Timothy Orpen was the overall winner of the Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition in 2005 and has been described as a 'blazing talent' by The Times and as 'one of the best young British musicians today' by The Telegraph.
Timothy has given recitals at the Wigmore Hall and in Singapore, New Zealand and Australia. He was featured on BBC Radio 3’s ’In Tune’ programme and can frequently be heard on BBC Radio 3. . Timothy is committed to new music and has given many world premieres, including a concerto which was written for him by composer Graham Ross.
As a chamber musician, Timothy has played with the Allegri, Australian, Badke, Barbirolli, Chilingirian, Doric, Heath, and Sacconi String Quartets and sopranos Elizabeth Watts, Lucy Crowe and Sally Matthews. Performances include Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time with pianist Melvyn Tan, and chamber concerts with Pascal Rogé in Hong Kong.
As an orchestral musician Timothy has performed and recorded with many of the UK’s leading orchestras. He is the co-principal clarinet of the London Chamber Orchestra and principal clarinet and founder member of the award-winning Aurora Orchestra, with whom he has performed John Adams’ Clarinet Concerto Gnarly Buttons. He also teaches clarinet at Oxford University.
Timothy studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London and at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Germany with Wolfgang Meyer
Alison Farris described by critics as a virtuoso pianist of innate sensitivity and poetic insight. She performs regularly throughout the British Isles. As soloist and chamber musician. she has performed at prestigious venues including Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall,, Fairfield Halls Croydon and St Georges Hall Bristol. Abroad she has performed in Moscow, Paris, the Gulf States and Israel and is a regular guest recitalist on board P&O and Cunard cruise ships.
Alison studied at Wells Cathedral and the Royal Academy of Music. In 2004 she gained distinction for her postgraduate diploma after further studies with Martin Roscoe.