Upcoming Events
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21st August -2nd September 2026
Performances around Norway
Alastair will be giving recitals with pianist Jon Pease onboard P&O Ship Arcadia as it voyages around Norway.
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10th September 2026
Lunchtime recital in Leatherhead
Sound Earth Duo (Alastair Penman & Jenni Watson) will be giving a lunchtime recital at Leatherhead Methodist Church as part of the Music on Thursdays series.
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16th September 2026
Evening performance at Chelmsford Cathedral
Sound Earth Duo (Alastair Penman & Jenni Watson) will be giving an evening performance at Chelmsford Cathedral as part of the Threads through Creation installation series at the Cathedral. More info to follow.
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16th October 2026
Lunchtime recital at Chelmsford Cathedral
Alastair will be giving a lunchtime recital with pianist Jonathan Pease at Chelmsford Cathedral. More info to follow.
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17th October 2026
Claire Jones Ensemble in Woodstock
Alastair will be performing with the Claire Jones Ensemble for a concert at St Mary Magdalen Church, Woodstock
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23rd-25th October 2026
Benslow Autumn Saxes
Alastair will be coaching on the ever popular Autumn Saxes course at Benslow music alongside Gerard McChrystal. More info and booking here.
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11th November 2026
Lunchtime recital at All Saints' Hertford
Sound Earth Duo (Alastair Penman & Jenni Watson) will be giving a lunchtime recital at All Saints' Hertford as part of the Soundbites series.
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28th November 2026
Claire Jones Ensemble in Thame
Alastair will be performing with the Claire Jones Ensemble for a concert at St Mary's, Thame.
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13th December 2026
Yamaparampan in Valladolid (Spain)
Alastair will be performing with Yamparampan for a series of workshops at the Centro Cultural Miguel Delibes, Valladolid (Spain)
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14th December 2026
Masterclasses at Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Valladolid
Alastair will be working with students at the Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Valladolid (Spain)
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15-16th December 2026
Masterclasses at Concert at Conservatorio Superior de Música de Castilla y León (COSCyL), Salamanca
Alastair will be working with students at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Castilla y León in Salamanca on 15th and 16th December, followed by a recital at 8pm on 16th December.
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20th March 2027
Sound Earth Duo recital at the Menuhin Room, Portsmouth
Sound Earth Duo (Alastair Penman and Jenni Watson) will be giving at lunchtime recital in the Menuhin Room at Portsmouth Library.
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2nd-4th April 2027
Benslow Spring Saxes
Alastair will be coaching on the ever popular Spring Saxes course at Benslow music alongside Gerard McChrystal. More info and booking to follow.
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9th-12th August 2027
Benslow Summer Saxes
Alastair will be coaching on the ever popular Summer Saxes course at Benslow music alongside Gerard McChrystal. More info and booking to follow.
22nd-24th October 2027
Benslow Summer Saxes
Alastair will be coaching on the ever popular Autumn Saxes course at Benslow music alongside Gerard McChrystal. More info and booking to follow.
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2nd November 2027
Lunchtime recital at Chichester Cathedral
Alastair will be giving a lunchtime recital with pianist Jonathan Pease at Chichester Cathedral. More info to follow.
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Previous performances have included recitals at: (solo recitals unless otherwise stated)
1901 Arts Club (KSQ) - Acton Hill Church - All Saints, Hertford - Aylesbury Lunchtime Concerts - BBC Proms (BSQ) - Beaconsfield URC - Boston Concert Club (BSQ) - Bridgewater Hall (BSQ) - Brighton Festival (KSQ) - Brockenhurst Music Society (KSQ) - Bury St Edmunds Concert Club - Cambridge Music Festival (KSQ) - Canterbury Christ Church University Saxophone Day - Chapel Royal, Brighton - Charterhouse School (KSQ) - Chelmsford Cathedral - Chichester Cathedral - Chiltern Arts Festival (depping with Ferio) - Clitheroe Concerts (BSQ) - Cossington Concerts (KSQ) - Crosby Hall (BSQ) - Dart Festival (BSQ) - European Saxophone Congress - Faversham Music Club (KSQ) - Garforth Arts Festival (BSQ) - Grimsby Concert Society - Henley Festival (KSQ) - Herb Alpert School of Music, UCLA, USA - Heron Theatre (BSQ) - Heswall Concerts (BSQ) - Holmes Chapel Music Society (KSQ) - Honiton Festival (BSQ) - Islington Proms - Katherine Concerts - Leamington Festival (BSQ) - Leatherhead Methodist Church - Live @ Dawkes - Liverpool University (BSQ) - London School of Economics (depping with Ferio) - Mansion House (KSQ) - Marlow Festival - Menuhin Room, Portsmouth - Milton Court - Music in Pinner (KSQ) - Music in Quiet Places (KSQ) - Newnham College, Cambridge - Purcell Room (Solo, BSQ) - Radlett Music Club (depping with Ferio) - RNCM Chamber Music Festival (BSQ) - RNCM Saxophone Day - Rottingdean Festival (KSQ) - Selwyn College, Cambridge - Sittingbourne Music Society (KSQ) - Skipton Music Society (BSQ) - St Anne's, Kew - St Catharine's College Chapel, Cambridge - St Edmund King and Martyr, London - St James's Piccadilly (Solo, BSQ) - St John's, Smith Square (Solo, BSQ) - St John's, Peterborough - St Lawrence Jewry (KSQ) - St Martin-in-the-Fields (Solo, BSQ) - St Magnus International Festival (KSQ) - Stour Early Music Festival (depping with Ferio) - The Forge, Camden (Solo, BSQ) - The Great Hall, Barts Heritage - The Old Court, Windsor (BSQ, KSQ) - Treasury Music Society (KSQ) - Two Moors Festival (KSQ) - Victoria International Arts Festival, Malta (ASQ) - Weston Music Society - WITS University, South Arica - Wooburn Festival - World Saxophone Congress (Solo, KSQ) - York University (KSQ) - Zurich University of the Arts
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Previous concerto performances include:
Beamish - Under the Wing of the Rock
Coates - Saxo-Rhapsody
Copland - Concerto for Clarinet
Glazunov - Concerto in Eb
Graham - In League with Extraordinary Gentlemen
Ibert - Concertino da Camera
Itturalde - Pequena Czarda
Mackey - Soprano Saxophone Concerto
Milhaud - La Création du Monde
Penman arr. Stubbs - Rhapsody on Electric Dawn
Piazzolla arr. Stubbs - Ave Maria
Scott - Dark Rain
Shaw - Clarinet Concerto
Swerts - Dance of Uzume
Williams - Viktor's Tale
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Major venues performed at include:​
Barbican Centre - BBC Proms (at the Royal Albert Hall) - Birmingham Hippodrome - Bridgewater Hall - Bristol Hippodrome - Cadogan Hall - Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) - Hall for Cornwall - King's College Chapel (Cambridge) - Leicester Curve - The Lighthouse (Poole) - Liverpool Philharmonic - Luxembourg Conservatoire - Millennium Centre (Cardiff) - Milton Court Concert Hall - Nottingham Royal Concert Hall - Royal Albert Hall - RNCM Concert Hall - Sadler's Wells - Saffron Hall - Southbank Centre - St George's Chapel (Windsor Castle) - Symphony Hall (Birmingham) - UCLA - Usher Hall - West Road Concert Hall
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