Harriet Riley and Alfie Grieve frequently collaborate on jazz, contemporary, and improvised sets, combining vibraphone and trumpet for a unique musical experience.
Lunchtime Concert Series at the Michael Tippett Centre, Bath Spa University
Join us for a captivating series of lunchtime concerts, featuring an array of exceptional musicians, at the Michael Tippett Centre, Bath Spa University. Each performance offers something different and exciting - perfect for a midday musical escape. Admission is free, so come along and enjoy the music!
Biographies
Harriet Riley is a British Percussionist and Composer based in Bristol, UK. With a broad range of percussion disciplines, Harriet plays in many settings including orchestral, classical, jazz and contemporary music. Long established chamber quartet Spindle Ensemble featured on Guardian’s Top 10 Contemporary Classical albums of 2021 and collaborated with Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan in Toronto. Harriet also plays with alt pop project Stevie Toddler on vibraphone and percussion which featured on Guy Garvey BBC Radio6 and Jamie Cullum BBC Radio 2. Harriet regularly plays with Charles Hazlewood’s Paraorchestra and has performed with them in Moscow and Australia as well as London’s Barbican and headlining at Bluedot Festival in UK with Hannah Peel. Harriet studies Balinese Gamelan and regularly goes back to Bali to learn and perform Gender Wayang, a chamber music gamelan used for ceremonies and shadow puppetry. Harriet is also an official artist with Malletech and Collingwood Cymbals. Harriet is a busy performing and recording artist and has been freelancing since 2014.
Alfie Grieve is a trumpet player and composer based in Bristol. He plays in bands Snazzback and RWKUS. Other recent collaborations include work with Jake Healy, Hotsteppas, and The Shingalings. Alfie has been involved in the Bristol music scene for many years, and played in a variety of projects, beginning with the band Feelgood Experiment (with singer Holysseus Fly). He has been involved in organising jam nights in Bristol since 2014 and is a big fan of improvisation and spontaneous artistic collaboration.