The Church of St. James the Apostle, Bushey

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The Church of St. James the Apostle, Bushey

Saturday Recital Series 2017
March 4th – October 28th

Brochure: £1 (but can be downloaded free from the parish website)
A message from the Rector of Bushey, Fr. Neil Kelley
I can hardly believe that this is the fifth series
of recitals in St. James’s Church, Bushey, and
it is a great delight to introduce this year’s
programme of talented musicians; we are so
excited that the recitals have become firmly
fixed in the Bushey Community’s calendar!
As with last year there will be a varied
selection of styles and genres throughout the 35 recitals and we
look forward to welcoming some new performers and
welcoming back performers who have become firm favourites
from our previous series.
On concert days, coffee and home-baked cakes will be available
from 11am in Church House, and light lunches served after the
recitals. We hope this will allow more people to enjoy some food
and conversation on whichever side of the concert suits them
best – or both!
I do hope that you will support as many of these concerts as you
are able to, and pass on word to others who may not know about
them. We look forward to welcoming you to St. James’s Church.
Saturday 4th March
Jennifer Coleman (Soprano) and Shirley Wu (Piano)
Jennifer Coleman is a Theo Max van der Beugel Scholar studying on the 2nd year of the Masters at the
Royal College of Music in London under the tutelage of Janis Kelly. Jennifer
has won numerous awards including an RCM Award supported by a Big Give
Award, the Mavis Bennett Award for Grand Opera and the John Lightfoot
Award for Musical Theatre at Maidenhead Music Festival, amongst others.
Roles include: Theodora in Handel’s Theodora (RCM Oratorio society),
Pamina in Mozart's The Magic Flute (St. John's Opera), Taumann/Dew Fairy
in Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel (RCMIOS), Mabel in Pirates of Penzance,
Frasquita in Carmen (Dartington International), amongst others. Future
engagements include Vixen in Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen for RCM
Opera Scenes in February 2017, and 2nd Niece in Britten's Peter Grimes for
Dartington International in August 2017. Concert performances include
soprano solos in The Messiah, and Purcell’s Come ye sons of art at the Royal
College of Music. In May 2016 Jennifer released her first full length album
'Songs of Love' following the success of her debut E.P. 'Simple Gifts' that she
released in 2014. Other recent highlights include appearing as an opera singer
on the season finale of ITV's 'The Only Way is Essex', as a soloist on the Cabaret Stage at Latitude Music
Festival 2015, in ten different concerts with orchestra as a soloist for the Young Virtuosi Music Festival in
the South of France in July 2016 with repertoire from J Strauss’ Frulingsstimmen Waltzer to Mozart’s
concert aria “Bella mia Fiamma, addio!”, and Delage’s Quatre Poeme Hindous, to Canteloube’s Chants d
’Auvergne. Jennifer would like to thank the Theo Max van der Beugel Scholarship, the Sir Richard Stapley
Educational Trust, the Ann Butterworth & David Bayley Charity, the Mario Lanza Educational Trust, The
Clemence Charitable Trust, Rev. John Wates OBE, amongst others.
Jennifer is delighted to be accompanied by Canadian pianist Shirley Wu from Quebec. Canadian pianist
Shirley Wu is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Performance
Science and piano at the Royal College of Music, London, learning piano
under the tutelage of Julian Jacobson. Shirley graduated from Classical
Piano Performance and Pure Science Double D.E.C. from Vanier College
in 2009 and Classical Piano Performance from McGill University in 2013.
Shirley has performed in Tanna Schulich Hall, Pollack Hall, Salle Claude
Champagne, Vanier Auditorium, Rialto Theater, Westmount Senior
Residence, and St Laurent Church in Montreal, Koerner Hall in Toronto,
First Church, University House Wallingford in Seattle, and Classical
Revolution in San Francisco amongst others. Shirley’s former piano
professors include Julliard graduate Noraire Artinian (at Vanier College),
Julia Gavrilova, Luba Zuk, Ilya Poletaev and Martin Karlicek (at McGill). She has also received guidance
from acclaimed pianists such as Anne-Marie Dubois, Sheri Salov, Jimmy Briere, Kyoko Hashimoto, Sara
Laimon, Christopher Elton and Gordon-Fergus Thompson. In 2012, Shirley was hired as the pianist /
assistant at Steinway Montreal, showcasing the Vladimir Horowitz piano while it was on exhibition. Shirley
enjoys performing solo repertoire and playing chamber music, especially from composers of the
Impressionist Era such as Debussy, Ravel and Poulenc. In 2014, Shirley founded a company Opus One
Music to promote the social function of chamber music by producing events in high end residences in
Toronto and performing in those events with musician friends. Shirley joined Seattle Ladies Musical club
in 2015.
Saturday 11th March
Stanmore Choral Society
Nick Austin – Director
Neil Kelley - Piano

The Stanmore Choral Society has enjoyed a very exciting 2016 season. In the Autumn term, we had
a traditional start to Christmas with our ever popular Carol Concert. This was preceded by a Come &
Sing Messiah (with professional orchestra & soloists). On March 18th, there will be a concert of modern
works by living British composers and, in the Summer, there will be a concert with songs by Gershwin
and a ‘reduced’ Mikado by Gilbert & Sullivan. This versatile & friendly choir is about 50-strong and draws
singers from Stanmore, Harrow, Kenton, Pinner, Ruislip, Watford, Bushey, Barnet, Edgware, Burnt Oak,
Colindale, Wembley and Mill Hill. The conductor is Nick Austin. If you enjoy singing, you are very
welcome to come along and join us. Rehearsals are on Mondays at 7.45pm at the hall of St William of
York Church, 1 Du Cros Drive, Stanmore HA7 4TJ
If you would like to know more, please call Mo Dunning on 020 8909 1838
Saturday 18th March
Farah K. Ghadiali (Soprano), Yuko Yagishita (Piano) and Paolo
Rinaldi (Piano)
Farah Ghadiali, graduated with a high distinction in the Master's Degree in
Management from the University of Mumbai and was working in the field of
marketing. As a chorister with the Stop-Gaps Choral Ensemble she performed
in India, China, Germany and Italy. In September 2014, she changed the
direction of her life and came to London to study classical music. She studies
with Patricia Rozario at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music, where she
is Trinity College London Scholar Farah is currently pursuing the Post Graduate
Advanced (Artist) Programme with the support of the Zoroastrian Trust Funds
of Europe, and a number of philanthropic Zoroastrian and Educational trusts.
She has been selected on the student scheme of the Philharmonia Chorus and
with them has performed at the Royal Albert Hall and the Royal Festival Hall. She has given several solo
and shared recitals in London, Oxford, Kent, Eastbourne and Surrey.
Born in Yokohama City, Kanagawa, Japan, Yuko Yagishita graduated from the Piano Department of
Instrumental Music, Faculty of Music of Tokyo University of Arts (Tokyo Geijutu Daigaku) and received
the Doseikai Award and Yomiuri Award for New Musicians and Artists. Yuko then
graduated from the Piano Department of the Graduate School of Tokyo University
of Arts. (Master’s degree). She got several prizes in competitions in Japan and has
performed in various concerts in Europe including Vienna, Austria and Paris, France.
From April 2011 to March 2013 she worked as assistant for Solfège department at
Faculty of Music of Tokyo University of Arts. Yuko was appointed as a pianist in
Salvia concert hall from 2011 to 2013 in Japan. She performed at the Jaques Samuel
Competition Prize-winners' series in St James's Church, Piccadilly in 2015. Currently
residing in London, she has been studying with Deniz Gelenbe and Gabriele Baldocci
at Trinity Laban Conservatoire from September 2013.
Paolo Rinaldi was born into a family of musicians –his parents being talented pianists and pedagogists.
He completed his undergraduate and postgraduate degree in Music from the Mantova Conservatoire in
Italy. In 2013, he moved to London and went on to study the Masters in Arts from the Royal Academy of
Music with Sulamita Aronovsky with a part scholarship. From September 2016, he is on the Post Graduate
Advanced (Artist) Programme at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music &
Dance, studying with Deniz Arman Gelenbe where he is supported with a part
scholarship. He was selected to receive masterclasses with Nicolas Pokki and
Pascal Rouge, maestro Bruno Canino, Boris Petrushansky and Andrej Jasinski over
the years and has recently reached the final round of coveted John Longmire Piano
Competition at Trinity Laban. Paolo is the Vice-President of the “Artis Magistri”
cultural association whose aim is “preserve, protect, disseminate the precious
patrimony of moral and civil principles, examples, teachings bequeathed by the
unforgettable Maestro Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli”. Paolo has performed in several solo recitals Italy,
France, Switzerland. In London, he made his debut at the Regent Hall for the Beethoven Society of Europe
in 2015 and since then has performed extensively in venues across the UK.

Saturday 1st April
Isabel Stewart-Kasimba (Saxaphone)

Isabel Stewart-Kasimba is a saxophonist from Sydney, Australia. She is in her third year of the Bachelor
of Music course at the Royal College of Music, where she studies with Kyle Horch. As both a soloist and
ensemble player, Isabel has performed at various venues around Sydney and London, including St Mary
Abbotts, The Lansdowne Club, City Recital Hall at Angel Place, Seymour Centre, the Big Top at Luna Park
and the Sound Lounge. Isabel is a member of the Parallax Saxophone quartet, who have performed
extensively both within the RCM and externally, and was the principal saxophonist in the Street Orchestra
of London’s debut tour in July 2016. Isabel is grateful to be a Soirée d'Or Scholar.
Saturday 8th April
Timothée Botbol (‘cello)

Geneva-born cellist Timothée Botbol has performed extensively as both a soloist and an orchestral
musician, recently performing with the Geneva Conservatoire String Orchestra as guest soloist for a tour
in Italy and giving recitals at Royal College of Music and in venues such as Charlton House and St Mary-
at-Hill Church. Timothée began his musical education at the prestigious Jaques Dalcroze Institute and later
progressed to the Geneva Conservatoire and the Lausanne Haute École de Musique with professor Patrick
Demenga, where he received a Masters of Performance. He is currently studying on the Artist Diploma
course at the Royal College of Music with professors Richard Lester and Alexander Chaushian, where he
is supported by a Musicians’ Company Lambert Studentship, the A F Marescotti City of Carouge Award
and the Foundation F & M-F Minkoff. As a professional soloist, Timothée has performed at several
prestigious venues, such as the Cully Jazz Festival, Lausanne’s Steinway Hall and the Temple de Carouge.
Notable performances include his role as solo cellist in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, chamber musician for the
Swiss National Radio, as well as performing alongside world-renowned tenor Andrea Bocelli. A keen
orchestral musician, Timothée has performed with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Orchestre
de Chambre de Lausanne and the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, in venues such as Geneva’s Victoria
Hall, Lausanne’s Salle Metropole, Lausanne’s Palais Beaulieu, Montreux’s Auditorium Stravinsky and the
Opéra de Vichy, under conductors such as Markus Stenz and Christian Zacharias, and with soloists such
as Leonidas Kavakos. He has also participated in numerous masterclasses with renowned teachers, such
as Gary Hoffman, Gustav Rivinius and Franz Helmerson. In addition to cello, Timothée has performed
regularly as a baritone soloist, singing at Geneva’s Victoria Hall accompanied by the Geneva Chamber
Orchestra, as well as participating in several musical comedy showcases. He has also held the position of
Musical Director at the Ferme Rosset, his home town’s local concert venue, for the last three years.
Timothée’s future performances include solo recitals in Geneva, Kings Place – London, Chapel Royal –
Hampton Court Palace, Beaconsfield and Stowmarket.
Saturday 15th April
Music for Holy Saturday
Julie Bale (Soprano) Michelle Harris (Alto)
John Wyatt (Piano)

A concert of music for Holy Week, featuring music concentrating on the Stabat
Mater; a 13th century poem about the Virgin Mary’s sorrow at the crucifixion of
Her son, Jesus. Composers throughout the ages have written works setting these
words, and in this recital, we will hear music by Pergolesi, Handel, Verdi, Rossini,
and Mendelssohn.
Saturday 22nd April
John Wyatt (Organ)

John Wyatt graduated from the Royal Academy of Music having studied organ, piano, and choral
conducting having previously attended the Centre for Young Musicians in London. His teachers have
included Richard Hickox, Douglas Hawkridge, Dr. Arthur Wills, Paul Steinitz, and Mildred Litherland. He
also holds the Royal Academy’s professional certificate and Licentiate diploma for organ playing as well as
being a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists. Accompanying on the organ and the piano has always
been a passion throughout John’s career and he has played for numerous singers, instrumentalists and
choirs for recitals, concerts, master-classes and examinations. As a conductor, he has been musical
director of the Harrow Philharmonic Choir and the Bushey Festival choir for many years leading to
performances covering a considerable range of the choral and orchestral repertoire. He has held various
organist and choirmaster posts, including St Augustine’s Church, Kilburn and here at St James from 1984-
1999. Until last summer, John was Director of Music at Aldenham School, Elstree, a post he held for 22
years, and whose choir he has taken on many foreign tours including St Peter’s in Rome, Cologne
Cathedral, Orleans Cathedral and Notre Dame in Paris, (as well as Disney World!), and many other
destinations in this country and abroad. Having now stopped teaching, John is concentrating on being a
freelance musician giving organ recitals, accompanying, conducting, composing and generally enjoying
performing music! He is also looking forward to spending more time with his family and doing a bit of
traveling and chamber music with Mandy, his violinist wife. Future engagements include conducting works
by Handel, Haydn, Vaughan Williams, Brahms, and Gounod, accompanying St Alban’s Chorale for services
at St Alban’s Abbey and helping to organize and lead a concert involving most of the Harrow based choirs
at Harrow School speech room in aid of St Luke’s Hospice. During 2017 John is also playing organ recitals
at Blenheim Palace, Chester Cathedral, and Felixstowe Parish church as well as here at St James, Bushey
where he has been standing in as acting Director of Music.