Artist-in-Residence
In October 2024 St Martin's Voices were pleased to announce the appointment of their first Artist-in-Residence, Imogen Whitehead.
Imogen Whitehead is a trumpeter in demand across the UK and abroad. Alongside her position as
Principal Trumpet with Britten Sinfonia, Imogen regularly performs as guest Principal Trumpet with
the London Symphony Orchestra, Aurora Orchestra, and English National Opera. As a soloist, Imogen has premiered numerous works including Stephen Dodgson’s Trumpet Concerto and Trinculo by Sally Beamish, commissioned for her by the Park Lane Group. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Music, Imogen studied privately in Oslo with renowned Norwegian soloist Tine Thing Helseth thanks to funding from the Royal Philharmonic Society. In early 2025 Imogen will be releasing an online solo album, recorded alongside Britten Sinfonia and pianist Jennifer Walsh, featuring works for trumpet and flugelhorn by contemporary British composers. Imogen is a particular champion of the flugelhorn – an instrument often overlooked in the classical sphere – and is committed to raising its solo profile through new commissions and arrangements.
Performance with St Martin's Voices in 2024/25
In Remembrance
Tuesday 12 November at 7.00pm, St Martin-in-the-Fields
Imogen Whitehead (trumpet); St Martin’s Voices; Andrew Earis (conductor)
A concert of contemporary choral music for the season of Remembrance, including works by John
Rutter, Cecilia McDowall and Lucy Walker.
Sally Beamish – First Peace
Lucy Walker – There will come soft rains (World premiere)
Geoffrey Burgon – At the round earth’s imagined corners
Cecilia McDowall – Angel of the Battlefield (London premiere)
Barry Mills – Questioning the Stars
Eleanor Daley – Requiem
John Rutter – Lord, thou hast been our refuge
The Trumpet Sounds
Tuesday 25 March at 7.00pm, St Martin-in-the-Fields
Imogen Whitehead (trumpet); St Martin’s Voices; Andrew Earis (conductor)
A concert exploring a rich range of sonic textures of music for trumpet and choir, from the
celebratory to the contemplative, including works by Cecilia McDowall, Colin Mawby and Gabriel
Jackson.
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Cecilia McDowall – Psalm 65
Colin Mawby – Te Deum
Gabriel Jackson – The Spacious Firmament on High 2
Tõnu Kõrvits – Peegeldused tasasest maast (Reflections from a Plain)
Ian Coleman – The Trumpet Sounds Within-a My Soul
Heaven and Earth
Tuesday 10 June 2025 at 7.00pm, St Martin-in-the-Fields
Imogen Whitehead (trumpet); St Martin’s Voices; Andrew Earis (conductor)
Music for choir and trumpet, journeying from the earthly joys found in the English countryside to the
celestial splendours of heaven.
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Phillip Cooke – Invocation
Shruthi Rajasekar – Green Fingers
Reena Esmail – Even after all this time
David Bednall – I was glad and I saw a new heaven
Emily Hazrati – The World Turns (first performance)
Cecilia McDowall – Light Eternal
James MacMillan – In splendoribus sanctorum from ‘The Strathclyde Motets’
Jonathan Dove – Oh this wondrous sea