Lunchtime Concert – Thursday 27th March at 1pm

Iain Clarke and Ellie Kershaw – Piano and Clarinet.
We are delighted to welcome Iain and Ellie to play a Piano and Clarinet Duo concert.
Their programme at St Mary’s will include Brahms Sonata No. 2 in E flat, Debussy’s Premiere Rhapsodie, Sarah Jenkins’s Shivelight and a number of additional pieces.

Iain Clarke (Piano).
Iain works in the UK and internationally as a collaborative, chamber and orchestral pianist. His orchestral work sees him perform with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra and Britten Sinfonia.

He works as an accompanist around the London conservatoires and held the Royal College fellowship position from 2022-24 with their woodwind, brass and percussion departments.

He studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and is a double graduate of the Royal College of Music.

Ellie Kershaw (Clarinet).
Ellie studied clarinet at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, achieving first class honours, and is now studying her Master’s at the Royal College of Music where she is a Headley Trust Scholar.

She has performed in a number of competitions including winning the Royal Wales College John Ireland prize.

Ellie started her professional career with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.  She is also a keen chamber musician  and member of the Hyde Quartet.