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Argyll & Bute Concert Tours welcomes

Rothesay Trinity Church

12th February 2016Secretary: Russell PhillipseMail: russll@globalnet.co.uk

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March 2016 – Tim Kliphuis Trio

Kintyre Friday 11 March - Lorne & Lowland HallOban Sunday 13 March - St John’s CathedralBute Friday 18 March - Rothesay Trinity ChurchMid Argyll Saturday 19 March - Ardrishaig Public HallCowal Sunday 20 March - Cowal Golf Club

Overture to the Marriage of Figaro (Mozart arr. Holcombe)

Quintet No.1 in F Major Op.9 (Sobeck)

Pastorale Op.151 (Amy Beach)

Polka from The Age Of Gold (Shostakovich arr. Raum)

Selections from Dance Suite (Hallam)

Interval

Milonga sin Palabras (Piazzolla)

Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Nielsen)

Pièce en Forme de Habanera (Ravel arr. Kessler)

The Simpsons (Elfman arr. Shaw)

Northern Lights Wind Quintet are at the forefront of Scotland's buzzing chambermusic scene. This dynamic and vibrant ensemble comprises graduates of The Roy-al Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and is based in Glasgow. Three of itsmembers have been appointed to professional orchestral positions in the last year;these talented players thrive on the live expression of their diverse repertoire, fromthe avant-garde to the family favourite. Winners of the RSAMD Governors' RecitalPrize for Chamber Music and the Mary D Adams Prize, the group also works withthe prestigious Live Music Now scheme in community settings. Northern LightsWind Quintet are committed to delivering exciting and engaging performances, andare equally at home on the concert platform and in education work. Career high-lights include: a residency at the St Magnus International Festival, a recital perfor-mance at the Edinburgh International Festival, two world premieres as part of thePLUG New Music Festival, a concert at Glasgow's City Halls for their Portrait of theComposer Series, and a broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland's 'Classics Unwrapped'.

Arlene Cochrane was born in Livingston in 1987, Arlene began play-ing the oboe at the age of 10. She then went on to attend theRSAMD’S Junior Academy and to graduate with a Masters degreefrom the same institution (now RCS), studying oboe under the tute-lage of Emmanuel Laville (Swedish Radio Orchestra) and StephaneRancourt (Hallé) and cor anglais with Stephen West (former RSNO).

She was awarded a scholarship from the RSAMD to complete both her postgradu-ate and masters studies, and took part in orchestral apprenticeship schemes withthe BBC SSO, RSNO and the Orchestra of Scottish Opera during her time there.Arlene now works as Orchestral Ensembles Manager for The National Youth Or-chestra of Scotland. She is responsible for organising and managing courses andtours for the NYOS Senior Orchestra and NYOS Symphony Orchestra, providingexceptional opportunities for Scotland’s young talent.

Born in Fife, Christine Smith began playing the horn at the age ofthirteen. She studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with Dav-id McClenaghan and David Flack, and Hugh Potts. She is in greatdemand as an orchestral musician and is currently the Sub-Principalhorn with the Scottish Ballet Orchestra. She appears regularly withvarious orchestras around the UK including the Philharmonia, BBC

Concert Orchestra, Welsh National Opera, Opera North, Royal Liverpool Philhar-monic and RTE Symphony Orchestra among others. Outwith orchestral playing,Christine has appeared as a soloist on numerous occasions, notably RichardStrauss’ 1st and 2nd concertos with both the RCS Symphony and Glasgow Cham-ber Orchestras, Mozart’s 1st concerto with the Fife Festival Orchestra and Edin-burgh Symphony Orchestra, Mozart’s 2nd concerto with the Fife Avison Ensemble,Mozart’s 4th concerto with the Athenaeum Orchestra and Ensemble Extraordinaire,the Gliere Concerto with Fife Youth Orchestra, Malcolm Arnold’s 2nd concerto withthe Arnold Festival Orchestra in Northampton and Messiaen’s Appel Interstellaire atthe St. Magnus Festival in Orkney.

As a chamber musician she has performed with the Fine Arts Brass Ensemble, Wal-lace Collection, Red Note, Hebrides, Paragon and Scottish Ensembles and is amember of the Scottish Wind Ensemble.

Sarah Hayes (b. 1986) is a busy and versatile flautist based in Glas-gow. She spent six years studying at the Royal Conservatoire ofScotland (formerly RSAMD) and leads a varied musical life, perform-ing and teaching across a range of settings.  She is a member of theNorthern Lights Wind Quintet, Flutes en Route flute quartet and theGlasgow New Music Expedition.  She took part in a BBC Proms

Radio 3 broadcast with the RSAMD’s MusicLab, premiered Tom David Wilson’sSequenza I for piccolo, performed the Nielsen Flute Concerto with the RSNO forher Masters final assessment, and was awarded the John MacGregor Flute Prizefor outstanding achievement. Sarah has a keen interest in folk and traditional music,and has been involved in band projects, touring, recording and performance sinceher early teens. She was commissioned by Celtic Connections for its annual NewVoices series; her 45-minute composition, Woven, earned a five star review in TheScotsman. Sarah is also a member of successful Glasgow indie-pop band Admi-ral Fallow, who have toured the UK, Europe, USA and Australia. The band havereleased three albums to critical acclaim.

Graeme Brown (b.1988) grew up in the distillery village of Windy-gates, Fife and began playing the bassoon at the age of 12. Hestudied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (nowRoyal Conservatoire of Scotland) under the tutelage of David Hub-bard and Peter Whelan. After completing his studies, Graeme

worked with orchestras throughout the UK and established himself as a busy free-lance orchestral bassoonist.In March 2015 he was appointed Bassoon Principal no.2 with the BBC ScottishSymphony Orchestra. Graeme is also the double reed tutor at Dollar Academy.

Originally from Edinburgh, Jenny Stephenson is a graduate of theRoyal Conservatoire of Scotland where she studied clarinet with YannGhiro and John Cushing and bass clarinet with Simon Butterworth.Jenny then continued her musical studies in France where she special-ised in contemporary music with Claude Crousier at the Conservatoireà Rayonnement Regional de Marseille. Since her return to Scotland,Jenny has performed with The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,

Royal Scottish National Orchestra the Orchestra of Scottish Ballet and Scottish Op-era. Her solo performances include Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, The CoplandClarinet Concerto and the Artie Shaw Concerto for Clarinet. A keen chamber musi-cian, Jenny performs with Arunda, Beresford Trio, Cameo Clarinet Quartet, Ensem-ble Thing and the Scottish Wind Ensemble. A recent highlight has been a tour toAlbania with the Korça ensemble. As an educator Jenny regularly takes part inoutreach projects with Music in Hospitals, Live Music Now! Enterprise Music Scot-land and Oak Note Theatre as well as being part of the teaching team for NoStrings Attached, a charity committed to providing opportunities for young peoplewith asthma.