The free lunchtime recitals that took place throughout June and July saw current and former pupils perform to audiences of pupils, staff and visitors over nine lunchtimes. The standard of performance was breathtaking, showcasing a wide range of musical genres.

Key to photos
Top row: from the left: Hroshi Amako and Selim Ungut, Dan Daly, Zara Fyfe, Graham Scott, Andrew Fyfe, Jonathan Gleek and Eleanor Sowden
Bottom row: Hiroshi Amako and Helena Cooke, Miriam Bowen, Mark Swinto, Jonathan Cooke, Fergal O'Mahoney

The recitals were given by:

• Zara Fyfe soprano
  Zara has just completed her first years at Trinity College of Music studying Voice under Sophie Grimmer. She is a member of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain, and more recently recorded in EMI studios and performed in the Royal Festival Hall for Karl Jenkins. http://www.kingschester.co.uk/uploads/flippingBooks/ProgrammeLunchtimeRecitalZaraFyfe
• Dan Daly tenor
  Dan is reading Music at Durham University. He is a member of several university choirs, and outside Durham he enjoys singing with the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and the St Endellion Festival Chorus in particular. http://www.kingschester.co.uk/uploads/flippingBooks/ProgrammeLunchtimeRecitalDanDaly
• Eleanor Sowden mezzo soprano and Jonathan Gleek piano
  Upper Sixth pupil Eleanor Sowden is a member of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and is joined by former pupil Jonathan Gleek for a light programme of jazz and popular songs. Jonathan is reading Geography at the University of Sheffield, where he is managing the Sheffield University Jazz Orchestra. http://www.kingschester.co.uk/uploads/flippingBooks/ProgrammeLunchtimeRecitalGleekSowden
• King’s Piano Trio: Hiroshi Amako violin, Miriam Bowen cello and Selim Ungut piano
  The last chance to hear the current members of the King’s Piano Trio before violinist Hiroshi Amako leaves to study Music as a Choral Scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge. http://www.kingschester.co.uk/uploads/flippingBooks/ProgrammeLunchtimeRecitalKingsPianoTrio
• Mark Swinton organ
  Former pupil Mark Swinton is an internationally-acclaimed organist, currently Organist and Director of Music at Kendal Parish Church. He has a Masters in Music from the University of York and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists. http://www.kingschester.co.uk/uploads/flippingBooks/ProgrammeLunchtimeRecitalMarkSwinton
• Fergal O’Mahony piano
  After leaving King's Fergal studied at the Royal Northern College of Music, University of Manchester and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He has performed frequently throughout the UK and Europe as well as in Kazakhstan and the USA. As concerto soloist he has performed with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Manchester Camerata and Grimethorpe Colliery Band amongst others. http://www.kingschester.co.uk/uploads/flippingBooks/ProgrammeLunchtimeRecitalFergalOMahony
• Jonathan Cooke tenor
• Jonathan is studying at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama with Iain Paton. He has sung for Garsington Opera, European Opera and Scottish Opera, and in concert halls all over the UK. He can currently be heard on the soundtrack of the blockbuster film, Ironclad, which stars Derek Jacobi, Brian Cox, James Purefoy and Mackenzie Crook. http://www.kingschester.co.uk/uploads/flippingBooks/ProgrammeLunchtimeRecitalJonathanCooke
• Graham Scott piano
  Graham is now Head of the School of Keyboard Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music, and gave a recital on our new Yamaha C7 grand piano. After leaving King’s Graham studied with distinguished Polish pianist Ryszard Bakst at Chetham’s School of Music and the RNCM and has since firmly established himself as one of Britain’s leading pianists. http://www.kingschester.co.uk/uploads/flippingBooks/ProgrammeLunchtimeRecitalGrahamScott
• Helena Cooke alto, Hiroshi Amako tenor and Andrew Fyfe flute
  Their recital featured performances of Benjamin Britten’s Abraham and Isaac and Francis Poulenc’s Flute Sonata. http://www.kingschester.co.uk/uploads/flippingBooks/ProgrammeLunchtimeRecitalAmakoCookeFyfe