Rachel Fryer - Pianist

Rachel Fryer studied at York University, at Kharkov Conservatoire, Ukraine, at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and at the Royal College of Music where she was awarded a Masters Degree in Advanced Performance and many prizes.

Rachel works extensively both as a soloist and accompanist, giving recitals and concerto performances throughout Great Britain and on international cruise ships. Rachel has broadcast on radio and television stations including Classic FM. Rachel works as a visiting lecturer in piano studies and accompanist at East Sussex Academy of Music in Lewes. Recent performances include a solo recital at Fairfield Hall, Croydon.

31 March 2009 7.30pm
The Hilser Trio – Rachel Smith (Flute), Rachel Firmager (Cello), Rachel Fryer (piano)
Westgate Chapel, High Street, Lewes
Programme to include Gaubert, Beethoven, Faure

Friday 15 May 2009 7.30pm
St. Luke’s Church, Queen’s Park Road, Brighton - Three Premieres and a Mozart
Brighton Festival Fringe* concert. First performances of Piano Quartets by Paul Carr, Peter Copley and Guy Richardson plus Mozart’s G minor Quartet. Rachel Fryer piano, Ellie Blackshaw violin, Ros Hanson viola, Peter Copley cello. Tickets Ł9 ( Ł5 concs)

Saturday 30 May 2009 7.30pm
St. Michael’s and All Angels, Victoria Road, Brighton
Brighton Festival Fringe* concert. Masquerades. An intriguing programme linked to characters from Pierrot including Schumann – Carnaval, Debussy – Suite Bergamasque and Thorogood – Harlequinade

Sunday 31 May 2009
Solo piano recital at Oxmarket Centre of Arts, St. Andrews Court, East Street, Chichester 2.30pm (Ł7 / 4.50)
Masquerades. An intriguing programme linked to characters from Pierrot including Schumann – Carnaval, Debussy – Suite Bergamasque and Thorogood – Harlequinade

Thursday 24 September 1pm
All Saints Church, Hove. The Hilser Trio – Rachel Smith (Flute), Rachel Firmager (Cello), Rachel Fryer (piano) A programme with a French flavour including Debussy and Gaubert’s Trois Aquarelles and Piece Romantique

Friday 25 September 7.30pm
St. Luke’s Church, Queen’s Park Road The Hilser Trio – Rachel Smith (Flute), Rachel Firmager (Cello), Rachel Fryer (piano) A programme with a French flavour including Debussy and Gaubert’s Trois Aquarelles and Piece Romantique

Wednesday 18 November 12,30pm
St. Nicholas Church, Dyke Road, Brighton Solo piano recital to include Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata and other favourites

28 February 2009 7.30pm
Beethoven Concerto No. 4 with Dacorum Symphony Orchestra
Saturday September 13th, 08 7.30pm
Solo Piano Recital at St. Mary’s, Bramber, Steyning Masquerades, including Schumann – Carnaval, Debussy – Suite Bergamasque Thorogood – Harlequinade, Paul Lewis - Music Hall Moments
Friday August 29th 08, 7.30pm
Solo Piano Recital at St. Luke’s Church, Queen’s Park Road Masquerades, including Schumann – Carnaval, Debussy – Suite Bergamasque Thorogood – Harlequinade, Paul Lewis - Music Hall Moments
Wednesday July 2nd 08 7.30pm
Cavendish School, Eastbourne Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the South Downs Concert Band
Sunday May 25th – 3pm
Unitarian Church, New Road, Brighton Jeremy Vinogradov (baritone) and Rachel Fryer (piano) Performing Schubert’s Winterreise
Thursday April 24th 2008 – 1pm
St. Johns Smith Square, London
The Hilser Trio – Rachel Smith (flute), Rachel Firmager (cello), Rachel Fryer (piano) Programme to include Haydn, Damase and Durufle
Tuesday March 25th 08 - 1.10pm
Chapel Royal, North St, Brighton Zoe Davies – clarinet and Rachel Fryer – piano Programme to include Tributes by Geoffrey Bush and Horowitz’s Sonata
Sunday January 20th 2008
Rachel Firmager (cello) and Rachel Fryer (piano) Eastbourne Underground Theatre 2.30pm Beethoven A Major and Rachmaninov Sonatas for Cello and Piano
Sunday December 9th 07 – 2.30pm
Oxmarket Centre of Arts, St. Andrews Court, East Street, Chichester 2.30pm (Ł7 / 4.50) Oboe, Bassoon and Piano Trio. Programme includes Poulenc’s Trio for Oboe Bassoon and Piano
Friday September 21st 07
Clarinet and Piano Recital St. Luke's Church, Queens Park Road 7.30pm Zoe Davies and Rachel Fryer, both local to Brighton present a varied programme including Norbert Burgmuller, Joseph Horovitz and Geoffrey Bush’s Tributes for clarinet and piano
Saturday September 29th 07 – 7.30pm
St. Botolph’s Church, Trunch, Norfolk: Rachel Fryer – Piano Solo Piano works from Eastern Europe. A tour of Eastern European composers including Scriabin, the lesser known About Mother by Suk and more popular works by Rachmaninov and Chopin.
Friday July 13th 07 - 7.30pm
Kosinka Piano Trio - Steyning
Monday July 2nd 07 - 7.30pm
Chapel Royal, North Street, Brighton Rachel Fryer - Charity Piano Recital in aid of the Navarro Trust working with drug rehabilitation programmes. Programme to include Chopin and Rachmaninov, Haydn and Debussy
Tuesday June 5th 2007 – 7.30pm
Westgate Chapel, High Street, Lewes: Rachel Fryer – Piano Solo - Piano works from Eastern Europe. A tour of Eastern European composers including Scriabin, the lesser known About Mother by Suk and more popular works by Rachmaninov and Chopin.
Friday 25th May 2007 - 7.30pm
St. Luke's Church, Queens Park Road - AROUND EASTERN EUROPE - Piano works from Eastern Europe: Rachel Fryer – Piano Solo. A tour of Eastern European composers including Scriabin, the lesser known 'About Mother' by Suk and more popular works by Rachmaninov and Chopin.
Sunday 20th May 2007 - 2.30pm
St. Luke's Church, Queens Park Road A Gala Performance given by the most talented students from the East Sussex Academy of Music in Lewes. There will be a wide range of music, instrumentalists and singers, solos and ensembles. The concert is in aid of St. Luke's Community Project working with local childrens' hospices and African schools.
Sunday 1st April 2007 - 2.30pm
Eastbourne Underground Theatre, under the library. Kosinka Piano Trio Jonathan Truscott, violin, Rachel Firmager, cello, Rachel Fryer, piano Beethoven Piano Trio in D op. 70 no. 1 Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 1 Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D
Sunday 25th February 2007 - 2.30pm
Oxmarket Centre of Arts, St. Andrews Court, East Street, Chichester The Hilser Trio - Rachel Smith(flute), Rachel Firmager (cello) and Rachel Fryer (piano) perform works by Damase, Lewis, Haydn and Mendelssohn
Tuesday 12th December 06 - 1.10pm
Chapel Royal, North Street, Brighton - Rachel Smith (flute) and Rachel Fryer (piano). Russian Scenes including Prokofiev Sonata and a new work by Paul Lewis
Sunday 10th December 06 – 2.30pm
St. Luke’s Church, Queens Park Road, Brighton - Rachel Smith (flute) and Rachel Fryer (piano). Russian Scenes including Prokofiev Sonata and a new work by Paul Lewis
Tuesday 24th October 06 - 1.10pm
Chapel Royal, North Street, Brighton - Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor and Shostakovich Trio no. 2. Jonathan Truscott (violin), Rachel Firmager (cello) and Rachel Fryer (piano)
Friday 29th September 06 - 7.30pm
St. Luke's Church, Queens Park Road, Brighton - Debbie Bridge (soprano) and Rachel Fryer (piano). Contemporary songs from America and Germany. Debbie Bridge (soprano) and Rachel Fryer (piano) perform works by Weill and Berg, contemporary composer Phil Baker, Copland, Barber and Gershwin. >
Tuesday 11th July 06 - 1.05pm
Fairfield Hall, Croydon - Piano Favourites. Rachel Fryer will perform many popular piano favourites by composers including Scarlatti's Sonata in C, Beethoven - Fur Elise, Chopin - Nocturne in D flat major & Fantasie-Impromptu, Gershwin's Three Preludes, Debussy's Clair de Lune & L’isle Joyeuse
Tuesday 4th July 06 - 1.10pm
Chapel Royal, North Street, Brighton - Piano Favourites. Rachel Fryer will perform many popular piano favourites by composers including Scarlatti's Sonata in C, Beethoven - Fur Elise, Chopin - Nocturne in D flat major & Fantasie-Impromptu, Gershwin's Three Preludes, Debussy's Clair de Lune & L’isle Joyeuse
Thursday June 29th 06 1.00 pm
All Saints Church, Hove - The Hilser Trio was founded four years ago and since then has performed in many festivals throughout the country. Following their success in last year's Brighton festival they will be performing works by Martinu and Kuhlau.
Sunday 21st May 06
– St. Botolph’s Church, Trunch, Norfolk 7pm - Mozart Piano Concerto in A K488
Sunday May 14th 06 - 7.30pm
St. Luke's Church, Queens Park Road - Eastern Delights. Rachel Firmager cello and Rachel Fryer piano perform sonatas by Kodaly and Rachmaninov
Sunday May 7th 06 - 7.30pm
St. Luke's Church, Queens Park Road - The Not so New Romantics. Stephen Brown tenor, Rachel Fryer piano, Shellira String Quartet (Shereen Godber and Jonathan Truscott violins, Ellie Blackshaw viola, Rachel Firmager (cello) present Schumann's Piano Quintet and Dichterliebe and Vaughan William's On Wenlock Edge
Friday April 21st 06 - 7.30pm
- The Rachel flute cello piano trio - St. Luke's Church, Queens Park Road, Rachel Smith (flute), Rachel Firmager (cello), Rachel Fryer (piano)
Three Great Romantic Trios. The Hilser Trio was founded four years ago and since then has performed in many festivals throughout the country. Following their success in last year's Brighton festival they will be performing works by Mendelssohn, Martinu and Kuhlau.
Tuesday February 21st 06
- Chapel Royal, North Street, Brighton - Debbie Bridge, soprano & Rachel Fryer, piano. Programme includes Richard Strauss, Berg's 7 early songs, arias and some Gershwin
Tuesday January 17th, 06 - Fairfield Hall, Croydon - 1pm
Rachel Firmager (cello) & Rachel Fryer (piano) performing Debussy Sonata, Janacek Pohadka and French folk songs
Friday 16th December 05
St. Luke's Church, Queens Park Road 7.30pm - Piano: Rachel Fryer, Programme: Haydn Sonata in C, Brahms op.118, Becker's new work Light in the Dark (second performance), Debussy's L'isle joyeuse and some festive music.
LIGHT IN THE DARK! Sunday 11th December 05
Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton - 2.30pm - Solo Piano Recital in aid of The Neighbourhood Care Scheme Including a specially commissioned world premiere by Samuel Becker funded by the Performing Rights Society as well as music by Chopin, Haydn & Debussy & some festive music!
Friday 23 September 05
- St. Luke's Church Recital Series - Rachel Firmager (cello) and Rachel Fryer (piano), Music around the world including Argentinian Tango by Piazzola, Janacek - Pohadka (Czech Republic) and French folk songs.
Monday 1st August 05
– St Lawrence Jewry-next-Guildhall, Gresham Street - Rachel Smith flute and Rachel Fryer piano perform a programme of British music as the opening concert in the August Music Festival, Malcolm Arnold – Sonatine, Paul Lewis – Pictures of Childhood, Paul Carr – Three Pieces Blue, Gordon Jacob – On a Summer Evening
Thursday August 4th 05
- All Saints' Church, The Drive, Hove 1-1.45pm - Rachel Smith (flute), Esther Ward-Caddle (cello), Rachel Fryer (piano), Haydn - Trio in G major, Paul Lewis - Spring Suite, Duruflé - Prelude, Recitatif et variations
Saturday 30th July 05
- St Mary O'Haura Church, East Street, Shoreham 7.30pm. Rachel Smith (flute),Esther Ward-Caddle (cello), Rachel Fryer (piano) . French music from the romantic period including Duruflé's Prelude, Recitatif et variations, Pierné's Sonata da camera, and works by Damase and Debussy, Haydn's Trio in G major and Spring Suite by Brighton-based composer Paul Lewis.
Monday July 4th 05
- Trio recital at St. Paul's Church, London with Rachel Smith (flute), Esther Ward-Caddle (cello) and Rachel Fryer (piano)<
Tuesday June 21st 05 - 1.10pm
Chapel Royal, North Street, Brighton - including Arnold flute sonata - Rachel Smith (flute), Rachel Fryer (piano) lunchtime recital
Sunday June 19th
- Recital at Ringwood & Sheiling Community, Hampshire
Thursday 16th June 05 - 1pm,
All Saints Church, Hove - piano recital - Works include Schumann’s Kinderscenen and Debussy’s Children’s Corner
Saturday 11th June 05 – 7.30pm
- Trunch, Norfolk - solo piano recital. Works include Schumann’s Kinderscenen and Debussy’s Children’s Corner
Saturday 28th May 05
- Brighton Festival Fringe 3pm - Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton - Rachel Fryer (piano), A selection of piano favourites by Schumann, Chopin and Debussy with a theme of children. Profits to local charity Humanity at Heart working to relieve poverty in Romania.
Wednesday May 11th 05
- Friends Meeting House, Ship Street 7.30pm, Cafe Parisienne: A selection of French music for flute, cello and piano including works by Durufle, Ravel and a first performance of a work by local composer Paul Lewis. Performed by the Hilser Trio (Rachel Smith-flute, Esther Ward-Caddle: cello, Rachel Fryer: piano).
Tuesday 22nd March 05
Chapel Royal, North Street, Brighton 1.10pm, Rachel Firmager - cello and Rachel Fryer - piano, Including Beethoven's 1st Sonata for Cello and Piano
Tuesday 15th February 05 - 1.10pm,
Chapel Royal, Brighton, Solo piano recital to include Schumann's Kinderscenen and Debussy
Tuesday 30th November 04 -
Chapel Royal, North Street, Brighton, Tenor Stephen Brown, Piano – Rachel Fryer - A variety of English and German songs including Schumann's Dichterliebe.