Eleanor Lovegrove

Ellie Lovegrove enjoys a freelance career, performing with a large variety of orchestras, small ensembles, sessions, shows, and solo engagements. Orchestral work includes the BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, English National Ballet - including a trial for Principal Trumpet, and Britten Sinfonia. She has also performed on period instrument at The London Handel Festival and with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Ellie is a founder member of the Trumpet and Organ duo, Illumina, releasing albums on Convivium Records and Herald labels. They have given recitals in venues including St Paul’s Cathedral, Fairfield Halls Croydon and St Martin-in-the-Fields, and Queens College, Oxford, where they have performed world premieres of works they have commissioned. Commercially, Ellie has performed with Brad Mehldau, Seal, Sister Sledge, and has played for West End shows including ‘Les Miserables’ and ‘Chicago the Musical’, and for the Royal Shakespeare Company. When not performing, or teaching at Junior Guildhall, Ellie is a lover of swimming, weight training and walking Spanish Greyhound, Cece.