BIOGRAPHY – LAITON TRUMPET QUARTET
The Laiton Trumpet Quartet are Grace Harman, Erin McLellan, Charlotte Nuta and Isabel Thompson who have all recently graduated from The Royal Northern College of Music. The ensemble has enjoyed success performing in several lunchtime concerts in and around Manchester and the North West. They have taken part in masterclasses, coaching and performance within the RNCM. In June 2023 and 2024 the group made it to the finals of the RNCM Philip Jones Brass Prize and were commended for their innovative and creative programme. All four members of the Quartet are based in the North West and continue to perform as soloists in ensembles, workshop leading as well as teaching. It is regretted that Isabel Thompson will be unable to perform at this concert. The Quartet are very grateful to Seb Williman for stepping in to perform with them. Seb came to the Concert Club two years ago with Rosamund Brass, playing at that December concert.
PROGRAMME
Fanfare for an Angel – James Stephenson
Solitude – Duke Ellington arr. Murray Grieg
Amazing Grace – John Newton arr. Andrew Reid
The Lazy Trumpeter – Edrich Siebert
Someday my Prince will Come – Miles Davis arr. Erik Veldkamp
Intrada – Hansen arr. Murray Grieg
Away in a manger – tradition arr. Peter Graham
Chorale and Fugue – Bach arr. Henry Mancini
The Seal Lullabye – Eric Whitacre arr. Isabel Thompson
Part 1 Encore: Tico Tico
INTERVAL
Rockin Robin – Jackson 5 arr. Grace Harman
Georgia on my Mind – Ray Charles arr. Erin McLellan
Eleanor Rigby – John Lennon/Paul McCartney arr. Grace Harman
Killer Queen – Queen arr. Grace Harman
Someone to watch over me – George Gershwin arr. Joseph Turrin
Dynamite – Christopher Bond
The Seal Lullabye – Eric Whitacre arr. Isabel Thompson
Basin Street Blues – Louis Armstrong arr. Grace Harman
Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Frank Sinatra arr. Grace Harman
Caprice – Bernard Fitzgerald
Encore – Jingle Bells