Forthcoming dates:

Tuesday 7th November lunchtime concert HHH concerts

St Christopher’s Church, Haslemere

Tuesday 17th December Christmas Concert TBS

the Spire Church, Farnham

Nick Budd is a freelance trumpeter based in London. Performing on both modern and period instruments, he plays regularly across the UK as soloist, chamber and orchestral musician. Recent solo highlights include guest appearances with the Ealing Symphony and Chameleon Arts Orchestras as well as recitals in London and Oxford. A keen chamber musician, Nick is a founding member of the award-winning Natrio, a trumpet trio which this year has enjoyed performances at Market Drayton, Swaledale and Chiltern Arts Festivals. Nick also plays with freelance orchestras across London and in 2022 joined the Glyndebourne Tour Orchestra as part of their Pit Perfect Scheme. He previously studied Music at Christ Church, Oxford before completing his Masters at the Royal Academy of Music. 

Bethany Reeves is a collaborative pianist and musical director based in London. After completing her Masters in Piano Accompaniment with a Distinction from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, she lived in Florence, Italy for a year, where she was Director of Music at the English Church there, St Mark’s. Now back in London, Bethany currently works at Guildhall as a staff accompanist, and is the Director of Music at St Faith’s, North Dulwich, and at Little St Luke’s, Islington. She is also the Founder and Director of The Solis Choir, and Director of community choirs Vocal Chords in Sydenham and Longfield Voices in Camberwell. Bethany previously studied music at Brasenose College, Oxford, where she held organ and academic scholarships, and graduated with first class honours.

Sylvia Turner’s musical training began at the Junior Department of the Royal Academy of Music and continued at the University of Southampton and post-graduate Advanced Study Course at the Royal College of Music. She enjoys a varied freelance playing career on oboe, oboe d’amore, cor anglais and occasionally bassoon. This has included solo recitals, concertos, chamber groups, a wide range of orchestral playing, shows, recordings and a number of first performances. Sylvia currently teaches oboe and bassoon at Charterhouse and Aldro and has been a practical examiner for Edexcel since 2000. She has recently taken on the administration as well as playing with the Chameleon Arts Orchestra, a busy freelance orchestra specialising in choral repertoire. She is proud to be Co-Chair of the Waverley Singers based in Farnham.

 Lawrence Durkin is a professional cellist and combines his time freelancing as a chamber & orchestral musician as well as teaching. Lawrence Durkin was born in 1982 in Barnet, North London and began playing the cello at the age of 10. He made his concerto debut in 2003 performing Haydn's Concerto in C with the London Pro Arte Orchestra. Since then he has performed as a soloist and chamber musician across the U.K.  He completed his studies with Leonid Gorokhov at the Royal College of Music as a Scholar supported by the Constant and Kit Lambert Award, Jacqueline Ward Award and the Astor Award. He received First-Class Honours for his Undergraduate studies, also at the RCM, having studied with Melissa Phelps and Moray Welsh.