Programme to include:

Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata FP 184

Debussy: Premiere Rhapsodie

Craig McLaren

Craig completed a Master of Arts in Performance (with Distinction) at the Royal Academy of Music under the direction of Christopher Richards, Timothy Lines, and Mark van de Weil. Following the completion of his contract as clarinettist with the international touring production of Les Miserablés, Craig relocated to the UK to undertake postgraduate study and establish a career as a performing clarinettist. During his time at the Royal Academy of Music, Craig worked orchestrally with prominent conductors Sir Mark Elder, Edward Gardner, and Jac van Steen; and per-formed collaboratively with Clio Gould (Principal Violin of the London Sinfonietta) and Ondřej Roskovec (Principal Bassoon of the Czech Philharmonic). Since arriving in the UK, Craig has established performing relationships with a number of gradu-ate orchestras – including Arch Sinfonia and London Young Sinfonia – and is the clarinettist with the Coriolis Quintet. Craig is a regular member of the Knussen Chamber Orchestra, which made its debut at the 2019 Aldeburgh Festival – the performance of which was broadcast on BBC3. Craig regularly collaborates with composers on new works and enjoys performing as a chamber musician. Craig was the recipient of the Christopher Hogwood Scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music and the Friends of UWA Music Traveling Scholarship.

Craig White

Craig White is a versatile and highly acclaimed chamber musician with a focus on both instrumental and vocal repertoire. After his studies at St Catherine’s College in Oxford, he completed a Postgraduate Diploma at the Royal Academy of Music in London, studying with Michael Dussek and Diana Ketler. His debut at the Wigmore Hall with Oboist James Turnbull was in October 2010 and Craig has gone on to per-form at all the major concert venues around London. Craig has worked as an offi-cial accompanist at a number of International Music Academies including the Schiermonnikoog masterclasses in Holland, Rencontres Musicales Internationales D'Enghien in Belgium and the Kronberg Akademie in Germany.

Much in demand as a chamber musician and accompanist for singers and instru-mentalists, Craig spent 2015 living in Germany, working for the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne. Craig also works as an arranger. His new “5 Preludes for Violin and Piano” (Debussy/Arr White) are published by DB Edition and have been performed all over Europe.. His arrangement of Debussy's “Serenade Inter-rompue” has been released on Daniel Rowland and Maja Bogdanovic’s debut CD, “Pas de deux”.