Conrad Marshall and Lauren Scott have worked together as a flute & harp duo for many years as well as working together in Psappha Ensemble and Northern Chamber Orchestra. With a natural musical rapport together that ranges across many musical styles, Conrad and Lauren are delighted to present a programme that includes works by Takemitsu, Corigliano & Debussy.
5:00pm Pre-concert Early Bird meal at La Casa Mia (not included in the ticket)
Why not make an evening of it and book your pre-concert dinner at La Casa Mia who are kindly helping to sponsor the concert series
Programme
6:30pm Doors open
7:00: Spotlight Concert
Music performed by talented young people from Sandbach
7:30 Intermission
Art Exhibition by Sandbach Art Club, Refreshments
8:00 Main Concert
En Bateau – Debussy
Voyage – Corigliano
Haru No Umi (The Sea in Spring) – Michio Miyagi
The Rippling Tide – Cameron Biles-Liddell
Towards the Sea – Takemitsu
Naiades – William Alwyn
Conrad Marshall and Lauren Scott have worked together as a duo for many years, including working on contemporary music projects with Psappha ensemble as well as playing in performances of The Snowman by Carrot Productions and Northern Chamber Orchestra. With a natural musical rapport together that ranges across many musical styles, Conrad and Lauren are delighted to present a programme for Sandbach Concert Series inspired by the sea.
CONRAD MARSHALL studied at the Royal Northern College of Music with Roger Rostron and Trevor Wye – He graduated winning the Hiles medal for orchestral playing, and has pursued a varied freelance career playing with English National Ballet and The Northern Ballet Orchestras, the Orchestra of Opera North as well as the Halle, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. He has been Principal Flute with the Northern Chamber Orchestra for over thirty years, and has appeared on many of the thirty recordings they have made for Naxos. Conrad is a member of the leading contemporary ensemble “Psappha” as well as Principal Flute with the Manchester Concert Orchestra.
LAUREN SCOTT is an inspiring musician; whilst continuing her decades of work freelancing with the major UK orchestras, she pushes musical boundaries on multiple projects as harpist with various chamber groups as well as creating numerous collaborative projects. In the last six years she has composed, arranged and published a highly imaginative and distinctive number of works. Her unique and dynamic style of composing was recently honoured with a PRS Foundation Women Make Music grant & her music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Scala Radio and included on BBC Introducing & Apple Music playlists. Her second solo album released on the Avie Records label in April 2024 received a 5 star review from BBC Music Magazine and was album of the week on Scala Radio.