Lunchtime Music

Jiayue Wang flute
Joanne Sealey piano

Programme tbc.

Rufus Westley piano

Debussy Pour le piano
Rzewski Dreadful memories from North American ballads
Kapustin Toccatina

Jiayue Wang (pictured) is currently a postgraduate flute student at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. She enjoys performing in a range of projects, including the Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra, Baroque Orchestra, and chamber music settings.

In China, she was actively involved in her university orchestra and often helped organise rehearsals and concerts. Jiayue also enjoys teaching flute and connecting with students through music.

She is particularly interested in exploring new repertoire and building musical connections across different cultures.

Rufus Westley is a piano student who is currently in his 3rd year at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, with Katharine Lam as his tutor. In his first year at RBC, he was a finalist in two competitions, the Winifred Micklam Prize, where he was awarded 1st prize for the Joyce Stanley presention award for 'verbal introduction and stage presence', and the Denis Matthews Piano Prize. In his second year, he went on to have additional success and attain 1st prize in the Denis Matthews Prize. 

Since the age of six, Rufus has enjoyed performing and listening to music and has played in a variety of competitions and venues, such as regularly performing in Dudley Music Festival on an annual basis.

Running time approx. 55 minutes