Alex Warham & Blair Cargill

Alexander Warham began playing the cello at age 8 with his mother Christine Warham in Middlesbrough and then gained a scholarship to St Mary’s Music School in Edinburgh where he studied with Ruth Beauchamp for 7 years. While at St Mary’s he was a finalist in the Schools Directors Recital prize, was awarded the Izzet Chamber Music prize and was overall winner for the Edinburgh Competition festival for 2006 before getting a scholarship to the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. While there he studied with cellist Emma Ferrand and the Russian cellist Karine Georgian. He currently teaches the cello for Aberdeen City Music Service.

Blair Cargill grew up in Arbroath and began his musical life as a brass player before commencing piano studies at aged 13. He was awarded an entrance scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama followed by postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music, gaining the LRAM piano teachers' diploma and the Jackson Prize. His teachers have included Kathleen Renilson, John York, Alexander Kelly and principally the Russian teacher Nina Sereda. He currently teaches in South Aberdeenshire schools and Robert Gordon's College and is accompanist for Stonehaven Choral and Aberdeen Orpheus Choir.