Upcoming

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7 Nov 2025 7pm //  Recorder duo  //  Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, Brussels

Premiere of Ellen's recorder miniature 'In the Mist' for descant and treble recorder, performed by students of the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles alongside other recorder works.

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Past

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23 Jun 2025  //  King's College Orchestra  //  King's College Chapel, Cambridge
Ellen is conducting Florence Price's 'The Oak' in a concert with King's College Orchestra and King's Voices.

29 May 2025  //  Monday's Child  //  St Mary's Church, Battersea, London
The contemporary music ensemble Monday's Child will be performing Ellen's 15 minute piece Punch and Judy alongside other contemporary works.

21-22 Mar 2025  //  Installation  //  West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
See the premiere screening of the short film R.E.M as part of the West Road Concert Hall electro//acoustic day. Music: Ellen Drewe | Animation: Raki Kadija Sy

21 Mar 2025  //  Riot Ensemble  //  West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
The Riot Ensemble will be premiering Ellen's piece 'to change is to be beautiful' in the second concert of the West Road Concert Hall electro//acoustic day 2025.

9 Mar 2025  //  King's College Orchestra  //  King's College Dining Hall, Cambridge
Ellen will be conducting Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture with King's College Orchestra.

17 Nov 2024  //  King's College Orchestra  //  King's College Dining Hall, Cambridge
Ellen will be conducting Gerald Finzi's Dies Natalis, with soloist Matt Supramanium and Thea Musgrave's Aurora in a concert with King's College Orchestra.

19 Dec 2022  //  RAM 200 Pieces  //  ONLINE

Online release of 'Chronokinesis' for clarinet and electronics as part of the Royal Academy of Music Bicentenary 200 Pieces.

1 May 2022  //  Martin Read Festival  //  Alton College, Alton
Open workshop led by Ellen and premiere of the piece 'Don't burn your bridges until after you've crossed them' for flexible ensemble at the Martin Read Festival.

13 Feb 2022  //  Luna Collective  //  ONLINE
A collection of pieces by living composers, performed and recorded at the Royal Academy of Music.

30 Nov 2021  //  W1 Brass  //  ABRH, Royal Academy of Music, London
A premiere in collaboration with W1 Brass. A leading brass quintet from the Royal Academy of Music.

1 Jul 2021  //  DNA Festival  //  London  //  *CANCELLED*
Premiere of a short work in collaboration with Isabelle Haile and the DNA Festival, exploring her Ethiopian heritage.

 

25 Apr 2021  //  Martin Read Festival  //  ONLINE

Premiere of a short work for soprano and 2 violins, hosted online due to the lockdown.

20 Jan 2021  //  Bandwidth Ensemble  //  ONLINE
Premiere with the online-only ensemble Bandwidth during lockdown.

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25 Nov 2020  //  Leona Crasi (piano)  //  ABRH, Royal Academy of Music, London

Premiere of a collection of solo piano miniatures 'Down the Rabbit Hole' at the Royal Academy of Music.

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27 Aug 2020  //  Kristýna Žáková (cello)  //  ABRH, Royal Academy of Music, London

Premiere of the solo cello piece 'Divergence' written for Kristýna Žáková's final recital.

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1 Jul 2020  //  Music Box  //  ONLINE

Release of a short miniature transcription of Thelonious Monk's 'Ugly Beauty' for music box, punched and filmed by David Nunn.

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9 Mar 2020  //  Eumelia Trio  //  ABRH, Royal Academy of Music, London

Performance of Ellen's piano trio 'Asplenium Ruta Muralis' at the Royal Academy of Music.

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8 Mar 2020  //  Eumelia Trio  //  Royal College of Music, London

Performance of Ellen's piano trio 'Asplenium Ruta Muralis' at the Royal College of Music for International Women's Day.

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21 Feb 2020  //  Eumelia Trio  //  V&A Museum, London

Premiere of Ellen's piano trio 'Asplenium Ruta Muralis' in the European Gallery of the V&A Museum.

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Sep 2019 - Sep 2020  //  Installation  //  Regent's Park, London

'Music for Trees' music installation in Regent's Park in collaboration with Royal Academy of Music composers.

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19 Jun 2019  //  Maja Persson (flute)  //  Brunel Museum, London

Premiere of the solo flute piece 'Drink Me' at the Brunel Museum in London.

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20 Nov 2018  //  Borough New Music  //  St George the Martyr, Southwark, London

Premiere of the piece, 'I Know You Are, But What Am I?' for clarinet and piano as part of the Borough New Music Series in Southwark.

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8 Dec 2017  //  Rude Health  //  Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music, London

Premiere of the music theatre piece 'Auguste' for 4 singers as part of the Trinity Laban Rude Health Festival.

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1 Sep 2017  //  Sam Taber (bass trombone)  // St John's Church, Waterloo, London

Premiere of the piece 'Close Proximity' for bass trombone and piano at St John's Waterloo as part of Sam Taber's bass trombone recital.

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15 June 2017  //  Nicola Meecham (piano)  //  Warehouse Waterloo, London

Premiere of the piece 'Night Scurry' for solo piano by concert pianist Nicola Meecham at the Warehouse Waterloo.

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7 May 2017  //  Martin Read Festival (Joseph Spooner, cello)  //  Alton College, Alton

Premiere of the solo cello piece 'Emphatic' as a Martin Read Foundation alumni.

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9 Oct 2016  //  BSO's Kokoro  //  St Andrew's Church, Bournemouth

Premiere of the chamber ensemble piece 'Tide' for Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra's new music ensemble Kokoro as part of the Arts by the Sea Festival.​

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17 Apr 2016  //  Martin Read Festival (Ernst String Quartet)  //  Alton College, Alton

Premiere of the string quartet 'Impromptu' as a selected composer for the Martin Read Festival.

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11 Nov 2015  //  Celebrating Stanley Spencer  //  Sandham Memorial Chapel, Newbury

Premiere of the piece 'The Forgotten Dead' for brass ensemble, inspired by the paintings of Stanley Spencer in Sandham Memorial Chapel.

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2 July 2015  //  New Music Festival  //  Alton College, Alton

Premiere of 'Transformation' for chamber ensemble at the Alton New Music Festival.

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