Triquetra Brass Trio
About Us
Triquetra Brass Trio {TRY-KEH-TRAH} are a Scotland-based ensemble with a passion for taking music into the wider community. We believe professional standard music making should be accessible to all and have seen first-hand how beneficial live music can be to our lives.
We pride ourselves on creating bespoke programmes and workshops for each audience and enjoy introducing new pieces, as well as those more familiar, to our listeners and participants.
The group's concert programmes include original works written for brass trio as well as a plethora of their own arrangements of repertoire from the traditional music, pop, rock and classical music scene.
If you are an artist, composer or arranger and would like to collaborate with Triquetra Brass, we would love to hear from you!
Meet the Trio
Emily Stokes
Originally from East London, Emily first began playing the cornet at age 8, attending the Newham Academy of Music. At age 11 she won a place in the National Children’s Wind Sinfonia and progressed through the organisation, winning a seat in the prestigious National Youth Wind Ensemble of Great Britain.
Emily is a graduate of both the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, completing her Bachelor of Music (Honours) and Master of Music (Distinction) degrees respectively and in 2020, Emily furthered her performance studies by attending The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland as part of the ERASMUS+ programme. Whilst studying at the conservatoire in Wales, she was the recipient of a ‘Universal Music UK Sound Foundation’ Scholarship and gained places on apprenticeship schemes with the Welsh National Opera and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
Emily enjoys a varied performing and teaching career and is involved in a vast amount of educational work, including Early Years work, orchestral and chamber coaching and as a music tutor for Glasgow Council's CREATE programme. As a freelance musician, she has played with orchestras such as the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Scottish Ballet and the Welsh National Opera.
Emily has held a post as conductor and instrumental instructor for the Kings Park Youth Brass Band and as of August 2023, also became the Musical Director of the Kings Park Brass Band (senior). Alongside Triquetra Brass, Emily can be found performing around the UK as the trumpet player for the band The McCommitments.
Peter McNeill
Peter, originally from Musselburgh, attended The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Junior Department from 2014, before commencing full time study at the Conservatoire – graduating in 2020 with a First Class BMus Honours Degree. During his time at the Conservatoire, Peter won the prestigious Governors Recital Prize for Brass, and upon graduation was awarded the Head of Brass Prize and the Mary D Adams Prize for Chamber Music.
In 2018, Peter furthered his studies on an ERASMUS Exchange in Weimar, Germany, and after returning to Scotland, was invited to perform solo recitals at the University of Aberdeen 19/20 concert series, and St Mary’s Cathedral in Edinburgh for the International Festival 2019. Peter was awarded apprenticeship schemes with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra – the latter culminating in a BBC Radio 3 recording.
He now regularly freelances with the RSNO, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of Scottish Opera, and Scottish Ballet. Alongside Triquetra Brass, Peter is a member of the established wind quintet, Sirocco Winds, and also enjoys performing on the lesser-heard Natural Horn and Baroque Horn across the UK. Passionate about inspiring the next generation of musicians, Peter has been the Horn Tutor at Renfrewshire Council’s Saturday Music Centre since 2021.
Jordan Fairley
Jordan hails from Carnoustie where she began learning the trombone in local brass bands. She began her studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2016 under the tutelage of Simon Johnson and Dávur Juul Magnussen.
During her time at the Conservatoire Jordan had many great opportunities; in 2018 she made it to the semi final of the BBC Radio 2 Young Brass Award, she won places on Apprenticeship schemes with both the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and in her final year she was the Concerto Soloist with the RCS Wind Orchestra performing the Tomasi Trombone Concerto.
Jordan continues to freelance with many different ensembles including the RSNO, BBC SSO, Manchester Camerata and the Scottish Pops Orchestra.
Jordan currently works as the Brass Instructor for Angus Council where she teaches brass instruments in 9 schools across Monifieth and Kirriemuir.
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