Abelia Saxophone Quartet

The Abelia Saxophone Quartet are a young and energetic Manchester based saxophone quartet currently studying at The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) under the tuition of Rob Buckland. Recently, they have been awarded The Trevor Wye Woodwind Chamber Prize and have also been named the RNCM Ensemble of The Year; The Chris Rowland Prize. During their time at RNCM so far the group have received coaching from chamber music specialists such as Carl Raven, Andy Scott, Huw Wiggin and have performed in public masterclasses for Johan Van Der Linden, Ainars Ŝablovskis and Tim McAllister at the World Saxophone Congress 2015 in Strasbourg. The quartet have recently commissioned new works by RNCM composers as part of a January 2015 composition festival, and followed this with a live performance on BBC Radio 3 contributing to the ‘BBC Young Artists Day’. The group has given recitals at venues including The Cosmo Rodewald Hall (University of Manchester) and The Carole Nash Recital Room (RNCM) as part of the Spotlight Concert Series. Abelia have also accompanied Philippe Geiss in his solo feature recital at RNCM Saxophone Day 2014 and are looking forward to recitals later this year at St. Martin-in-the-Fields (London) and The Lowry (Salford Quays).