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Individual Member Biographies
John Barker (soprano saxophone) began playing the saxophone at 11 and at 16 gained a music scholarship to Repton School before entering the Royal College of Music to study with Kyle Horch where he became a Foundation Scholar. In 1998, he was a woodwind finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year and since then has been a prizewinner in many competitions, twice winning the RCM Melber Saxophone Prize and the 2002 Clarinet and Saxophone Society's Young Player of the Year. From 1999-2000 John studied with Johannes Ernst at the Hochschule der Kunste, Berlin as part of the Erasmus Exchange Programme.December 2001 saw him perform the premiere of Dai Fujikura's tenor saxophone concerto, Faith in Fakes and in June 2002 he performed Ibert's Concertino da Camera with the RCM Chamber Orchestra.
In 2003 he reached the finals of both the Royal Overseas League Competition and YCAT and gained his MMus from the Royal College of Music. He performed on the Munster Recital Scheme and was recently offered a place on the Making Music Scheme.
Charlotte Bradburn (alto saxophone) Studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and now performs across the U.K both with Tempest and with Adam Caird as Ephyra. Winners of the 1999 Thames Valley Young Musician's Platform and finalists in the Bromsgrove International Festival 2000, Ephyra appeared in the Park Lane Group New Year Series in 2001. They are active members of Live Music Now! and have also broadcast on BBC 2's "Late Review". In 2003, they were awarded a long term residency at The Banff Centre, Canada, where they recorded their debut album, "Modern Standards". Recent performances include a recital at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.
Heidi Gray (tenor saxophone) was born and educated in Sussex and at the age of 16 went to study on the Pre-Professional Music Course at the East Sussex Academy of Music where she took her A-levels. Whilst there, Heidi performed with a variety of orchestras and bands at venues which included locations in London, France, Belgium and Germany. She also played in the orchestra for an opera performance at Glyndebourne.In 1998 Heidi obtained a bursary for the Dartington International Music Festival and in the September of the same year took up her undergraduate place at the Royal College of Music.
Heidi combines recitals as a soloist and as a member of ensembles as well as in shows for various theatre companies with a busy post of Head of Music at a girl's school in Sussex.
Lucy Riley (baritone saxophone) was born and educated in Sussex and took up the saxophone in 1991 at the age of 13. She studied on the East Sussex Pre-Professional Music Course from the age of 16 and during her time there was a British finalist in the European Music for Youth Prize for saxophonists. At 18 she began her studies at the Royal College of Music with Kyle Horch, participating in numerous masterclasses with eminent saxophonists such as Jean-Yves Fourmeau, Claude Delangle and Arno Bornkamp.In 2000, Lucy was among students selected to represent the RCM on an international saxophone course at the Sweelink Conservatorium Amsterdam. She enjoyed success in competitions during her time at college, reaching the 1997 London final of the BBC Young Musician of the Year and winning the RCM's 1998 Jane Melber Prize for Saxophonists. She was also a finalist in the 2000 Clarinet and Saxophone Society's Young Player of the Year Competition. Lucy graduated from the Royal College of Music in 2002 with a BMus (Hons) and now pursues a busy career as a freelance teacher, performer and member of the band The Mores.
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