Aisling Agnew (flute)
Aisling was born and raised in Belfast. She regularly performs around the UK and Ireland and has appeared in concerts across Europe and America. Aisling’s performances have been broadcast on BBC Radio, RTE Lyric FM and Resonance FM and include many high profile concerts such as a Wigmore Hall chamber music recital. As concerto soloist Aisling has appeared with various orchestras including the Ulster Orchestra and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Allan Neave (classical guitar)
Allan Neave studied at the RSAMD (1984) and the RNCM (1988) and since then has been performing worldwide. He is a regular guest at many of the worlds’ leading musical events, including the Dublin Guitar Festival, the Irish Guitar Festival, the Lewes International Guitar Festival, the Bath International Guitar Festival, the Guitar Celebrity Series Bonn and the Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano in Lima, Peru. He has worked with many influential musicians, including Nikita Koshkin, Edward McGuire, Hans Werner Henze, Gordon McPherson and Stephen Dodgson, many of whose works he has premiered. Blue Rose Code (singer/songwriter)
Biography coming soon David Ward Maclean (singer/songwriter)
David says: I’ve played the guitar and written since I was fifteen, got my first paid gigs in Hamburg in 1979 when I lost my passport and had to survive, and recorded 2 albums in Bremen at Thein Studios in the early 80s with my good friend and wonderful guitarist/composer Torsten Brandes. The songs really are questionable, mainly due to some really crap lyrics, but I’ll always be proud of the guitar work on those albums. Until I stopped gigging in 1988 I played across North Germany and Central Scotland, doing one-off supports for Jack Bruce, John Martyn,and John James.’ Douglas Whates (bass)
Douglas Whates was born in England in 1981 to a Scottish mother and a half English/half German father. While much of his childhood was spent living in Scotland, England and the Middle East, in 1996 he returned to Scotland where he studied with Dr. Gordon McPherson at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, graduating in 2004 with a 1st class honours. Feargus Hetherington (violin)
Feargus Hetherington, completed his studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music in the USA having received batchelor and post-graduate awards from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland, the city of his birth. His teachers have included Angus Ramsay, Elizabeth Layton, David Russell, Peter Salaff and Jerre Gibson. His viola studies have been with Catherine Marwood and Michael Beeston. He has also worked with distinguished soloists Ilya Kaler, James Buswell and Ivan Straus at summer academies in Canada and Austria. Matthew McAllister (classical guitar)
Featured in Classical Guitar Magazine after an extremely busy start to his professional career, Natural Studio Records artist Matthew McAllister has been delighting audiences across Europe and beyond with his thoughtful performances and effortless presentation. From renaissance miniatures to contemporary masterpieces, Matthew’s style encompasses it all – an eclectism that is reflected in his output to date. Samantha Whates (singer/songwriter)
Singer/songwriter and flautist Samantha Whates was born in Bridgnorth and spent her formative years in Saudi Arabia, UAE, and various towns and cities in the UK. She is now based in London where she is a regular on the singer/songwriter circuit, performing at many of the capital’s top venues.
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Latest reviews in brief:Matthew McAllister / Merula @ Tokafi.com
It has almost become a general consensus that classical and contemporary repertoire need to be treated fundamentally different. “Merula”, however, works exactly because it defies the dogma. For his debut album, Matthew McAllister has taken the liberty of showing his abilties within the most diverse contexts, of organising a time-travel package through the ages and of recording his own interpretations of “a choice selection of classic guitar repertoire, alongside newer styles of contemporary guitar music.” Agnew & McAllister / Recital @ Classical Guitar
The Agnew/McAllister duo once again show their talents as arrangers in a superb presentation of the Fantasie from “Carmen” where Aisling Agnew displays her highly polished, fluid technique to its best advantage … Throughout this recording the duo handles all the technical and musical requirements with aplomb and have produced a most alluring disc. Agnew & McAllister / Recital @ Tokafi.com
If you can’t catch this duo live, then “Recital” is the next best thing … a work which lures you into loving it by its unintrusive nature … it is vivid and full of the pleasure of being alive
Artists' itinerary:Aisling Agnew Agnew / McAllister Duo 05/04/08 - St Mary’s Church, Slough25/04/08 - Milngavie Music Club, Milngavie 08/05/08 - Dundee University 09/05/08 - St Brides, London 17/09/08 - The Town House, Inverness 01/12/08 - Cowdray hall, Aberdeen Allan Neave Blue Rose Code 15/05/08 - The Great Escape, Brighton16/05/08 - The Great Escape, Brighton 31/05/08 - The Cavendish Arms, Stockwell 23/09/08 - Union Chapel, Islington David Ward Maclean 08/04/08 - The Last Drop Inn, York29/04/08 - The Tap and Spile, Hull 23/05/08 - Cityscreen Basement, York 31/05/08 - Montrose Music Festival, Montrose 01/06/08 - Montrose Music Festival, Montrose Feargus Hetherington 01/04/08 - Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen12/04/08 - St John's, Smith Square, London Frevo Quartet Kelvin Trio 19/04/08 - St. Paul's Cathedral, Dundee17/07/08 - St. Salvator's Chapel, St. Andrews Maelasta 22/04/08 - Edinburgh24/04/08 - Old Trafford, Manchester Matthew McAllister 17/05/08 - Geldrop, Eindhoven, Netherlands20/05/08 - Waalwijk, Netherlands 21/05/08 - Tilburg, Netherlands 23/05/08 - Groningen, Netherlands 24/05/08 - Enkhuizen, Netherlands Douglas Whates 24/05/08 - Brel, GlasgowSamantha Whates 09/04/08 - Canal 125, London23/05/08 - Cityscreen Basement, York 31/05/08 - Montrose Music Festival, Montrose 01/06/08 - Montrose Music Festival, Montrose |
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