Lunchtime Concert: Just Brass Trio
FRI 2 JUN 13.05
Take time out this lunchtime for a performance by a Trinity Laban student brass trio Just Brass in the beautiful surroundings of the Old Royal Naval College Chapel.
Just Brass Trio
Eliza Dunhill trumpet
Athiná Drakonakis French horn
Dexter Wong trombone
Programme
Poulenc
Sonata for Horn, Trumpet and Trombone
I. Allegro Moderato
II.Andante
III.Rondeau
Oskar Böhme
Prélude and Fugue in C minor Op.28, No.1
Biographies
Eliza Dunhill is currently undertaking postgraduate study in trumpet performance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Under the tuition of Andrew Dunn, Tony Cross and Byron Wallen, she has been able to develop her performance practice in a wide variety of musical contexts. She is very grateful for her financial support from the Trinity College London scholarship for making her studies possible. Eliza actively performs in London and Birmingham, and works in Orchestras, Musical Theatre productions, Jazz ensembles, and Chamber Groups. She has felt privileged to work with the musicians of the Just Brass trio.
Athiná Janine Drakonakis is a Dutch and Greek horn player. She studied French horn at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki - Finland and is currently undertaking her MA degree in Early music natural and baroque horn at the Conservatory of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. She came to London as an exchange student to study with historical horn specialist Anneke Scott, and is happy to be playing with wonderful musicians in the Just Brass trio she formed in Spring 2023. Athinà is interested in musician’s well-being and holistic forms of therapy. She is a certified practitioner of Sound Healing and Therapy and is conducting research in how it can benefit music performers. She practices meditation, yoga, enjoys art exhibitions and tasting food around the world.
Dexter Wong is a young trombonist from Hong Kong. Aged 19, he is a pupil of Mr. Philip White and currently a 2nd year trombone student at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Dexter has been playing the trombone since childhood. However, he discovered his interest in music at the age of 16 during the time in St. Paul’s College, Hong Kong. He then sat at the feet of Mr. Chung-Pang Ng and Mr. Luen-Wah Tse, renowned trombone educator in Hong Kong. Dexter is well experienced. He is the principal trombone of the London Euphonia Orchestra, Hong Kong Artists’ Gallery Orchestra, Hong Kong Youth Symphonic Band. He is also the guest principal trombone of the Hong Kong University Philharmonic Orchestra and Symphonic Band and serves as the resident section leader of Hong Kong Joint University Orchestra and Symphonic Band.
We would like to thank our coach Anneke Scott for her invaluable advice and guidance.
Old Royal Naval College Chapel
Admission free, no ticket required
