A graduate of the Royal College of Music, London, Ellie received tuition from Paul Beniston, Neil Brough and Andrew Crowley. She is currently studying with Michael Laird and Kristian Steenstrup. With the RCM Orchestras she worked with highly acclaimed conductors Bernard Haitink, Andrew Litton, and Martin André, and in 2007 her quintet was awarded the RCM Brass Ensemble prize.
Professionally Ellie has performed with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, performing two live broadcasts on BBC Radio 3, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at the Cheltenham Festival, Southbank Sinfonia, Guildford Philharmonic, BBC National Orchestra of Wales Brass Ensemble, the British Philharmonic, English National Opera Brass and the London Brass Virtuosi. In her youth she played principal trumpet with the Hertfordshire County Youth Orchestra and the London Phoenix Orchestra, was a member of the University of London Symphony Orchestra and in 2004, she enjoyed joining the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in their Promenade concert.
Solo-wise, her trumpet and piano duo give recitals in London, Hertfordshire and for music clubs. Recently performing at St James, Piccadilly and the Braughing Music Society, they were reviewed as having “technical prowess, producing lightness and softness of tone…brilliant…colourful”. She has also performed concertos with orchestras in London and in 2008 was Brass Faculty Winner of the RCM Concerto Competition.
Commercially, Ellie has toured with pop-soul artist Seal, worked with the Bootleg Beatles, and was asked to deputise in the West End ‘Guys and Dolls’ as well as on the UK tour of ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’. TV appearances have included Channel 4′s ‘The Friday Night Project’, BBC’s ‘Maestro’, and the BBC News. She has performed with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, and her own projects have lead to performances at the 100 Club, London, and jazz venues in Athens. She has performed for the HM Queen, and enjoys a varied freelance career.“In The Trumpet Shall Sound, Lovegrove’s radiant trumpet playing brought the words and music to life.”
