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Junior Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Leeds College of Music
Royal Northern College of Music
Wu String Quartet
Pro Corda
Michael Ladley
Shaun Little
violin
Junior Royal Northern College of Music
Angela Lloyd-Mostyn
Rory Dowse
violin
Daniel Silcock piano
Kate Cooper trumpet
Robin Brandon-Turner oboe
Programme to be confirmed – please check www.leedsconcertseason.com for updates. Born in 1996, Daniel lives in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire and started playing the piano when he was seven. In 2009 he joined the junior department of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and in 2012 was the winner of the Gilbert Innes Piano Prize. Kate started playing the cornet when she was twelve years old. Aged fifteen, she joined the junior department of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland on trumpet and is currently taught by Brian Forshaw. In 2011 she became a member of the Championship Section Brass Band Kingdom Brass. Aged sixteen, Robin lives on the island of Bute and joined the junior department of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland studying with Stephen West. He was awarded the Alexander Trophy and the title of Woodwind and Brass Supreme Champion for 2012.
flute
piano Programme to include: Mower Sonata Latino
Declan Forde piano
Pawel Lesczynski
piano Programme to include: A Tribute to Gershwin Michael, born in Yorkshire, currently studies flute with Kevin Gowland of Opera North, and Baroque Flute with Martyn Shaw. Whilst studying at Leeds College of Music he performed as a soloist in LCM’s performance of Brandenburg Concerto No 5 with the baroque orchestra. Originally from Glasgow, pianist and composer Declan Forde relocated to Leeds in 2010 to study at Leeds College of Music and since his time there he has established himself as a band leader and sideman on the Northern jazz scene.
oboe
Qian Wu Edward Breton
Bethan Allmand
piano
Matthew Kettle
violin
Bach Oboe Sonata BWV 1020 Saint-Saëns Oboe Sonata Debussy 12 Etudes: No 8 pour les agréments for solo piano Pasculli Fantasia sull’opera Poliuto di Donizetti for oboe and piano
Joe Zeitlin
trombone
Born in 1990, Shaun Little is currently studying for a Master’s degree in oboe performance at the Royal Northern College of Music with Melinda Maxwell. In 2010 he obtained his DipABRSM in oboe performance with distinction. In April 2012, he played second oboe in a concert at the Bridgewater Hall with The Hallé as the final stage of the Professional Experience Scheme. Rory Dowse graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree from Queen’s University, Belfast, with first-class honours, receiving the highest mark in his year. He won first prize in both the Joan Gavin and Dina Copeman Cup at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. Rory is currently studying for a Master of Music degree at the Royal Northern College of Music under Murray McLachlan. Shaun Little and Rory Dowse appear by kind permission of the Royal Northern College of Music.
viola
Lewis Bettles
cello
Jacob Brown
Wolf Italian Serenade Delius Late Swallows Dvořák String Quartet No 13
David Jones
The Wu Quartet is second prize winner and winner of the Barenreiter prize at the 2012 Charles Hennen International Chamber Music Competition in Heerlen, Netherlands. The Quartet has pursued its studies with members of the Artis, Alban Berg, Talich, Ysay ˙˙e and Wihan Quartets, as well as with the Lindsay Quartet’s Peter Cropper and Gyorgy Pauk. More recently it has built very strong relationships with Johannes Meissl, Simon Rowland Jones and Evgenia Ephstein. The quartet made its Purcell Room debut in October 2009, performing Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ Naxos Quartet No 8 and has collaborated in concert with musicians such as Simon Rowland Jones, Roger Vignoles, Mark Padmore, Guy Johnston and Richard Harwood.
percussion piano
Programme to be confirmed – please check www.leedsconcertseason.com for updates. Bethan, aged seventeen, lives in Wrexham, North Wales and started learning the violin when she was four. In 2008 she gained a distinction in her ABRSM Grade 8 exam and is currently the leader of the Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. Lewis is sixteen years old and studies trombone with Christian Jones at the Junior RNCM. He has won various awards including Player of the Year and Soloist of the Year. He is a member of the City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra and is currently working towards his diploma. Jacob started playing percussion six years ago and now studies with Ian Forgrieve at the Junior RNCM. He was the youngest member of the City of Leeds Youth Orchestra when he joined aged ten and is now a member of the National Youth Orchestra.
Artist and programme to be confirmed – please check www.leedsconcertseason.com for updates. Pro Corda provides training for students of chamber music aged eight to twenty-eight. Courses take place at the beautiful Leiston Abbey in Suffolk where tutors include the Wihan Quartet of Prague. Recitals by Pro Corda ensembles are always eagerly awaited so be sure not to miss this one!