Stephanie Oade is originally from Wirral, and is a postgraduate student at the Royal Academy of Music.   She is the recipient of awards from the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund, Countess of Munster Musical Trust, Craxton Memorial Trust and the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

She was awarded a first class honours degree from the Royal Northern College of Music where she was awarded the Leonard Rose Cello Prize for the highest Final Recital mark.   In 2009 she gained a PGDip (Performance) with Distinction and became a Fellow of the Royal Schools of Music, earning the right to add the letters FRSM to her name.

As well as numerous concerto appearances Stephanie has performed recitals across the country.   She regularly performs with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra and her chamber groups (cello and guitar, and piano trio) perform widely across the UK.

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Jennie-Helen Moston studied piano from an early age at the renowned Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester and later received an MA from the University of Cambridge, having read music at St John’s College.   Her teachers have included Murray McLachlan, Ronan O’Hora and Charles Owen.   She completed her studies in 2006 with Distinction at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London on the Professional Accompanist Course.

A winner of several prizes and awards, including the Cunard-Carpathia Memorial Award for Piano Accompaniment (2006) and the Cunard Prize at the English song competition (2006 and 2007) at the GSMD; and the Accompanist’s Prize at the Association of English Singers and Speakers in London (2006).   She was also the recipient of a generous bursary from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust in 2005.

This concert was made possible with generous support from the
              Countess of Munster Musical Trust