Elmore Chamber Music Festival

30/08/2024

This year, the Festival showcased its largest ensemble yet, with ten musicians taking the stage to perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 12, featuring pianist Filip Michalak.

18/08/2024

Snaps from the opening night of our 2023 Festival! ✨

04/08/2024

Our second evening performance will feature pianist Filip Michalak alongside the Elmore Quartet. This concert includes works by Geyer and Brahms, and will feature a performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major K. 414, joined by fellow musicians, Dylan Latham, Izzy Howard, Toby Cook, Oliver Clark and Toby Hughes.
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Full details and tickets available on our website 🎟️

03/08/2024

With 5 days to go until we kick off this year’s Festival, it’s time to meet our artists for the opening night! Toby Hughes, Victor Lim & Rosa Hartley will perform a varied programme with works from Geyer, Franck, Rachmaninoff and Bottesini.
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Full details and tickets available on our website 🎟️

09/07/2024

Banner deployment in full swing ahead of next month’s festival! ☀️

03/07/2024

Absolutely thrilled to have been placed last in Fromebridge Mill pub quiz! Great team building ahead of this year’s festival, and an all round fantastic night! 🍺

22/03/2024

19/11/2023

Better late than never! A huge thank you to all who attended our 2023 Festival in August. It was a truly memorable few days over which some incredible artists joined us from around the U.K.
We experienced some of our largest audiences to date and received tremendously positive feedback from the concertgoers!
Next year’s dates are 7th - 10th August, stay tuned for updates and we hope to see you there!

31/07/2023

Rigging well underway in preparation for festival rehearsals 🎶

25/07/2023

Most enjoyable afternoon in London rehearsing Franck 5tet with the fantastic Elmore String Quartet! Looking forward hugely to our concert together Elmore Chamber Music Festival on 4th August 🎹🎻

24/07/2023

Rehearsals are underway ahead of next Friday’s performance with Victor Lim and the Elmore Quartet!

Tickets available at the link below:

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/elmorechambermusicfestival/904818?

Most enjoyable afternoon in London rehearsing Franck 5tet with the fantastic Elmore String Quartet! Looking forward hugely to our concert together Elmore Chamber Music Festival on 4th August 🎹🎻

12/07/2023

Just 22 days until our opening concert!
If you haven’t done so already be sure to book your tickets for this years festival!

Our full festival programme and tickets can be found on the ECMF website.

21/05/2023

18/05/2023

Booked tickets yet ?

Our 2023 Festival Programme is now available! Check out the link below for full details.

https://www.elmorechambermusicfestival.co.uk/whats-on-2023

05/05/2023

Tickets Now On Sale for ECMF 2023!

Tickets to all concerts plus our full Festival Programme can be found on our website!

11/04/2023

Our 2023 Festival Programme is now available! Check out the link below for full details.

https://www.elmorechambermusicfestival.co.uk/whats-on-2023

16/07/2022

🎵 4th - 6th August 2022 🎵
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Get your tickets here! https://www.elmorechambermusicfestival.co.uk/whats-on-2022

08/06/2022

Tickets on sale NOW!
4th - 6th August 2022.
Click the link below to see what’s on!
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https://www.elmorechambermusicfestival.co.uk/whats-on-2022

02/04/2022

📣Our 2022 Festival Programme Is Now Out! 📣
ECMF 2022 will be held from 4th - 6th of August.
Visit our website for more details!

10/08/2021

Here are some highlights from our opening performance of ECMF last Thursday featuring Toby Hughes - Double Bass and Freeman String Quartet
Stay tuned for more media from the festival!

04/08/2021

and rehearsing for our opening concert tomorrow evening!
For tickets visit our website

01/08/2021

We’ve been putting together the stage prior to rehearsals starting next week!
4 hours in 26 seconds 🔨

29/07/2021

Time to meet our artists!

Jed Hughes is an international organist who has performed at some of the most prestigious venues across the U.K. and Germany.

In August 2016, Jed won the Intermediate Class at the Northern Ireland International Organ Competition and more recently was joint winner of the Wadden Sea International Organ Competition (Junior Section). In 2018 he also won a first prize at the 'Jugend Musiziert Competition' in Lubeck, Germany.

In September 2017, Jed joined The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" in Leipzig Germany to study organ with Prof. Martin Schmeding. Jed now studies at Universität der Künste Berlin, UdK (Berlin University of the Arts) with Prof. Henry Fairs.

Jed will be performing on Saturday 7th at 11:00 am.
For programme details and to buy tickets visit the ECMF website.

27/07/2021

Time to meet our artists!

The Freeman String Quartet formed in 2017 at the Royal Northen College of Music.
During their first year the quartet won the RNCM’s Nossek chamber music competition with their performance of Mendelssohn’s String Quartet Op. 12, and in their third year won the RNCM’s Hirsch prize for their performance of Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 132.

The Freeman Quartet have performed at many venues across the U.K. and have given concerts for the Manchester Chamber Music Society and the Lake District International Music Festival.

In September 2020, the Freeman Quartet were appointed as the RNCM’s Studio Quartet, and were also winners of the Tunnell Trust Awards. In May of this year, the Quartet were awarded second place at the CAVATINA Intercollegiate Chamber Music Competition in Wigmore Hall.

The Freeman Quartet will be performing on Thursday 5th and Saturday 7th August 7:30 pm. For programme details and to buy tickets visit the ECMF website.

25/07/2021

Time to meet our artists!

Toby Hughes is one of the U.K.‘s leading double bass soloists.

In 2009 he was invited to study at the combined universities of Lausanne, Fribourg and Sion with Professor Božo Paradžik. In the autumn of 2011, he moved to Berlin, where he studied with Matthew McDonald, principal bassist of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 2013, Toby won Chandos Symphony Orchestra's ‘Young Musician of the Year’, and in 2014 won the string section of the Royal Over-Seas League Competition (the first double bassist ever to do so).
He won the Bromsgrove International Competition in 2016, and the Tunbridge Wells International Young Concert Artists Competition in 2018.

Toby has been a City Music Foundation artist since 2018, and his debut CD released was in May this year on the Champs Hill Record label.

22/07/2021

Time to meet our artists!

Jane Downer plays principal oboe with the Oxford Bach Soloists, Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra, and Instruments of Time & Truth. She has performed with the Oslo Barokkorkester, Concerto Köln, Academy of Ancient Music, English Baroque Soloists as well as the Corelli Orchestra, Canberra Bach Ensemble, and Pinchgut Opera. She has appeared at the New England Bach Festival, Brunswick Beethoven Festival, Canberra International Music Festival.

Jane will be performing on Friday 6th August 7:30 pm.
For programme details and to buy tickets visit the ECMF website.

11/07/2021

Just 25 days to go until our first performance on Thursday 5th August!
Check out the programme on our website.

20/06/2021

Save the date! Thursday 5th August we will be joined by the amazing Toby Hughes to perform Bottesini double bass concerto no. 2.
To see the full concert programme and to buy tickets visit the ECMF website!

02/06/2021

It’s always a treat to take a break from festival planning to play some music in the wonderful acoustic of Elmore church.

25/04/2021

Our concert lineup for ECMF 2021 is out!

To buy tickets or to view full programme details visit our website!