Music Chamber

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Concertpiece No. 1

 

W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) Variations on "Ah, vous dirai-je Maman"

 

Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963) Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon

 

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Waltz from Jazz Suite

 

Heinrich Baermann (1784-1811) Adagio for Clarinet

 

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) selections from Six Studies in English Folksong

 

William Hurlstone (1876-1906) Trio in G minor for clarinet, bassoon and piano

(2 movements)

 

 

The Kariosa Ensemble was originally set up in 2007 by students on the postgraduate performance course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. They are currently developing the work of this ensemble within both performance and community contexts. The ensemble endeavours to be as flexible as possible, breaking down into various combinations (duos, trios, quartets). The Kariosa Ensemble is proud to be involved with the Live Music Now scheme. The group explores a colourful array of repertoire and aims to bring music alive to a wide variety of audiences. All members of the ensemble have much experience in leading children’s workshops, and have previously taken part in the Chamber Tots education scheme at the Wigmore Hall and Live Music in Schools. Individual members have performed with various professional ensembles including the London Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Philharmonia Orchestra, and have done recordings for TV and radio.

 

Fiona Mitchell was born into a musical family. Her early interest in clarinet and recorder led to a County Music Scholarship to the Junior Guildhall School of Music where she became a finalist in the Lutine Prize Competition. She completed her studies at undergraduate level at the Royal College of Music and at Masters level at the Royal Academy of Music, taking part in many masterclasses by clarinettists such as Andrew Marriner, Anthony Pay and Pascal Moragues. Fiona has performed widely as a soloist and in chamber music in venues such as the Wigmore Hall, St Martin in the Fields and St John's Smith Square in London and other concert halls around the country. Fiona is also a member of the Jeune Orchestre Atlantique which performs widely in France and the Orchestre Reveloutionnaire et Romantique which reguarly tours Europe and America with the Monteverdi Choir. Iona Garvie completed her Masters of Music degree with Distinction, graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2008. Prior to that, she gained a Postgraduate Diploma at GSMD under Meyrick Alexander, Graham Sheen and Gordon Laing, and a BMus (Hons) degree at the Royal College of Music. She is an active chamber musician, and is a member of the Orsino Ensemble and the Naides Wind Quintet. She has professionally played with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Southbank Sinfonia, London Philharmonic Future Firsts, Britten Pears Orchestra, Camerata Scotland and the London Contemporary Orchestra. Louisa Lam gained her Masters degree in piano accompaniment from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2008 where she studied with Gordon Back. She also holds a BMus (Hons) First Class degree from King's College London, and in 2005 she performed Shostakovich's 2nd Piano Concerto with the King's College Chamber Orchestra. She is currently based in London, freelancing as an accompanist and teacher. Louisa is on the staff at the Guildhall School (both Senior and Junior departments), Worth School in West Sussex, and is Director of Music at St Martin's Church in Plaistow. She is also a resident house pianist at the AIMS international summer school and Abingdon Summer School for Singers. Louisa has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in many notable venues across London including the Barbican Hall, Wigmore Hall and St Martin-in-the-Fields.