A new chamber ensemble for Aberdeenshire The Heller String Quartet was formed in 1976 when four musicians at the Royal College of Music in London who won several major prizes for individual performance and quartet playing were invited by the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation to become the quartet-in-residence in Bermuda. They took their name after winning […]
Artist and Programme Information: Madeleine Mitchell
Madeleine Mitchell is one of the UK’s foremost violinists and one of Britain’s liveliest musical forces (The Times). She has performed in over 40 countries as a soloist in a wide repertoire in major venues and frequently broadcasts for television and radio including the BBC Proms and ABC (Australia). She was described by the Chief Music Critic of the […]
Artist Information: Pure Brass
Tom Poulson (trumpet) Mandy Murphy (trumpet) Sam McShane (horn) Gordon Seith (trombone) Fraser Russell (tuba) Award winning Pure Brass is a vibrant, young and well established brass quintet, which performs regularly to critical acclaim. Formed in 2006 at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, the group has quickly become a prominent ensemble within the Scottish […]
Artist and Programme Information: Thistle Brass
Iain Archibald (trumpet) Brian McGinley (trumpet) Tim Hunter (horn) Arlene MacFarlane (trombone) Matthew Chinn (tuba) Thistle Brass is fast making a name for itself as one of the UK’s most exciting and innovative young chamber ensembles. The group has performed in a highly diverse range of settings and contexts, from the Orkney Islands to the Great […]