Sheffield General Cemetery Trust is delighted to welcome DOOT& J2Duo to the atmospheric Samuel Worth Chapel for a spellbinding evening of contemporary music.
DOOT is a Sheffield-based baritone saxophone and bass clarinet duo made up of Kirsten Beveridge and Henry McNamara. They specialise in low woodwinds, and their aim is to promote new works specifically for their unusual duo. Formed in late 2023, the duo met at the University of Sheffield studying on the Music Performance Studies MA course under low clarinet specialist Dr Sarah Watts. They quickly established themselves on the local classical music scene by regularly performing in venues such as Firth Hall, Sheffield Cathedral, Leahs Yard, and the Dorothy Pax. They also engaged in outreach with local schools, libraries, and refugee and community groups. Past events DOOT has performed at include the International Clarinet Association's (ICA) Low Clarinet Festival 2025, Classical Sheffield's Classical Weekend 2025, and the 2025 World Snooker Championship.Having worked through much of the small pool of repertoire for their instrumentation, the duo has already commissioned and premiered multiple new works, starting with a trio of British works from composers connected to Yorkshire and funded in part by the Clarinet and Saxophone Society of Great Britain (CASSGB) as well as the Finzi Trust. These were premiered at the ICA Low Clarinet Festival in January 2025 in Glendale, Arizona, and then given their UK premiere at Sheffield Cathedral a month later. The duo has also collaborated with many other musicians and composers both local and national to premiere new works; such collaborators include harpist Phoebe Niamh, percussionist Brodie McCash, electronic artist OOGLEBOP, and oboist Desmond Clarke, among others.Recently, DOOT has toured Scotland with Brodie McCash, forming the trio McDOOT, and has also written multiple articles for CASSGBs magazine Clarinet and Saxophone. The duo premiered a trio of American works in Sheffield Cathedral as a sequel recital to their British trio premieres. In autumn 2026, DOOT will embark on a tour of UK cathedrals and premiere new electroacoustic works.
J2Duo (Josh Hughes and Joel Redfern - guitars)J2Duo is a young guitar duo from the North of England, formed at the Royal Northern College of Music at the beginning of 2023. Josh and Joel have recently graduated, having been under the tutelage of internationally renowned classical guitarist Craig Ogden for four years.Josh and Joel have also received regular coaching from Rory Russell, who was a member of the award winning Aquarelle Guitar Quartet for many years.With a wide variety of music in their repertoire, the J2Duo perform works by composers including Claude Debussy, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco andAstor Piazzolla. The duo often perform pieces not originally composed for the guitar, bringing a new dimension to the music they perform. Joel has a particular interest in arranging and transcribing pieces for the duo to expand the guitar's repertoire.Both Josh and Joel are active on social media - TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook where they have collectively gained a quarter of a million views. They have also taken part in masterclasses with Tilman Hoppstock, Laura Snowden, Gary Ryan, Xuefei Yang and Gabriel Bianco.The duo has frequently given public appearances in RNCMs Concert Hall, Carol Nash Recital Room, Buxton Opera House and increasingly for music societies and festivals around the UK.
Tickets: 10.00 (+ Booking fee)
Event Details
Doors: 7.00pm
Performance: 7.30pm
Location: The Samuel Worth Chapel, Sheffield, S11 8NT
Accessibility: The Samuel Worth Chapel is fully accessible.
Facilities: The Samuel Worth Chapel has a fully licensed bar selling local beers, wine and spirits.
Tickets: All tickets are sold online via Ticketsource. No tickets are available on the door.
Please note, bags will be checked upon entry.
T&Cs
Tickets for this event are non-refundable. However, if for any reason the event is cancelled by Sheffield General Cemetery Trust, we will refund your ticket.
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