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What's On 2023 | Thursday 3rd August 7:30 pm
Beethoven String Quartet Op. 18 No. 6 in B flat major
Missy Mazzoli 'Dark With Excessive Bright'
Concerto for Double Bass and String Quintet
20 min interval ------
Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor,
D 810, 'Death and the Maiden'
Thursday 3rd August 7:30 pm
St. John the Baptist Church, Elmore
Tickets £18.00 | Under 18s free
Limited tickets left
Elmore Quartet
Toby Hughes
Elmore Quartet
Full Programme Information
Elmore Quartet - Ludwig Van Beethoven Quartet Op. 18 No. 6 in B flat major
Toby Hughes - Missy Mazzoli 'Dark With Excessive Bright', Concerto for Double bass and String Quintet, with the Elmore Quartet
and Adam Churchyard (Double bass)
Elmore Quartet - Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor 'Death and the Maiden'
Toby Hughes (Double bass)
In 2009 at the age of sixteen, Toby was invited to study at the combined universities of Lausanne, Fribourg and Sion with Professor Božo Paradžik. In his second year at university, he was awarded the ‘Future Talent’ Coombs Scholarship by the Duchess of Kent and in May 2011 was the winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s ‘Julius Isserlis Scholarship’ which enabled him to continue with his studies. In the autumn of 2011, he moved to Berlin, where he studied with Matthew McDonald, principal bass of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2012 Toby returned to the U.K. to continue his studies with Juří Hudec at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, graduating in 2015 from the International Artists Diploma course.
After his return to the U.K. Toby won numerous competitions and awards, in 2013 he won Chandos Symphony Orchestra's ‘Young Musician of the Year’, the string section of the 2014 Royal Over-Seas League Competition (the first double bassist ever to do so), in 2016 the Bromsgrove International Competition and in 2018 won the Tunbridge Wells International Young Concert Artists Competition.
Toby has performed with major international orchestras both in Europe and the U.K. Having been awarded support from The Tillett Trust, The Musicians' Company and Making Music, his recital engagements have included appearances at Wigmore Hall, St-Martin-in-the-Fields, The Edinburgh Festival and at Queen Elizabeth Hall. Toby has been a City Music Foundation artist since 2018 and his debut CD was recently released on Champs Hill Record label.
Elmore Quartet
‘Style, assurance and direction from the first bar – an interpretation whose confidence and polish didn’t preclude a sense of real drama.’ – Richard Bratby (classical writer and critic)
2023 Kirckman Concert Society Artists and Winners of the Tunnell Trust Awards 2021, the Elmore Quartet is a dynamic young ensemble founded in 2017 at the Royal Northern College of Music.
Since their formation in 2017, the Elmore Quartet have received guidance from some of the world’s leading chamber musicians including Donald Grant (Elias String Quartet), Petr Prause (Talich Quartet), Henk Guittart (Schoenberg Quartet), David Waterman (Endellion Quartet) and Marc Danel (Quatuor Danel).
In 2020, the Elmore Quartet were appointed as Studio Quartet at the RNCM and later that year were awarded second prize in the CAVATINA Intercollegiate Chamber Music Competition in Wigmore Hall. In 2021, the Quartet were appointed as Junior Fellows in Chamber Music at the Royal Northern College of Music, a position they currently still hold.
Over the last two years, the Quartet have enjoyed recording for BBC Radio 3 as well as performing regularly across the UK at venues which have included Wigmore Hall, Conway Hall, the Pitville Pump Room and Oxford’s Holywell Music Room.
The Quartet are also proud to have launched the Elmore Chamber Music Festival, which now takes place annually in August.
This year, the Quartet have enjoyed competing in the final of the Irene Steels-Wilsing International String Quartet Competition in Germany and are also delighted to have recently become members of the Netherlands String Quartet Academy (NSKA).
The Elmore Quartet are grateful to have received multiple festival invitations for 2023, which include Casa del Quartetto (Italy), Crans Montana Master Classes (Switzerland) and Residart Festival (Italy).
Adam Churchyard (Double bass)
Adam Churchyard started his musical journey at the young age of twelve, and by the age of fourteen had earned a place in The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.
In 2005, Adam went on to continue his training at the Royal Academy of Music
Junior Department where he studied with Chris West and Paul Sherman, and later continued his studies at The Royal College of Music under the guidance of Tony Hougham.
Adam is currently making a name in the professional free-lancing scene across the U.K. as well as travelling regularly to Saudi Arabia and other countries. Adam has become a sought-after bass player in many respectable ensembles and orchestras including, 12 Ensemble, Northern Ballet, Outcry Ensemble, Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Philharmonia Orchestra. He also tours regularly with The National Symphony Orchestra.
Amongst his orchestral and solo career, Adam hugely enjoys chamber music and is
currently forming a new chamber ensemble to further expand his varied musicianship.