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franklin music presents the st John's concert series

Our Suppertime Concert Series, presented in partnership with the Royal Academy of Music, brings outstanding young professional musicians to St John’s for relaxed early evening concerts. From September, adult tickets will be £12, helping us to meet rising performer costs while keeping the series affordable and accessible through our Open Door Policy.
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concert programme

1st Tuesday of the month: 7.00pm - 8.00pm
St John's Centre, Church Road, Redhill, Surrey RH1 6QA

Confirmed dates for 2026

1st September 2026
• Paul Gregory - Classical Guitar
12th September 2026
• Franklin Voices Concert
6th October 2026
• Mimi hobbs - Double Bass Recital
3rd November 2026
• Kacper Dworniczak - Guitar
1st December 2026
• Rosacea Trio

Ticket Price: £12

Our listed prices are what we ideally need people to pay, but we never want affordability to be a barrier.
Through our Open Door Policy, you are welcome to attend any of our regular sessions and concerts at a price you can afford.

Paul Gregory

Classical Guitar

Date: 1st September 2026
Time: 7.00pm - 8.00pm
St. John’s Centre, Church Road, Redhill, Surrey RH1 6QA
Paul Gregory began playing guitar aged 10 and later studied cello and composition in London. He studied with Baltazar Benitez and Carlos Bonell before making his acclaimed Wigmore Hall debut at 19.

Paul Gregory started playing guitar at the age of 10. Later he also studied cello and composition in London and is an ARCM. He made further guitar studies with Baltazar Benitez in Holland and Carlos Bonell. He gave his Wigmore Hall debut when 19 to high critical acclaim.

Paul won notable student awards being nominated as one of 'Tomorrow's Musicians' and offered a concert at the Fairfield Hall Croydon. As a winner of the Park Lane Awards, he gave a recital at the Purcell Room on London's South Bank. Three years later he won the Andres Segovia International Competition in Spain at twenty-two.

Over the years, there have been many BBC Radio 3 (programmes most recently on Sunday Morning Breakfast) and including live broadcasts from the NTL Studio in Belfast, the Wigmore Hall as well as from Broadcasting House. He has been a member of the Lontano Ensemble specialising in contemporary music. Paul has been invited as a soloist to most parts of the world including the Americas and Hong-Kong.

Paul has been a visiting tutor to the Royal Irish Academy Dublin and has been Chief External Examiner for the Royal Scottish Academy (now Conservatoire) for nine years. He taught at the East Sussex Academy in Lewes Sussex for 12 years. Paul has released CD recordings for Opus 1, Meridian and Claudio record labels and has published compositions, some of the later being used as set pieces for examination boards in France and England.

His busy schedule of late has included recitals for the Nantes Conservatoire and Picardie Festival in France,Music Siena in Italy as well as the Westdean International Guitar Festival near Chichester and at the Royal Collage of Music in Cardiff. He has recently given masterclasses at the RCM and Trinity College of Music in London and the College of Music in Dublin. He plays in duo with pianist Yoko Ono and they recently played in London and the National Concert Hall in Dublin.

Paul is musical director for the weekly Tuesday Lunchtime Concerts at the Chapel Royal, Brighton and the Guitar Masters Series as part of the Brighton Festival. He was awarded the Brighton & Hove Arts Council 'Outstanding Contribution to the Arts' 2022.

Tickets: £12

Our listed prices are what we ideally need people to pay, but we never want affordability to be a barrier. Through our Open Door Policy, you are welcome to attend any of our regular sessions and concerts at a price you can afford.

Franklin Voices

Community choir concert

Date: 12th September 2026
Time: 4.00pm - 4.30pm
The Belfy Shopping Centre, Station Road, Redhill RH1 1ST
Join us for an uplifting evening of live music, harmony and community. Our adult community choir brings together singers from across the local area, performing songs packed with energy and plenty of personality.

Accompanied by live musicians, the concert is a celebration of everything Franklin Voices is about – great music, shared experiences and the joy of singing together. Come along, support the choir and enjoy a fantastic evening of live performance.

Tickets: £12

Our listed prices are what we ideally need people to pay, but we never want affordability to be a barrier. Through our Open Door Policy, you are welcome to attend any of our regular sessions and concerts at a price you can afford.

Mimi hobbs

double bass recital

Date: 6th October 2026
Time: 7.00pm - 8.00pm
St. John’s Centre, Church Road, Redhill, Surrey RH1 6QA
Mimi began on violin and piano before discovering the double bass at 14. After studying at Guildhall Junior Department, she joined the Yehudi Menuhin School, where she studies with Caroline Emery.

Mimi began her musical journey as a violinist and pianist while living in China, but discovered her love for the double bass at 14.

Home-educated, she went on to study at Guildhall Junior Department before joining the Yehudi Menuhin School two years ago as a first-study bassist with Caroline Emery. She has performed with local and national ensembles including the National Youth String Orchestra, RCMJD Symphony Orchestra, and side-by-side with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Recently, she played Gareth Wood’s dectet at the National Centre for Young Bassists’ Bass club and was selected for a masterclass with MikYung Sung. Also an accomplished singer and visual artist, Mimi brings a deep emotional awareness to her bass playing, exploring its vocal and expressive sonorities.

As the winner of Canterbury Festival’s Young Musicians Bursary Competition, Mimi is now the 2026 youth music ambassador for Canterbury Festival and is taking part in various public engagement outreach programmes.

Some of Mimi’s upcoming playing engagements include a synagogue recital during the Canterbury Festival on the 28th of October, as well as a performance of Koussevitzky’s Double bass Concerto with the Canterbury Symphony Orchestra on the 14th of March 2027.

Adolf Misek - Legende (6mins)

Vilmos Montag - 1st movement from his double bass Sonata in E minor (6-7mins)

Ernest Bloch - Prayer no.1 from Jewish Life for double bass and piano (4-5mins)

Erik Larson - 1st and 2nd movements from his Concertino for Double Bass, Op.45, No.11 (9mins)

Giovanni Bottesini - Elegy no.2 (8mins)

JC Bach - Adagio (6mins)

Francois Rabbath - TBC (3-6mins)

Francois Rabbath - Ode D’Espangne (Etude no.20) (3mins)

Tickets: £12

Our listed prices are what we ideally need people to pay, but we never want affordability to be a barrier. Through our Open Door Policy, you are welcome to attend any of our regular sessions and concerts at a price you can afford.

Kacper Dworniczak

Guitar

Date: 3rd November 2026
Time: 7.00pm - 8.00pm
St. John’s Centre, Church Road, Redhill, Surrey RH1 6QA
Kacper Dworniczak is a Polish guitarist whose performances reflect a passion for storytelling. Since taking up the guitar at six, he has developed an artistic voice rooted in emotion.

Born in 2001 in Poznań, Poland, Kacper Dworniczak is a guitarist who proves that music is not just about notes, but about stories, emotions, and human connection. He picked up the guitar at the age of six – and never let go. From the very beginning, the instrument became a way for him to express what words could not capture, and that sense of intimacy and storytelling continues to define his artistry today.

His playing combines breathtaking precision with disarming sensitivity. Each phrase carries both discipline and vulnerability, creating performances that audiences describe as both technically dazzling and deeply human. This rare balance has taken him across the globe: from Carnegie Hall in New York, to Tokyo and Miami, to the most prestigious stages across Europe and his native Poland. Along the way, he has collected more than forty prizes at international competitions - though for Kacper, the true reward has never been in the trophies, but in the stillness of a hall when the music truly moves its listeners.

Fearless in crossing boundaries, Kacper’s career embraces both tradition and exploration. In 2017 he made his orchestral debut at the Polish-Russian Music Festival in Moscow, and the following year was nominated as Poland’s Young Musician of the Year, reaching the grand finale performing Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez with the Polish Radio Orchestra. Soon after came his debut at Carnegie Hall, followed by a series of successes at international competitions - 3rd Prize in Miami (2022), 2nd Prize in Tokyo (2023) - and invitations to leading festivals in Croatia, Italy, and Poland.

Beyond the classical stage, Kacper has shown a unique ability to connect with broader audiences. In 2023, he recorded an album with the beloved Polish singer Andrzej Piaseczny, bringing the guitar into a new light for thousands of listeners, and joined him on a nationwide concert tour. In 2024, he was invited as one of only four artists to take part in the Ex-Aequo Initiative, which led to international recordings and a special performance in Austin, Texas. And in 2025, his artistry reached millions of television viewers when he advanced to the semifinals of Got Talent and earned the Golden Buzzer - a moment that celebrated not only his virtuosity, but also his ability to tell stories that resonate far beyond the classical world.

That same year, Kacper released his debut solo album, JOURNEYS. More than a debut, it is a musical and personal story - one that reflects his travels, his encounters, and the questions that drive him as both a musician and a person. The album has already drawn enthusiastic acclaim from critics and the mainstream press, and marks the beginning of a recording career that promises to be as bold and heartfelt as his live performances.

A graduate of the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, where he studied with Łukasz Kuropaczewski and Paolo Pegoraro, Kacper completed his bachelor’s degree with distinction in 2025. He has been supported by scholarships from the Polish Minister of Culture’s Young Poland program, the Julian Cochran Foundation, and the Polish Children’s Fund, among others - recognition not only of his talent, but of his commitment to shaping the guitar’s future.

At just twenty-four, Kacper Dworniczak already brings over a decade of stage experience to his performances. Yet what defines him is not only his achievements, but his approach: the curiosity of that six-year-old boy who once picked up a guitar, and the conviction that every concert is, above all, an invitation to share a story.

ALEXANDRE TANSMAN (1897–1986)
Hommage à Chopin (1960)
I. Prélude
II. Nocturne
III. Mazurka
Duration: ca. 10 minutes

ALEXANDRE TANSMAN (1897–1986)
Variations sur un thème de Scriabine, Op. 41
Duration: ca. 9–10 minutes

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810–1849)
Prélude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4
Key: E minor
Duration: ca. 2 minutes

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810–1849)
Prélude in D-flat major “Raindrop”, Op. 28 No. 15
Key: D-flat major
Duration: ca. 5–6 minutes

AGUSTÍN BARRIOS MANGORÉ (1885–1944)
Choro da Saudade
Key: E minor
Duration: ca. 4–5 minutes

AGUSTÍN BARRIOS MANGORÉ (1885–1944)
Mazurka Appassionata
Key: A minor
Duration: ca. 4 minutes

AGUSTÍN BARRIOS MANGORÉ (1885–1944)
La Catedral
I. Preludio (Saudade)
II. Andante Religioso
III. Allegro Solemne
Key: D minor
Duration: ca. 8–9 minutes

Tickets: £12

Our listed prices are what we ideally need people to pay, but we never want affordability to be a barrier. Through our Open Door Policy, you are welcome to attend any of our regular sessions and concerts at a price you can afford.

Rosacea Trio

Violin | Clarinet | Piano

Date: 1st December 2026
Time: 7.00pm - 8.00pm
St. John’s Centre, Church Road, Redhill, Surrey RH1 6QA
Rosacea Trio brings together three outstanding young musicians from the Royal Academy of Music, united by a shared passion for chamber music and expressive performance.

Anna was born in Saint-Petersburg Russia in 2006 and began studying the violin at age 5. Anna attended the Special Music School of the State Petersburg State Conservatory under Professor Larisa Baranova and worked with prof. Grigory Kalinovsky (Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, USA).

2023 -2024 Anna commenced studying with Professor Robin Wilson at the Yehudi Menuhin School and in 2024 Anna continues her studies with him at the Royal Academy of Music London.

Anna participated in masterclasses with Maxim Vengerov, Daniel Hope, Zakhar Bron, Dmitri Sinkovsky, Alena Baeva, Itzhak Rashkovsky, Michaela Martin, and Ilya Kaler.

Anna has given recitals with pianists such as Miroslav Kultyshev, Oleg Weinstein, Inga Dzektser and collaborated with conductors such as Altschuler, Chernushenko, Steinlukht, Rybalko, Golikov and Karklin.

In 2015 Anna won 2nd prize at the Prokofiev International Violin Competition in Moscow, and in 2020 Anna became a recipient of the prestigious Maestro Temirkanov Cultural Initiatives Fund Award. In 2021 Anna recorded the soundtrack for a series called ‘a Bow’. This work was published on the Smart movie platform.

In 2024 Anna made her UK debut with the Farnham Sinfonia orchestra under the baton of Mathew Taylor. Anna plays a violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume made in 1863, on kind loan from a
generous benefactor.

Jacob Jordan is a clarinettist and composer from Sheffield, now based in London.

They have performed concerti in Sheffield, Buxton and London, and in 2026, they were commended in the Royal Academy of Music’s Clarinet Prize. With a particular interest in new or underplayed works, over the past two years they have premiered
over 20 new works. Other recent highlights include projects with the Manchester Camerata, Riot Ensemble, Academy Symphony Orchestra and as a member of the Clāritās Clarinet Quartet.

As a composer, their music has been featured on BBC Radio 3 and performed in venues across the country. Their compositions tend towards clarity, simplicity and stillness, always with a distinctly human edge. They are currently undertaking an undergraduate degree on a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music with Christopher Richards, Laurent Ben Slimane and Ruth Byrchmore; previously, they were a student at the Sheffield Music Academy.

Arthur Kokerai is a dynamic young pianist and emerging composer whose artistry is distinguished by a striking blend of expressive individuality, technical brilliance, and profound musical insight. His vivid temperament and deeply communicative style have already marked him out as a musician of rare promise.

A citizen of Zimbabwe, Arthur was born in October 2006. He began his formal musical education in 2012 at the Gnessin Special School/College of Music in Moscow, where he studied piano under Elena Plyashkevich.

During his later years at the Gnessin School he also pursued composition under Vyacheslav Osminin, expanding his artistic voice beyond performance.

In June 2024 he graduated from school with distinction, earning the Diploma of
Secondary Vocational Education with qualifications as an Artist, Music Teacher, and Accompanist. He is currently in his second year as an undergraduate at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he holds a full scholarship and a Named Award, studying for the Bachelor of Music degree under Professor Joanna MacGregor SBE FRAM, Dame Myra Hess Chair of Piano.

Arthur has performed in many of Russia’s most prestigious concert halls, including the Small, Great, and Rachmaninov Halls of the Moscow State Conservatoire, the Zaryadye Concert Hall, and the Moscow International House of Music.

His compositional work has become an increasingly significant part of his artistic identity.

In June 2025, he premiered his Kenopsia Piano Quintet at the David Josefowitz Recital Hall of the Royal Academy of Music, receiving enthusiastic recognition for its originality and emotional scope.

An active participant in Academy festivals and projects, Arthur has contributed to Robert Schumann: The Complete Works for Solo Piano and Boulez in Context. In May 2025 he took part at the Chipping Campden Music Festival.

Arthur is a laureate of several international competitions, most notably winning Third Prize and the Bronze Medal at the XI International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in Moscow. He has also been selected for the Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition 2023 and the Dublin International Piano Competition 2025.

Tickets: £12

Our listed prices are what we ideally need people to pay, but we never want affordability to be a barrier. Through our Open Door Policy, you are welcome to attend any of our regular sessions and concerts at a price you can afford.

Tomos Boyles

Pianist

Date: 4th August 2026
Time: 7.00pm - 8.00pm
St. John’s Centre, Church Road, Redhill, Surrey RH1 6QA
Welsh musician Tomos Boyles is establishing a career as a concert pianist, described as possessing a ‘romantic flair and passion that only comes from intense involvement’ (Carol Nixon, LMC).

Rising Welsh musician Tomos Boyles is rapidly establishing a career as a concert pianist, described as possessing a ‘romantic flair and passion that only comes from intense involvement’ (Carol Nixon, LMC).

He has performed at numerous prestigious venues including St Martin in the Fields in Trafalgar Square, the Holywell Music Room in Oxford, Palmers Hall in Ludlow, the Wales Millennium Centre, and St David’s Hall in Cardiff.

Upcoming performances include solo
recitals at the Wigmore Hall and the Beaumaris Festival, as well as a chamber
recital at St John’s Smith Square.

He has enjoyed success in competitions, having recently been awarded first prizes at both the Urdd Eisteddfod and the Wales International Piano Festival solo categories. Other top prizes include the prestigious Blue Ribband at the National Eisteddfod, and first place in the EPTA competition.

He has had his interviews published by the Cross-Eyed Pianist’s Meet the Artist series and broadcasted by S4C and BBC Wales. Tomos graduated from Christ Church, Oxford University in 2022 with a first-class degree in music having
held a scholarship during his studies.

Now a postgraduate student at the Royal Academy of Music in London, Tomos works under Professor Rustem
Hayroudinoff, having previously studied with Alison Bowring. He has also
benefitted from masterclasses with such pianists as Joanna MacGregor, Piers
Lane, Tom Poster, and Artur Pizarro. He is generously supported by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust and the John Fussell Memorial Trust Fund.

Tickets: £10

from september: £12

Free entry for those under 18 and not in a position to pay. Tickets can also be purchased on the door.

THE POWER OF MUSIC LIES IN ITS ABILITY TO EVOKE EMOTIONS, CONNECT PEOPLE ACROSS CULTURES, AND INSPIRE DEEP PERSONAL REFLECTION, OFTEN SERVING AS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE THAT TRANSCENDS WORDS.

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