Current Events

Cara Houghton. Flute, Piccolo, Alto Flute;

Sarah Austen Soprano and Alto Saxophones, Clarinet, Flute

Jess Tomlinson. Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone

Eleanor Mills. Bassoon, Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone

Chameleon are a versatile woodwind ensemble with a mission to Create, Empower, and Share music with communities everywhere. Their performances feature an impressive array of up to 13 woodwind instruments split between only four members.​​

​Chameleon are winners of the Royal Philharmonic Society Henderson Award, 2023, and are Live Music Now artists specialising in SEND and primary school engagement. Since their creation at the Royal Northern College of Music in 2016, Chameleon have been awarded the June Emerson Launchpad Prize (2017), have won the Trevor Wye Woodwind Prize (2017) and the Brodsky Prize (2018), and were highly commended and won the audience vote for the Christopher Rowland Chamber Music Competition (2018) at the RNCM.

​​Chameleon have individual playing credits with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Kaleidoscope Orchestra, Netherlands Wind Ensemble, JAMES, Hope Mill Theatre and Thursford Christmas Spectacular. Through their engagement work, they have worked with London Sinfonietta, Wigmore Hall Chamber Tots, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Music for Life and The Rig, and are musicians in residence at SEND schools in the North West.

‍PROGRAMME
Antonín Dvořák arr. C. Houghton. Overture
Amy Beach arr. J. Tomlinson By the Still Waters
Antonín Dvořák arr. C. Houghton Song to the Moon
Ben Harlan Chamaeleonidae
Valerie Coleman. Danza de la Mariposa
Jenni Watson Mycelium ii
Camille Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals
(selections)