DeParys Trio

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	Eric Hill	Eric Hill was first drawn to the guitar at an early age after hearing the playing of Django Reinhardt. At first he played jazz and had lessons on the electric guitar with Ivor Mairants. At Leeds University, from where he graduated with a science degree, Eric was a member of a prize-winning jazz group that accompanied many of the jazz stars of the day, including Joe Harriot. On graduating, Eric resolved to devote himself full-time to the classical guitar and studied with Julian Bream. Eric was a prize-winner at the ORTF “Concours Internationale de Guitare” in Paris and has presented recitals all over the world, including at the Wigmore Hall, London and the Lincoln Center, New York. He has also recorded several highly-acclaimed albums and made many broadcasts for the BBC. In addition to his classical guitar repertoire, Eric specialises in playing solo jazz improvisations on the nylon strung “classical” guitar. Eric currently teaches the guitar at Bedford School, directs the North Bucks Guitar Ensemble, and plays in a duo with John Zaradin. See Eric’s website at: www.erichillguitardownloads.co.uk where a large number of free downloads awaits you.
	Jill Hughes	Jill Hughes studied the flute with John Francis at the Royal College of Music and Peter Lloyd at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. During her time at the RCM she gained her GRSM and ARCM Teaching Diploma. Jill made her London recital debut at the Wigmore Hall in 1972 and also had the unique honour of being chosen to play in the European Youth Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan. Subsequently she played principal flute with the Ulster Orchestra and after a move to the north east of England appeared with Northern Sinfonia in a variety of roles that included orchestral, concerto and chamber music performance. She was a founder member of the period instrument group Quadro Adriano and has pursued a parallel career as a baroque flautist playing with the Avison Baroque Orchestra and the Yorkshire Baroque Soloists. Teaching appointments were held at the Universities of Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne. During her time spent in Scotland, Jill performed recitals, taught at St Leonards School in St Andrews and was an examiner at the RSAMD. Since returning south, Jill has been appointed as visiting flute teacher at Bedford and Bedford Modern Schools, and has undertaken various recital and concerto engagements, partnering her husband Martin and Richard Egarr in a performance of the fifth Brandenburg Concerto by J. S. Bach.
	Martin Hughes	Martin Hughes studied the violin with Leonard Hirsch at the Royal College of Music as a Foundation Scholar and won all the major violin prizes. He made his Wigmore Hall debut with the pianist Simon Nicholls in 1974 to critical acclaim and has given concerts and recitals at home and abroad. As a long-time member of Northern Sinfonia he was section princicipal and subsequently Associate Leader, partnering such world famous violinists as Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Vladimir Spivakov and Günther Pichler in the double and triple concertos of J.S. Bach, also featuring as soloist on CD, BBC Radio 3 and Television. His interest in the history and performance practice of the baroque period led him to re-engage with this music on period instruments and he was a founder member of the group Quadro Adriano. Five successful years were spent in Glasgow as Head of Strings at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, a time of new directions, where he presided over the renaissance of the Strings Department. At this time he was invited onto the prestigious ARD Munich International Competition jury, pursued an ambition of conducting and solo directing, and formed liaisons with the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland and Concerto Caledonia. In 2003 he returned to England to become Head of Strings at Bedford School. Martin has had exciting opportunities with conducting, coaching chamber music and concert-giving, and has collaborated with celebrated harpsichordist Richard Egarr in a Bach programme. He has also made television appearances in “Elgar, The Lost Concerto”, a BBC 1 film in the series “Imagine”, and for Howard Goodall’s Channel 4 series “How Music Works”.

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