Clarinet

Michelle is a busy freelance musician working predominantly in the South East and has performed with the Philharmonia, the Haydn Chamber orchestra and London Mozart players. She has also toured extensively in Europe, including a performance of the Weber Concertino in the Eglise Saint-Merri in Paris.

In addition to solo recitals in such places as Stowe and the Barbican she is also a busy chamber musician, having given concerts in the Foreign Office, Wigmore Hall and St James’ Piccadilly. Whilst playing with Sussex Symphony orchestra in the Brighton Dome, composer Paul Carr heard Michelle and was inspired to write his second clarinet concerto for her, which she premiered in October 2011.

Horn

In addition to playing with Camerata of London, Martin currently holds the position of sub-principal horn with the London Mozart Players, which he combines with a busy freelance career. He has worked with such orchestras as the BBC Symphony and Concert orchestras, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, English National Ballet and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House.

As a chamber musician, Martin also plays with Brass Monkeys Brass Quintet and the Locke Brass consort, as well as the LMP chamber ensemble and Brandenburg Sinfonia. He recently performed Mozart’s second Horn Concerto K417 with Forest Philharmonic, records regularly with the LMP and has played with groups as diverse as progressive rock band ‘The Enid’.

Bassoon

Howard had early success as a chamber musician, winning the ‘June Emerson Launch-pad Prize’ for chamber music with the Emerson Quintet whilst studying for a postgraduate diploma at the Royal College of Music with Martin Gatt. He has played principal bassoon for the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment on a number of recordings, including two critically acclaimed operas with Opera Rara. With the same orchestra he has performed at Glyndebourne, the Lincoln Centre NY and throughout Europe.

Howard has worked with the English National Ballet, English Chamber Orchestra, Swansea City Opera, Bristol Ensemble, Opera de Baugé, Sinfonia Cymru and the New Queens Hall Orchestra. As well as playing the bassoon, Howard is also a drummer and percussionist, playing in a Balkan gypsy folk band. He also has a keen interest in music production, which has led to working with all sorts of styles of music, including world music, jazz, folk, pop and classical. 

Piano – Regular Guest Artist

Following four years at York University, Melanie completed her studies at the Royal Academy of Music in July 2009, where she studied with Malcolm Martineau and Daniel-Ben Pienaar. Melanie has played in venues including The Purcell Room, St John’s Smith Square, St James’ Piccadilly, Cheltenham Town Hall and The Royal Albert Hall.

Festivals of which she has been a part include the Norwich and Norfolk Festival and the York Late Music Festival. Melanie was a Park Lane Group Young Artist for 2014/15 and has recently performed recitals at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and the Wigmore Hall.