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We are delighted to welcome the following new or returning members:
Philip Carne is founder of The Richard Carne Trust which supports talented young perfomers in music and theatre. Philip has a particular love of chamber music, and funds an annual Junior Fellowship at Trinity/Laban for string quartets, and another for chamber ensemble with piano at the RCM ( both worth £ 10.000). Philip is the main supporter and chair of the board of ChamberStudio, which delivers weekly masterclasses to promising chamber groups by renowned teachers at King's Place. He is also on the board of Chamber2000, originally established by the Schubert Ensemble, now managed by The Lawson Trio, which encourages chamber music playing in schools, via specially commissioned piano trios from conyemporary composers. We are delighted to welcome Philip who shares so many of the same aspirations as our Society.
New member Raymond Head is a composer, writer and teacher. His compositions have been widely performed in UK, including his piano trio "A Labyrinth of Sorrows", which received its first performance by the Rogeri Trio in 1998. Raymond is in great demand as a teacher and has contributed many music reviews and articles to music magazines and other journals. He is also a Gustav Holst Scholar and musical advisor the the Holst Birthplace Museum.
Members of the Lauriston Piano Trio have been associated with the Piano Trio Society for a number of years and performed at several events in 2011. The trio was founded in 2001 by Anthea Fry (piano), Caroline Tait (violin) and Babette Lichetenstein (cello) and we are delighted that they have renewed their membership.
J Audrey Ellison is an agent and director of J Audrey Ellison International Artists' Management and we welcome her as a new member.
The Amael Piano Trio has become our first trio member from Slovenia and we extend a very warm welcome to them. Pianist Tatjana Ognjanovic, violinist Volodja Balzalorsky and cellist Damir Hamidulin all have busy solo careers in addition to performing with the trio in concerts which have taken them around the world to many prestigious venues and festivals. They will be visiting UK for a series of concerts in November 2011, when their performances will include works by Slovenian composers.
Glen Roven has become our latest member from USA. He is a distinguished pianist, composer and conductor and is equally at home in both Classical and Popular Music. He has worked with musicians as diverse as Ray Charles and Placido Domingo and has written or arranged music for artists from Frank Sinatra to Kathleen Battle. He has conducted the National Symphony, the Seattle Symphony, the Hollywood Bowl, the IKO, the Munich Philharmonic, the Israel Philharmonic and the Radio Luxembourg Orchestras. He has also worked extensively with young people and at present he is arranging music from "The Runnaway Bunny" for piano trio.
Florence Nash is an amateur pianist from USA who has recently approached the Society for advice on preparing a talk on piano trios. To read the excellent resulting article please contact the Administrator.
Michael Watkins of Reynard Music is a music publisher and also arranges a variety of music events for amateurs, the latest of which will be a weekend of music making at Middle Aston Centre. Further details are on our Amateur Players section.
The Fidelio Trio -Mary Dullea (piano), Darragh Morgan (violin) and Robin Michael (cello) has a wide repertoire which includes many contemporary works and has performed around the world as well as making numerous recordings.
Dr Mine Dogantan-Dack - pianist of the Marmara Piano Trio and currently a Research Fellow at Middlesex University. Dr Dogantan-Dack played a major part in the Piano Trio Conference last November and we are hoping to work with her on a further project next autumn.
John Jordan is a pianist, composer and tutor of composition at the WMA Summer School
William Hawthorne is a keen amateur string player who plays both violin and viola. He is a member of Solihull Symphony Orchestra and plays chamber music with friends.
Brian Midgley is a keen amateur pianist and chamber musician who is much in demand for pre-concert talks and is also Chairman of Stratford on Avon Music Society
We welcome our first student trio, Trio Cérès - Emmanuelle Turbelin (piano), Samuel Godefroi (violin) and Axelle Porret (cello) - whose members are students at the Royal College of Music. The trio has taken part in our Notting Hill series of concerts, under the title Trio Français, and also in our Piano Trio Day.
A very warm welcome to our second student trio, the Hepplewhite Piano Trio - Fan Yu Kevin (piano), Amy Littlewood (violin) and Hetti Price (cello), which was formed at Birmingham Conservatoire. The trio took part in our recent Piano Trio Day.
We extend a warm welcome to the Mediterranea Trio - Elenlucia Pappalardo (piano), Markella Vandoros (violin) and Alessandro Sanguineti (cello). The trio was formed at the Royal College of Music in 2007 and took part in our recent series of concerts at Notting Hill.
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