Joe Reynolds & Tammas Slater

Joseph Reynolds (cello) grew up in Cambridge before studying music at Exeter College, Oxford. Since then he has given concerts across Europe, from Parisian churches to the Royal Albert Hall to Italian mountaintops. As a soloist he recently performed Elgar’s Cello Concerto with the Forest Philharmonic Orchestra and won First Prize and the Suzanne Beer prize at the North London Music Festival. As a chamber musician he has performed with the Barbican Quartet and the Knussen Chamber Orchestra; his quartet were in residence at the 2025 Lake District Music Festival. Joe has participated in masterclasses with Steven Isserlis, Yo-Yo Ma and Natalie Clein. Joe organised and performed in two sold-out concerts at the 2025 Students Create Festival: Jazz meets Baroque and Sonic Tasting. Supported by Help Musicians, the Wayne Sleep Foundation, the Derek Simpson Award and a Calleva Scholarship, Joe is continuing his studies with Hannah Roberts at the Royal Academy of Music.

Tammas Slater is standing in for George Herbert who has unfortunately injured his wrist. Tammas is a prize-winning graduate of Chetham’s School of Music, Cambridge University and the Royal Academy of Music, Tammas Slater has partnered singers and instrumentalists at many of the UK’s most prestigious concert venues, including the Wigmore Hall, Leeds Lieder, and the Bridgewater Hall, and appeared on BBC Radio as a pianist, organist and composer. The recipient of numerous prizes and scholarships during his studies, Tammas is currently Gilbert & Eileen Edgar and Anthony Saltmarsh Fellow in Collaborative Piano at the Royal College of Music.