Louisa Davidson: The Boehm Clarinet and Piano Duo

The BOEHM Clarinet & Piano DUO
Louisa Davidson & Tim Sidford

Louisa Davidson Clarinettist

PRESENTS with Tim Sidford

CLARINET AND PIANO DUO for RECITALS

Repertoire Includes Favourites such as:

Brahms Clarinet Sonatas, Schumann, Finzi, Poulenc, Saint- Saens

And solo Piano Pieces

WE CAN ALSO OFFER A TRIO RECITAL PROGRAMME

JOINED BY ONE ‘GUEST’ STRING PLAYER

To include with our Duo programme pieces such as Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart and others depending on the Guest Artist.

LOUISA DAVIDSON MA BA (Hons) ALCM (TD) [Clarinet]

Louisa Davidson has enjoyed 25 years’ experience and success as an accomplished musician and tutor of Clarinet and Saxophone. She studied Clarinet with internationally renowned Clarinettist David Campbell at London College of Music and has worked with leading Saxophonists Nigel Wood, Gerard McCrystal and Chris Gumbley. As a Tutor Louisa has successfully taught within Schools and Colleges in Mid Wales, Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire and continues with her private tuition practise for students of all ages.

As a musician, Louisa specialises as a soloist and chamber/ensemble player. She has performed as clarinettist, her principal first study instrument in the Proteus Chamber Group and as a soloist in many Music Festivals in Wales and the Midlands including recent performances on Saxophone, her second study instrument, as a member of the National Saxophone Ensemble and Choir of Great Britain. She is currently Musical Director of the Worcestershire Saxophone Ensemble, an advanced community group,based in Malvern, and The Worcestershire Saxophone Quartet, made up of semi professional musicians . She is also a part-time Architectural Historian and Historic Building Conservation Consultant.

TIM SIDFORD BMus (Hons) Royal College of Music PGDip [Piano]

As a professional pianist and chamber musician Tim Sidford has given recitals for Music Societies across the UK, and has performed in Germany, Holland and the Czech Republic. Notable London recital venues include Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, Leighton House, Kensington Palace, St Martin-in-the-Fields and St James’, Piccadilly.

After reaching the BBC Young Musicians Semi-Finals aged 15, Tim was awarded an Associated Board scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music, where he took his degree and postgraduate diploma (gaining Distinction). During his time there he won several prizes, and was chosen to perform for HM The Queen. Tim studied with Emily Jeffrey, John Barstow and Niel Immelman, and was selected to participate in many masterclasses, most notably with Stephen Hough and Peter Katin.

Tim has recently moved to Malvern and is teacher of Piano and Violin and accompanist for the Cradley Singers Choir, and at Malvern St James School.

UP COMING CONCERTS

FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND FEES /BOOKINGS CONTACT

LOUISA DAVIDSON 01684 568322

Email Worcs Sax Ensemble subject Boehm Duo/Trio at ensemblesaxophone@googlemail.com

Example Excerpt Recordings See

https://soundcloud.com/boehm-clarinet-and-piano

Our PAST EVENTS
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Music Critic Review

'' an exceptionally accomplished performance, alert and fresh ...' ' ... offered with such conviction and affection ...'

"Schumann had once hoped to be a virtuoso concert pianist but an injury to his hand ended that dream: instead he wrote piano music that demanded virtuosic skills, these Fairytales being as challenging as any. But they left Tim Sidford undaunted: one could easily see - and hear - why, at age 15, he had been a semifinalist in the BBC Young Musician Competition and a winner of prizes at the Royal College, where he was chosen to perform for the Queen. Louisa Davidson, who plays saxophone as well as clarinet, matched him in skill and musicianship; as indeed did Daniel Neville, whose second instrument is the violin (but all true viola players know why Mozart, and Beethoven, and Schubert, and Mendelssohn, and Dvorak, and Hindemith, and Britten were All Of The Company)." Peter Williams Oct 7th 2018

Christ Church Malvern April 2nd 2017
Boehm with Daniel Neville on Viola
An afternoon concert of Clarinet, Viola and Piano Trios; Mozart Kegelstatt Trio K. 498, in E-flat major ; Schumann Märchenerzählungen, Op.132 [Fairytales] and 3 Trio pieces by Max Bruch. Louisa Davidson Clarinet, Daniel Neville Viola and Tim Sidford Piano, all professional musicians and music tutors based in Malvern come together to perform this delightful programme in the splendid acoustics at Christ Church,

Daniel Neville Tim Sidford and Louisa Davidson

Boehm with Daniel Neville on Viola in concert

Boehm with Daniel Neville [Viola] Christ Church Concert

LION BALLROOM Leominster FEB 12th 2017
A very good turn out for this recital on a very cold February afternoon. Enjoyed by all with many compliments. Thankyou.

"The Pieces, nicely varied in character, were played with consummate skill and finesse....the Duo's musicianship quickly struck a good balance......"

"And so to Poulenc's Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, completed just before his death in January 1963. Published posthumously, its first performance was given in Carnegie Hall by Benny Goodman, with Leonard Bernstein at the piano. Follow that, Louisa and Tim! And they certainly did. Fearlessly" Peter Williams (February 2017)