Saturday, 31st January at 7.30pm

Jo Harris (trumpet) with Daniel King Smith (piano and organ)

.The YMS is delighted to welcome two outstanding professional musicians to start our 2026 Spring season. Their concert will be the first time the society has hosted a solo trumpet concert and the first with both a piano and organ accompaniment. They will raise our spirits after a dreary winter to welcome the Spring with beautiful eclectic music from Telemann to Gershwin. A concert sure to delight our audience and a rare opportunity to hear a trumpet and organ play in St Mary’s.

Tickets £15 non members £10 society members and students over 16, accompanied children free. Unreserved seating – Tickets on the door (card, cash or smart phone).

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Jo Harris

Trumpeter Jo Harris has forged a unique path as a characterful soloist with a lyrical singing style. Her music can be heard on major streaming sites and on BBC Radio 3.

Jo has premiered new music by Howard Goodall at Milton Court, Camille Pepin and Betsy Jolas at the Royal Albert Hall and recorded Judith Bingham’s virtuosic solo work Enter Ghost at Tilbury Fort. Jo’s distinctive programming has been championed by the International Trumpet Guild and she is a Trumpet Artist for Van Laar Instruments.

Jo presents chamber music concerts for the Royal Opera House’s educational department and performs with pianist Daniel King Smith in the critically acclaimed Bach to Baby series. Highlights of Jo’s orchestral accomplishments include playing Principal Trumpet, dressed as a Suffragette, for Welsh National Opera, touring Europe under the indomitable baton of Sir John Elliot Gardiner performing Verdi’s epic Requiem, and recording the music for four splendid Royal Coronations with the Gabrielli Consort.

Daniel King Smith

Daniel King Smith has given concerts all over the world and performed piano concerto by Gershwin, Mozart and Rachmaninov with full symphony orchestra.

His concerts have been broadcast on TV/Radio in the UK (In Tune, BBC Proms, Young Musician of the Year) and in Japan. Daniel is a featured Solo Classical Artist on luxury cruise lines and he has recorded albums for the Sony and Meridian record labels.

Accompaniment and chamber music are a major part of Daniel’s life, he has held staff accompanist posts at the Royal College of Music, the Royal Academy of Music and the Purcell School. Daniel is the official accompanist for the Countess of Munster Trust, and gives recitals every year with a number of people who have been accepted onto the Countess of Munster Recital Scheme. His recital partners include clarinettists Michael Collins and Anna Hashimoto, violinists Carmel Kaine, flautist Susan Milan, cellists Robert Max and Yuki Ito and trumpeter Jo Harris.