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12 February 2025 Guest lecturer on 'Music and Poetry' at the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris for Atelier POEM. 17 February 2025 Duo-performance with Chu-Yu Yang (violin) as part of the 'Best of British Music Festival' at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. 4 April 2025 Duo-recital with Chu-Yu Yang (violin) for Bournville Lunchtime Concerts. 18 April 2025 Live-performance and interview on BBC Radio 3 In Tune with violinist Chu-Yu Yang, featuring music by Ivor Gurney and Ian Venables (detail here). 18 April 2025 International release of the CD An English Pastoral, featuring Eric alongside Chu-Yu Yang (violin), produced by SOMM Recordings. 9 May 2025 Duo-recital with Chu-Yu Yang (violin) at St. Chad's Church in Shrewsbury. 30 May 2025 Song-recital with April Fredrick (soprano) for the Elgar Festival in Worcester, featuring music by Edward Elgar, Eric McElroy, Lennox Berkeley, and Arthur Bliss. 18 June 2025 Duo-recital with Chu-Yu Yang (violin) at St. Peter's Church in St. Albans. 7 July 2025 Duo-recital with Chu-Yu Yang (violin) for the Luton Music Club. 30 July 2025 Duo-recital with Chu-Yu Yang (violin) for the Biennial International Music in 19th-Century Britain Conference at the University of York. 18 September 2025 Song-recital with April Fredrick (soprano) for the Sir Arthur Bliss Festival at the University of Cambridge. 30 September 2025 Recital at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. 12 October 2025 Duo-recital with Chu-Yu Yang (violin) for Lea Barn Music. 24-25 October 2025 Duo-recitals with Chu-Yu Yang (violin) for Tübinger Kammermusikfreunde. December 2025 Visiting Lecturer at the University of Toulouse. 23 February 2026 Adjudicator for the John Ireland Prize at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. 4 March 2026 Interview on BBC Radio 3's In Tune with Petroc Trelawny. 7 March 2026 Guest Speaker for The Friends of Arthur Machen in Stratford-upon-Avon. 24 March 2026 Publication by Boydell & Brewer of Weird Music, Eric's book on the composer John Ireland and the writer Arthur Machen. 25 April 2026 Pre-Concert Talk for the Northampton Symphony Orchestra. 20 May 2026 Duo recital with violinist Chu-Yu Yang at St. Peter's Church in St. Alban's. 26 May 2026 'This Fragile Beauty' - chamber recital for The Elgar Festival with April Fredrick (soprano), Grace Shepherd (violin), and Joseph Campbell Powell (narrator). Details here. 29 May 2026 Duo recital with violinist Chu-Yu Yang at St. Chad's Church in Shrewsbury. 7-11 July 2026 Performances for the Robert Graves Society Conference in Palma, Majorca. |
''...thrillingly effervescent...'' - Opera Today ''...eerily mesmeric...'' - The Robert Graves Review ''McElroy quickly proved himself to be a charming compère, guiding the evening in a manner both informative and witty.'' - Schwäbischer Tagblatt ''McElroy clearly has this music in his hands as well as in his heart.'' - Musical Opinion ''Eric McElroy's highly accomplished pianism is a constant pleasure...'' - British Music Society |