Let's meet at **Pittville Pump Room** for a **free** lunchtime concert. These Young Musician Concerts exist by kind permission from The Cheltenham Trust in collaboration with the Cheltenham Music Festival Society.

This week's performance is by **Christopher Guild (piano)**. Born in Scotland in 1986, Christopher Guild studied piano and violin locally before entering St Mary’s Music School, Edinburgh aged 13. He took top honours in the Moray Piano Competition 2001 - he remains the youngest winner to this day. Christopher entered the Royal College of Music in 2005 as a Foundation Scholar and studied for six years with Andrew Ball, gaining a First Class BMus (Hons), and the MMus and Artist Diploma with Distinction. He went on to be the Richard Carne Junior Fellowship in Performance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance 2012-13.

In recent years, Christopher has turned towards writing and teaching. His articles on Scottish classical music have appeared in editions of iScot magazine, and he was invited to present on classical music inspired by the Scottish Literary Renaissance in Musica Scotica's annual conference 2019. For several years he was on the full time staff of the Godolphin School, Wiltshire as Accompanist and Head of Instrumental Music, and since 2018 has taught peripatetically at Salisbury Cathedral School, Millfield School, Reigate Grammar School and at Junior Trinity (London). He is now on the visiting music staff of Dean Close School (Cheltenham), Solihull School (W. Midlands), and the Gloucestershire Academy of Music.

"The rhythmic vivacity and crispness of his delivery, the subtlety of his pedalling, the incisiveness of attack with never a hint of heaviness, and his range of keyboard colour are such that I’m sure the composer himself would have applauded... All in all this is a splendid achievement." - Calum MacDonald, International Record Review.

No need to purchase tickets ahead of time. Just turn up on the day. Concerts begin at 1pm & last approximately 45 minutes. We’ll go to a cafe nearby for a drink, snack & chat afterward.

Looking forward to seeing you!

Jessica :)

**DATE**: Tuesday 19th November
**TIME**: The concert is 1-2pm. Please arrive 5-10 minutes early to secure a seat. We'll go to a cafe afterward.
**WHERE**: Pittville Pump Room
**ADDRESS**: E Approach Dr, Cheltenham GL52 3JE
**COST**: **FREE** (although they welcome donations welcome)
**PARKING**: On nearby streets (free for 3 hours) or onsite (charge)

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