Surrey Mozart Players

Adults: £21
21 & under: £5

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Philip Ellis
www.philipellisconductor.com

This concert will be conducted by Philip Ellis who was appointed as Music Director of the Surrey Mozart Players in March 2023.  

Since winning first prize in the Leeds Conductors’ Competition in 1991, Philip Ellis has worked extensively throughout the UK conducting many concerts with the Philharmonia, London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Hallé, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Concert Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, London Mozart Players, English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of Opera North, City of London Sinfonia, Northern Sinfonia and over 400 concerts with English Sinfonia.  He is a passionate supporter of Music Education and has worked extensively with amateur orchestras, youth and community groups throughout his career. 

He made his international debut conducting the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in 1987, leading to engagements with Hong Kong Philharmonic, Netherlands Radio Symphony, Belgian National Orchestra, Flanders Symphony, St Petersburg Philharmonic, St Petersburg Symphony, National Orchestra of Mexico, Western Australian Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Melbourne Symphony, Würtembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Neue Philharmonie Westfallen and many broadcast concerts with the BRTN Philharmonic (Brussels) for radio and television.

Philip Ellis works extensively as a conductor for dance.  As conductor for Birmingham Royal Ballet 1989-2025, he conducted the majority of their productions.  He regularly guest conducts for international ballet companies: The Royal Ballet at Covent Garden, La Scala Ballet in Milan, Paris Opera Ballet at the Opera Garnier, The Australian Ballet, Finnish National Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Mikhailovsky Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Hong Kong Ballet, Tokyo Ballet, Rome Opera Ballet, Korean National Ballet and Gothenburg Ballet.

On CD, he has recorded Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf and Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals with the Philharmonia. Copland Rodeo, Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid, El Salon Mexico and a series of Concert Classics discs with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Contemporary Clarinet Concertos for Nimbus with Emma Johnson and Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations with Dimitri Ferschtman, recorded live in concert from the Concertgebouw Hall in Amsterdam.   

In his free time he is a keen artist, particularly interested in portraiture, working in a wide range media. A selection of his work can be seen on his website www.philipellisconductor.com and on instagram @philellisart. 

Lucy Humphris - Trumpet

https://www.lucyhumphris.com/

Lucy Humphris is one of the UK’s most innovative and versatile performers. Her fresh and original approach seeks to widen the instrument’s repertoire and push beyond both musical and technical boundaries.

Her debut album, Obscurus, released in March 2023, is an exploration of the obscured, in a programme which showcases some of the most incredible trumpet writing of the 20th and 21st century, as well as several reimaginings of older, more mainstream works for other instruments, with pianist Harry Rylance.

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An ever-curious musician, the list of her performances and collaborations is a varied one. Current collaborations with composers include Bethan Morgan-Williams and Claire Cope, as well as recent commissions from Kirsten Milenko and Nneka Cummins.

Other collaborations include performing on William Fox's 2021 album of Cecilia McDowall's organ works; with The Ligeti Quartet for their 2023 album of works by Anna Meredith, Nuc;  joining folk artists Lady Maisery and Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith for their annual winter show Awake Arise; and producing an album of chiptune sea shanties with The Longest Johns. Working with percussionist and filmmaker Tim Williams, she travelled out to the Orkneys to create a film for her album recording of Peter Maxwell Davies' Litany for a Ruined Chapel between Sheep and Shore.

As a regular guest of Ensemble Musikfabrik, The Monochrome Project, and Klangforum Wien, Lucy has performed in many of Europe's greatest concert halls. She was named as one of Classic FM's Rising Stars of 2023 and has given recitals around Europe. An avid commissioner and performer of new music; Lucy collaborates with both established and younger composers to create new works and programmes for trumpet. She has also performed at the Imagine Music festival at the Southbank Centre, in a new one-woman show titled The Secret Life of Trumpets, introducing the trumpet to children through storytelling. 

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Lucy graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with First Class Honours (BMus) in 2019, where she was a recipient of the Winifred Agnes Disney scholarship. In 2012 she was one of the youngest to win the acclaimed London Symphony Orchestra Candide award. 

Previous Performance with the Surrey Mozart Players

25th September 2021 - Hummel Trumpet Concerto at Holy Trinity Curch Guildford.

Biography © Lucy Humphris (https://www.lucyhumphris.com/)

• Parry - Elegy for Brahms

• Arutiunian - Trumpet Concerto
  (Soloist - Lucy Humphris)

• Brahms - Symphony No. 3

Venue Location

The concert takes place at Holy Trinity Church in the centre of Guildford.

Website: www.htsmguildford.

Holy Trinity Church
High Street
Guildford
GR1 3RR

By Road

Guildford is reached via the A3 (London or Portsmouth directions).  

By Train

The church is approximately 10 minutes walk from Guildford Mainline Station which is served by regular trains to/from London Waterloo and Victoria, Portsmouth, Reading, Gatwick Airport, Haslemere and Ascot.

Parking

The nearest car park is:

Castle Car Park
Sydenham Road
GU1 3RW 

Accessibility

A ramp is available at one of the entrances to the church.  Please contact us on surreymozartplayers@gmail.com if you have any specific requirements.

Refreshments

Drinks will be available before the concert and during the interval.

• The concert starts at 7.30pm. 

• There will be an interval of around 20 minutes.  

• The concert is expected to finish around 9.30pm.