Saturday 19th November at 7.30 pm, Settle College

Saturday 26th November at 7.30 pm, Christ Church, Skipton

Shostakovich – Festive Overture

Hummel – Trumpet Concerto

Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 5

Trumpet Soloist – Adam Stockbridge

Conductor – Ola Ness
 

Skipton-born Adam Stockbridge, an alumnus of Settle Orchestra, first started learning trumpet at the age of eight. In 2015 he graduated from the Royal College of Music with first class honours and won the RCM trumpet prize. He is now a postgraduate student at the College. He has performed concerti with the Blackpool Symphony Orchestra, Settle Orchestra and the Vacation Chamber Orchestra. Adam also took part in the prestigious LSO Brass Academy 2012 and returns for the 2016 course. Adam has participated in the ENO Evolve and BBC Pathway schemes and in 2013 played solo trumpet in Copland’s Quiet City, conducted by John Wilson. Adam is now the principal trumpet of Orpheus Sinfonia and recently played with the Philharmonia Orchestra.