Clariphonics.
Helen Pierce
Benjie del Rosario
Helen James
Stuart Smith

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart
Jim Pywell- Three Beginnings
Divertimento - Alfred Uhl
Four to the Floor - Anna Meredith
Bass-ically - Paul Saunders
Send in the Clowns - Stephen Sondheim

The group met whilst students at Trinity College of Music and formed Clariphonics when they were reunited following further studies in the UK, USA and Germany. They perform regularly throughout London and in 2005 they appeared at Lauderdale House as part of the Phelps Pianos Concerts in the House Series and the Hampstead & Highgate Festival. This recital featured the work Clari4nics by renowned young composer Dai Fujikura whom they met at College. This name of this work was the inspiration for the group’s name, Clariphonics.

Members of the quartet enjoy successful freelance careers appearing as soloists and performing with orchestras and chamber ensembles and West End Theatres. Collectively they have enjoyed success in a wide range of competitions and have been heard on television and radio broadcast in the UK, Germany and Brussels. In 2009 Clariphonics were selected to perform in the prestigious Park Lane Group Young Artists’ Concerts. Guardian critic George Hall said ‘Clariphonics delivered spirited musicianship.’

Clariphonics is committed to promoting and expanding the repertoire for clarinet quartet to new audiences. Their eclectic repertoire includes arrangements of works from the baroque and classical periods, original contemporary compositions, Klezmer, jazz and free form improvisation. They are actively commissioning new works and are always exploring new musical worlds and collaborating with other art forms.