and England, gaining a reputation for exciting and musical playing. Keen to make the best use possible of their creative music making, the quintet have raised money for many good causes and taken part in outreach projects for the Touch Trust and school children both locally and further afield. Lovers of new music, the quintet have performed premieres of many works, not only for wind quintet, but also in collaborations with string quartets, singers, and other performers.

The Hafren Wind Quintet have played in masterclasses with many renowned artists and coaches, their main coaches being Meyrick Alexander (former Principal Bassoon, Philharmonia Orchestra) and Christopher Vale (Sub-Principal Bassoon, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera). They took part in the Welsh National Opera Elgar Project in 2007 and as a result, were asked to coach ensembles at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Junior Department. Many members of the Quintet have since been invited to perform as members of the Welsh National Opera Elgar Quintet. In just their second year at the College, the Quintet won second place in the RWCMD Woodwind Chamber Prize. In 2009 they were invited to be the Welsh National Opera Young Players of the Year, culminating in a performance with the National Dance Company of Wales.

The future looks bright for the talented Quintet. They are grateful and privileged to have won the June Emerson Prize, providing them with support at the crucial time when many members graduate from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. With many recitals and outreach projects to come, the Quintet are looking forward to a great deal more years of very enjoyable music making.

Bells Up! - Launchpad Winners 2011

Bells Up! Andrew McLean (horn), Cillian Ó Ceallacháin (trombone), Eoin Tonner (trumpet),
Rachel Brown (tuba), Holly Boddice (trumpet)

“Bells Up!” Brass Quintet was formed in 2009 by a mixture of first and second year students studying on the undergraduate BMus course at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. The brass quintet is young and fresh and there is a surplus of ambition and enthusiasm within the ranks. The members all hail from different corners of Scotland and Ireland which include Dunoon, Carnoustie, Glasgow, Mid-Lothian and Cork. Individually, each member of the quintet is a highly experienced ensemble player. They have experience in orchestral, wind band, jazz band, wind ensemble, brass band and symphonic brass playing, to name but a few.

The group's learning environment offers the expertise of the best professional players and teachers throughout Scotland of which Tony Swainson (former Principal Tuba BBCSSO), Nigel Boddice (former Principal Trumpet BBCSSO), Bryan Allen (former Trumpet Fine Arts Brass) and John Wallace (Principal RSAMD) have offered their advice. Bells Up! Brass Quintet have been fortunate to play in many beautiful places in Scotland including Dunkeld Cathedral and "A House For An Art Lover" in Glasgow. As well as this, the group have performed with numerous Choirs and Choral Societies including Les Sirenes and The Bridge of Weir Choral Society.

Bells Up! performing

This brass quintet are also keen enthusiasts of music education in Scotland and have recently started working with primary schools helping to promote instrumental tuition. Bells Up! are the recent recipients of the Mary D Adams prize for Chamber Music from the RSAMD and were finalists in the Academy’s Governor’s Recital Prize for Chamber Music.

The highlight of the quintet's career so far has been appearing on the Christmas Eve television broadcast for the BBC in 2010 where they were chosen to play as representatives of the RSAMD's Brass department. This can be viewed on the Bells Up! Facebook page.

Les Trois Canards - Launchpad Winners 2011

Les Trois Canards is made up of three postgraduate oboe students from the Royal Northern College of Music. The trio was formed in September 2009 and has already achieved success, having made it to the final of the Woodwind Chamber Music Prize in both 2010 and 2011.

The trio has also taken part in master classes in both Manchester and London. In March it had the opportunity to provide a whole recital programme as part of the Monday Lunchtime concert series at the RNCM.

Les Trois Canards enjoys playing a wide range of music from Baroque to contemporary, as well as discovering some of the lesser known works written for oboe trio. In 2011 they will be recording ‘Intercession’ by James Macmillan to be part of a new CD of woodwind works performed by students at the RNCM.

Vesuvio Wind Quintet - Launchpad Winners 2011

The Vesuvio Wind Quintet was founded in 2006 when its members were all students at Trinity College of Music (now Trinity Laban). Past highlights include competing in the 6th Henri Tomasi International Woodwind Quintet Competition in Marseilles, performing in the 2009 Chiddingly Festival and a recital at the Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich. In April 2011 the quintet travelled to Saudi Arabia to perform for the International Concert Committee and British International School in Al-Khobar, and at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Thuwal.

The Vesuvio Wind Quintet is focused on performing contemporary quintet repertoire by living British and Irish composers, recently commissioning a new work from Irish composer Cormac McCarthy. They like to combine these works with standard repertoire of both European and British works from early 19th century onwards, alongside solo, duo, trios and quartet works in order to add more colour and interest to their programme.

The quintet is also committed to music education and has enjoyed performing many school and family concerts.

The Vesuvio Wind Quintet is grateful for support from the Fidelio Charitable Trust.

For details on future performances visit www.vesuviowindquintet.com

Launchpad Winners Gelachter Wind Trio visit June Emerson Wind Music

Last Monday we had a visit from the Gelachter Trio, one of our Launchpad winners. They had traveled up from London, spent a few hours here and then went back down again, all in the same day. They were such a lovely group and it was great to listen to them playing their repertoire – obviously all very talented musicians.

Gelachter Wind Trio with Rachel

Here's an excerpt on the day from the Gelachter Wind Trio website:

On Monday 18th April Gelachter Trio had an amazingly fun road trip up to York to visit the lovely Rachel Emerson who has so kindly been supporting us since last year after our success in the Royal College of Music Chamber Competition.

It was such a useful experience to be able to choose whatever music we liked from the shop and have a play through as sometimes you really can never judge a piece by its cover! We discovered a whole new repertoire that day with some beautiful arrangements of Shostakovich, Bozza and Rameau that we are very keen to programme into our up and coming recitals! We came away hours later weighed down with new music and heading back for London very sleepy but very excited for our next rehearsal.

Thank you again Rachel for a memorable day :)

If you wish to purchase music we highly recommend their store so please visit them at http://www.juneemerson.co.uk/

Read the whole story on their website: http://www.gelachtertrio.com/news.html

Visit to June Emerson Wind Music for Meridian Brass

Last month we had a visit from Meridian Brass. They’d set off at about 6am from London and drove back down again that evening, having spent a good part of the day browsing through new repertoire and enjoying the surroundings.

Three members of Meridian Brass with Rachel Emerson

Meridian Brass are an exciting and diverse brass quartet and one of our Launchpad Prize winners for 2010. With an emphasis on performing their own arrangements, they enjoy repertoire from classical and popular genres.

They entertained shoppers at Canary Wharf yesterday. Join their Facebook group to keep up-to-date on upcoming events and performances. For information about the group be sure to check out their website too: www.meridianbrass.co.uk

Dolce Cinque are to Play at The Bridgewater Hall

On Friday 20th May 2011 at 12.30 pm Dolce Cinque are going to play in the foyer (free admission) at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

Award-winning woodwind quintet Dolce Cinque, formed in September 2007 at the Royal Northern College of Music. After playing together for just five months, the quintet won the RNCM Woodwind Chamber Music Competition and Trevor Wye chamber music award.

Dolce Cinque - Emily Berridge (Clarinet), Jo Wilcox (Oboe), Helen Wilson (Flute), Amy Briggs (Bassoon), Kirsty Howe (French Horn)
image: www.dolcecinque.com

Since then the quintet has covered a large and diverse set of repertoire and has performed together in several recitals, always keen to discover new works. Dolce Cinque were asked to premiere new works at the RNCM Chamber Music Festival in 2009 and 2010, and in May 2009 they won the Chris Rowland prize for chamber music performing Poulenc's Sextour for Piano and Winds with Duncan Ward. Most recently, Dolce Cinque have been awarded the June Emerson Launchpad Award.

For more information visit their website: www.dolcecinque.com

Venue Details

The Bridgewater Hall is in the centre of Manchester, easily accessible by public transport and by road.

Metrolink tram passengers should alight at St Peter’s Square. Discounted Metrolink vouchers are available to purchase from the Box Office or online when you buy your concert tickets. The discounted fare is £3.50 adult and £1.50 child; vouchers are valid for unlimited travel from any Metrolink stop after 9.30am.

The nearest bus stops for major routes into the city centre are St Peter’s Square, Portland Street or Deansgate.

The nearest rail stations are Deansgate and Oxford Road.

Coaches can drop off and pick up outside the main entrance on Lower Mosley Street; longer term coach parking is available near Piccadilly Station.

The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3WS

Event information was taken from www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk

Introducing the Emerson Quintet

"proudly using the Emerson name for the group"

Formed in 2009, the Emerson quintet has played in many concerts including a prestigious appearence at Cadogan Hall. They were the winners of the June Emerson 'Launchpad Prize' in the Royal College of Music Chamber Music Competition in the summer of '09 and now are proudly using the Emerson name for the group. They have attracted record label interest and hope to record a CD in the near future.

Nicola Crowe: Flute
Sarah Turner: Oboe
Elizabeth Mace: Clarinet
David Horwich: Horn
Howard Dann: Bassoon

Check out their Facebook page.

Ellipsis Quintet at St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square, London

Lunchtime Concert - Ellipsis Quintet

Royal Academy of Music Series 1:00pm - Tuesday 7 June 2011

The Ellipsis Quintet
image: www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org

The Ellipsis Quintet was formed in Autumn 2009 and is already establishing itself in the public domain as a dynamic new wind ensemble. The quintet comprises Michael Hsin-en Liu (Flute), Peter Facer (Oboe), Charlotte Swift (Clarinet), Ashley Myall (Bassoon) and Hannes Arnold (French Horn). The group met whilst all studying for their Masters in performance at the Royal Academy of Music.

In January 2010, the quintet was the winner of the Royal Academy's Nicholas Blake Wind Ensemble Prize, got to the semi-finals of the Royal Over-Seas League Chamber Music Competition in March and was recently named the winner of the June Emerson Wind Music Launchpad Prize 2010 in June.

The quintet greatly enjoy playing contemporary music; they recently premiered Benjamin Hollway's Quintet No 1 and will soon perform James Lark's "As the Winds and the Months" in a forthcoming concert. Recent performances include concerts in the David Josefowitz Hall and Duke's Hall of Royal Academy of Music, Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and the Regent Hall, London.

The backgrounds of each of the players are extremely varied: Charlotte, Peter and Ashley read Music at Cambridge and Leeds Universities, while Hannes studied at the Universität Mozarteum in Austria and Michael at the City University of New York. The group frequently plays together in an orchestral context as well, often taking prominent roles in the Royal Academy's Symphony and Concert orchestras. For more information, please visit www.EllipsisQuintet.co.uk (coming soon).

Concert Details

This lunchtime concert is FREE and no ticket is required. Lunchtime concerts last approximately 45 minutes and latecomers will be admitted to the church when there is a suitable break in the programme. A collection is taken at the end of the concert which goes towards the work of St Martin's.

Information excerpted from the St. Martin in the fields website.