Musical MomentsOgnisko Polskie (the Polish Hearth) in conjunction with Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance Present:

Catherine Underhill & Kerry Waller, oboe and piano duo

Monday 5th September 2022

19.00 Drinks • 19.30 CONCERT

The concert is followed by a Buffet Supper

£25 (Members £20)

Programme

Vivaldi – Sonata in C minor (RV 53)

Adagio – Allegro – Andante – Allegro

Poulenc – Oboe Sonata

i. Elegie

ii. Scherzo

iii. Deploration

Debussy – Rhapsody for Alto Saxophone and orchestra, arranged for Cor Anglais and Piano

Colin – Solo de concours (op. 33)

BIOS

Catherine Underhill

Catherine Underhill a british freelance musician. She is a woodwind musician who is a double reed specialist (oboe & cor anglais) along with saxophone, flute and clarinet. She is also co-artistic director of Collective31 and a music educator. She enjoys immersing herself in highly diverse style of music and the Arts. Her work thus far has taken her all over the United Kingdom and Europe. Catherine is currently studying at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance as a Helen Roll Scholar and Trinity Laban London Scholar. She studied the oboe with Andrew Knights and graduated from University of Southampton with a first class BA Hons in Music. She also studied privately with Adrian Rowlands and received a bursary in 2016 to study with David Theodore at the British Isles Music Festival. She regularly plays in pit bands across the UK for musicals, including Oklahoma, Oliver! and Guys and Dolls and operas such as Mozart’s, The Marriage of Figaro. Her work also takes her to private functions and into concert halls with orchestra’s, performing in London and further afield. She has performed in venues such as Cadogan Hall and St John Smith’s Square. In February 2017, she performed the Marcello Oboe Concerto with Hillingdon Chamber Orchestra and has recorded solo and duet repertoire with harpist, Charlotte Grimsey. Catherine’s career has taken her to be involved with the arts on many levels. She is co-artistic director of a UK Contemporary Arts Organisation, Collective31 and is a music educator, leading ensembles and giving woodwind lessons across West London. Catherine teaches the oboe, cor anglais, saxophone and clarinet and music theory. She teaches all ages, from young children to adults and works towards graded exams if the student wishes.

Kerry Waller

Kerry Waller began his piano studies at the age of five under Wolfram Linnebach. He later pursued his studies under Jacques Després at the University of Alberta, Paul Stewart at the University of Montreal and Katya Apekisheva and Ronan O’Hora at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Summer programs attended include Encuentro de Santander, Meadowmount School of Music and the International Summer Academy of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. He has played in masterclasses with Piers Lane, Victor Rosenbaum, Boris Berman, Idil Biret, Claudio Mehner-Martinez, Dennis Lee, Ann Schein, Christiane Karajeva, David Jalbert and Eric Larsen, among others. Kerry has performed concertos with the University of Alberta Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Sinfonia and Quebec Symphony Orchestra and has worked with conductors such as Petar Dundjerski, Louis Lavigueur, Gilles Auger, Simon Wills and Michael Tilson Thomas. Kerry has collaborated with the cellist Ivan Monighetti and the horn player Richard Watkins and recent engagements include recitals in the London Symphony Orchestra lunchtime recital series, the Blüthner recital series, the London City Music Society concert series, the Sarah Walker Festival and the Guildhall Chamber Festival. Kerry has received grants from the Shean Memorial, Winspear, Anne Burrows, Jeunesses Musicales, and Hnatyshyn foundations and prizes won include the first prize at the Lanaudiere Festival , the Grand prize at the Canadian Music Competition and second prize at the Shean Piano Competition.

WHEN: Mon, 5 September 2022, 19:30 – 22:00 

WHERE: Ognisko Polskie – The Polish Hearth, 55 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2PN

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