BIOGRAPHIES 11 NOVEMBER
Beckfoot Drumline
The senior drummers at Beckfoot School love to challenge each other and their leader, and most of all to wow their audiences. Scouring the planet for inspiration, they look to use and extend drum patterns from all over the world. For two members who have left for university this is their last ever performance - a fitting finale at the Royal Albert Hall! Expect tricks with sticks, and a high-energy piece filled with excitement and vitality. Performers Dave Adsett, Jack Blakey, Mark Lewalski, Bill Livingstone, Joe Manning, Suraj Soren
Bernstein Project
This group came into existence when musicians from the classical tradition of brass bands and orchestras in the Hampshire Music Service ensemble wanted to try something different and unfamiliar. This piece displays Bernstein’s ability to make any style his own and combines traditional musical forms with the spontaneity and energy of jazz, which proved an education to all the group and great fun was had along the way. The Bernstein Project is not a jazz band, but they might still be converted! Clarinet Ellis Murley ** Trumpet Josie Ashdown, Olly Chubb, James Creed, Daniel Gray, Thomas Rickard, Lily Smith Trombone Alice Batchelor, Anna Brown, Hugh Dorward, Alistair Goodwin, James Goodwin Alto Saxophone Paul Smith, Alex Wilson Tenor Saxophone Patrick Bolton, Guy McClenahan Baritone Saxophone James McGregor Piano Adam Turner Bass Ellen Gillett, Myles Scott Percussion Chris Elmslie, Connor Lyster
Birmingham Junior Conservatoire Wind Orchestra
Regardless of age or musical aspirations, these players from the Midlands and Wales all enjoy the stimulating environment, friendships and challenges of their intensive Saturdays of musical training at the Birmingham Conservatoire. Tonight they play Paris Sketches, a homage to the city and the great artists who lived there. With themes of bells
running throughout the piece, the first movement is inspired by Ravel’s music, and evokes the bohemian Latin Quarter. The bustling finale includes triumphant references to Berlioz and represents the old market area of the city.
the choir has enjoyed playing at local concerts, fundraising events, festivals, and at St David’s Hall in Cardiff. The choir aims to bring joy to their audience during every performance and we hope tonight you will be dancing in your seats!
Flute Eve Abram, Isabelle Ashton*, Julia Auer, Lydia Bridgewood, Emily Burton, Lotte Davis, Jessica Foxwell, Beth Hancock, Grace Higgins, Annabel Husband, Alice Windsor, Maria Wood Piccolo Jessica Dickinson* Oboe Polina Diakov, Rebecca Forbes*, Natalka Smaditch Eb Clarinet Ben Mason Clarinet Hannah Bailey, Grace Baker, Andrei Caval, Grace Mayne, Osian Penry-Dance*, Joshua Warhurst, Bass Clarinet Erin Botchett Bassoon George Bailey, Katie Benham, Daniel Plant* Alto Saxophone Rosanne Ash, Lewis Brierly, Jennifer Newton Tenor Saxophone Poppy Philigreen Horn Siobhan Bates*, Frances Gordon, Thomas Hayes, Olivia Lowe, Lucy Vickers, Lydia Watson Trumpet Luke Briggs, Angus Carter, Sebastian Foxwell, Steven Nicholls*, Ewan Parsons, Ben Skailes, Luke Wilson Trombone Victoria Clinton*, Nathan Cornish, Zachary Fellows, William Green, Henry Newton, Logan Pritchard, Tom Veness Bass Trombone Henry Lawrence, Tom Pilsbury Euphonium Tom Dyer-Hill, Claudia Osborne Tuba Joseph Reed Timpani Greg Burns Percussion Joshua Cottell, David Edwards, Olivia Franghiadi*, Joel Plowright Piano Oran Johnson String Bass Matthew Clarkson
Performers Grace Archer, Harri Archer, Josef Archer, Louise Bartle, Rea Barton, Ben Bridgeway, Lucy Broom, Sinead Brown, Sizwe Chitiyo, Daniel Chung, Emily Clarke, Poppy Clough, Tabitha Clough, Amy Courtney, Chris Davis**, Daniel Davis**, Jamie Davis, Jessica Doolan**, Harvey Evans, Maisie Evans, Sophie Goodland Jones, Lucy Gough, Catrin Hodder, Ffion Hodder, Megan Hone, Rebecca Hunt, Angharrad James, Alex Jones, Ffion Jones, Jenni Jones**, Mollie Jones, Natalie Jones, Ellie Marfell, Cairon Martin, Alex Matthews, Isabelle Miles, Angharrad Morley, Bethan Mundy, Robert Mundy**, Faye Phillips, Heather Plow, Bethan Price, Molly Pugh, Shakira Reardon, Rachel Reith, Aly Smith, Hannah Smith, Jessica Stephens, Chloe Tapper, Nathaniel Webb, Caitlyn Wilkinson, Ella Williams
Glantaf Duo
Brothers Harry and Charlie have been immersed in music for as long as they can remember. As members of the National Youth Orchestra, they won the Duet Competition at the Urdd National Eisteddfod and various other awards and prizes. Combining violin and marimba has been very exciting and rewarding. Passacaglia, originally written for violin and viola/cello, is lent a percussive and more mellow twist from the marimba. The marimba brings a jaunty element to the fun, jazzy Hot Canary, and complements the violin’s representation of a lively canary. Violin Charlie Lovell-Jones Marimba Harry Lovell-Jones
TMC Gospel Choir
The Torfaen Music Centre Gospel Choir consists of members aged between 6-18 who enjoy performing a wide range of music from the likes of Jason Robert Brown to Eric Whitacre. Over the past year
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Tomorrow’s Warriors Female Collective
Here come the girls! Aged from 15-19 and mentored by Tomorrow’s Warriors Music Leader and Emerging Artist, Sheila MauriceGrey, the Tomorrow’s Warriors Female Collective have been working together for the past year, developing their stage craft and ensemble performance skills. They have gone from strength to strength in recent months and tonight will present to you an original composition alongside their own arrangement of a Freddie Hubbard classic! Performers Sahvannah Amaka, Romarna Campbell, Sheila Maurice-Grey, Richie Seivwright, Scarlett Stewart, Brianna Ste. Croix
Wessex Youth Orchestra
Now in its 44th season, one of the largest youth orchestras on the South Coast, the Orchestra performs both nationally and on international concert tours to great acclaim. The ballet suite Romeo & Juliet is Prokofiev at his most rousing and vibrant. With trademark metronomic rhythms alongside colourful and soaring melodies, every circumstance, character and mood is created. Rimsky-Korsakov’s Procession of the Nobles from