The Tunnell Trust for Young Musicians
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The 2011 Showcase took place from 18th to 26th June ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Jonathan Tunnell cello TUTORS: Neil Black oboe, Timothy Brown french horn Richard Deakin violin, Charles Tunnell cello Michael Dussek piano
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For the past eighteen years this very special and important chamber music showcase week, for talented Young Musicians at the start of their professional careers, has taken place in the Perthshire hills. The Tunnell Trust has always exclusively supported chamber groups and not individuals. We are providing a unique opportunity for groups to spend uninterrupted time together to rehearse and perform. Wendy Tunnell, the founder of the event, succeeded in creating an environment for young musicians which enables them to escape the pressures of everyday life as young professionals and to have the space and time to develop their musicianship further at a crucial ‘make or break’ stage in their careers. The Young Musicians attend by invitation of the Trust which bears the cost in full. Attendance is for established chamber groups only and is by invitation. The relationship between the young musicians and the ‘tutors’ is a collaboration, free from any traditional student-professor hierarchy. This collaboration concentrates on performance techniques, presentation and repertoire, aiming to better equip these talented youngsters in their future careers. Three years ago the Showcase made a very successful move from Strathgarry to Lude at Blair Atholl. This was made possible by our hosts, the Gordon family, to whom we are most grateful for their support and generosity. We are also thrilled that the Thewes family, who were our former hosts at Strathgarry, are still very much involved with the Showcase.The schedule allows for extensive rehearsal as well as much needed performing opportunities for all in the five public concerts during the week. With extensive press coverage and publicity relating to the week we aim to raise the profiles of the musicians attending. We invite a number of promoters to the event in the hope of securing future engagements for our musicians. During the week there are a number of workshops with local schoolchildren, including a group of children with special needs, who benefit from the energy and enthusiasm of the young musicians attending the course. Here is a review of their visit to Blair Atholl in 2010 by the Renard Ensemble: "The Renard Ensemble was extremely privileged to have
been invited on the Tunnell Trust’s Blair Atholl Showcase this summer -
apart from making friends, eating and drinking delicious home-cooked food
and wine, it stepped our music-making up to a new level, and raised our
horizons for what we could achieve as a group. The Renard Ensemble - Emily Andrews, Katy Ayling, Howard Dann |
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