West Riding Ensemble

04/06/2026

Fancy learning oboe?

We’re pleased to announce that the oboe has now been added to our Rare Breeds Programme! 🎶

Our Rare Breeds Programme offers Half-Price 20-minute lessons for a select few less commonly played instruments!

Instruments included:
Baritone, Bassoon, Double Bass, Euphonium, French Horn, Trombone, Tuba, Viola, Oboe
What’s available:
• 50% off 20-minute lessons for two terms
• A third term at 50% off when the student joins a Music Hub group
• Instrument hire at 50% off under the same offer
• Free music group membership in term 3

Open to new learners and students wishing to switch instruments.
Find out more here: https://www.sheffieldmusichub.org/ev_blog_blog_posts/view/707

31/05/2026

🎶 We're playing in Castleton! 🎶
Our programme of 'core classics' was a roaring success in Sheffield. If you missed it, or just want to hear it again - here's your chance.

🗓️ Saturday 27th June, 7.30pm
📍 St Edmund's church, Castle St, Castleton

🎟️ TICKETS: https://www.ticketsource.com/west-riding-ensemble/core-classics-st-edmunds-castleton/e-ljzvaz
(or on the door)

MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A (Sofia Nikolaeva, clarinet)
SCHUBERT: Quartettsatz
MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet op.12

West Riding Ensemble Quartet
David Milsom & Maria Nikolaeva - violin
Charlotte Kenyon - viola
George Kennaway - cello

31/05/2026

27th June, 7.30pm at Castleton church. Ticket link in bio / tickets on the door.

29/05/2026

Spreading flyers for our concert in Castleton on June 27 takes us to the somewhat faded grandeur of Buxton…hoping to get a good crowd for our lovely concert!

28/05/2026

A year ago we had just finished two intense days of recording. Working with an engineer at the other end of the country amongst massive work schedules has made this slow, but we are very very nearly ready to launch our Shostakovich 8th quartet recording onto YouTube, with Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence soon to follow. Come and hear us live in just over a month in the beautiful St Edmund’s Church in Castleton in our season finale, joined once again by superb young clarinettist Sofia in the Mozart Clarinet Quintet.

18/05/2026

After a successful Monteverdi Vespers ‘liturgical performance’ yesterday, our next concert, and season finale, is this: on the other side of A levels, huge marking schedules, seven day working weeks, and other things preoccupying us at the moment! But it’s wonderful to be able to play this beautiful programme again! Do come: a lovely rural venue steeped in culture and history! Can’t wait to get through next few weeks!!!

17/05/2026

We're enjoying ourselves today with Monteverdi and the choir's of St John's!

15/05/2026

After our liturgical performance of Monteverdi Vespers at St John’s Ranmoor this Sunday (6.30pm) our next concert, and likely the last of this season, sees us reprise our chamber concert from April 25 in the beautiful setting of St Edmund’s Church in Castleton. If you missed it, or if you would like as several have said to hear it again, please come!

12/05/2026

David reflects back almost exactly two years to setting up WRE. ‘We do everything ourselves. Even our logo reflects our ethos of collaboration’ he recalls. The original idea came from David’s mum, who is an artist. ‘We all had a go, and I came up, I think with the idea of incorporating a string instrument f-hole. The final design was perfected by who turned it into this!’ WRE has events on May 17 and June 27 before a summer recess. Do watch for details!