Guildhall Young Artists Taunton Free Workshops and Masterclasses
Guildhall Young Artists Taunton Free Workshops and Events
Guildhall Young Artists (GYA) Taunton hosts free workshops and masterclasses throughout the day from students and alumni from Guildhall School of Music & Drama, as well as professional artists visiting the Southwest.
Workshops and masterclasses are open to all GYA Taunton students. We also very much welcome anyone who is not a GYA Taunton member and interested to find out more about our performing arts centre.
To find out more and to book a place for any of our workshops or masterclasses, please email gyataunton@gsmd.ac.uk.
Any upcoming workshops and events will be listed below.
Formed in 2022 at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, the Sonas Quartet has quickly established itself as a dynamic and accomplished ensemble under the mentorship of Gary Pomeroy of the Heath Quartet. The 2024/2025 season marked an exciting chapter for the quartet as they joined the Hans Keller Chamber Studio and the Britten Pears Young Artists Programme. Recent performances include a recital at St James’ Piccadilly, masterclass with Johannes Meissl, and Mozart Clarinet Quintet Concert at Uckfield Music Club, with Nick Carpenter. Starting this 2025/2026 season, the Sonas Quartet has joined Talent Unlimited and is very excited for the new opportunities to come.
In 2024, the quartet won first prize in the prestigious St James’ Chamber Prize at the Guildhall School, which led to a performance in Southwark Cathedral in May 2024. In 2023, the Quartet was invited to participate in the 'Sounds of Change' EU course in Germany, where they had masterclasses with renowned musicians such as Kirill Troussov and Philippe Graffin. Following this, they were invited to perform a series of concerts in Portugal in October 2024.
The quartet performs regularly both in the UK and internationally and have made appearances at festivals such as the Southwell Music Festival, Festival Internacional de Música FIMUV, Cistermúsica, International Music Festival Koblenz, and the City of London Festival of Music. They have also had the privilege of collaborating with esteemed musicians, including pianist Anna Fedorova, double bassist Nicholas Santangelo Schwartz, and oboist Philippe Tondre.
They have received guidance from distinguished chamber musicians including Alasdair Tait, David Waterman, Garfield Jackson, Donald Grant, John Myerscough, Simon-Rowland Jones, as well as the Takács Quartet, Jerusalem Quartet, and Confluence Quartet.