Ellabeth Little – Violin and Tom Jesty – Piano
Ellabeth and Tom will play audience favourites, including works by Massenet and Saint Saens
Violinist Ellabeth Little learnt with Chris Hirons and Daniel Battacharya and has participated in a masterclasses with Remus Azuitei. As a student, she led the Hampshire Youth Chamber orchestra and played in the National Youth Chamber Orchestra. She is currently based in Hampshire and teaches locally. She has performed concertos with a number of local orchestras in addition to giving chamber recitals. Ellabeth plays a violin by David Munro.
Pianist Tom Jesty Tom began his musical education by singing as a Quirister in the Winchester College Chapel Choir from the age of 8. Tom went on to study piano with Nick Salwey at Winchester College, where he gained an FTCL performance diploma, and performed Rachmaninov’s second piano concerto with the school orchestra. Tom recently completed a masters course in piano accompaniment at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he studied with Pamela Lidiard and Iain Burnside. In 2023, Tom won the Paul Harmburger Prize for Voice and Piano, accompanying baritone George Robarts. Tom accompanies for the City Chamber Choir, directed by Stephen Jones, and works as music director of St Mary’s church in Islington. Tom has just completed a year as the Graduate Fellow in collaborative piano at Royal Holloway University.