We had our first ever re­hearsal with the Raise Your Voice En­semble on Tuesday. This fant­astic group of young mu­si­cians will be per­forming new music by Hannah Ashman, Francesca le Lohé, Maur­icio Pauly, Steve Pycroft, Richard Scott and Chris Swith­in­bank on Feb­ruary 28^th at Centro Bar, Tib St., Manchester, UK. The mu­si­cians are: Jenny Dyson (flute/piccolo), Jonathan Guy (cla­ri­nets), Steve Pycroft (drums), Chris­topher Jones and Mi­chael Jones (vi­olins), Rob Guy (viola) and Anna Men­zies (cello).

Pho­to­grapher, mu­si­cian and all-round good guy Simon Bray was good enough to come along and take a few pic­tures, so we’re de­lighted to be able to show you some shots of what we’re up to. Check out Simon’s Flickr for some more of his photography.