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John Mills

Future concert dates:28th February 2026
60th Anniversary ConcertOur 60th Anniversary concert will take place on 28th February at Beauchamp College, Oadby at 7.30pm
Tickets £12.00, OAP concession £10
School students free.
Tickets available at the door.The programme will include:
Overture: ‘Meistersingers’ - Wagner
Symphony No 2 ‘Little Russian’ - Tchaikovsky
Finlandia - Sibelius
Violin Concerto in A Minor - Glazunov
Soloist: John Mills
Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D
- ElgarSoloist – John MillsJohn Mills studied at the Royal College of Music under Professor Rodney Friend who was a great orchestral leader and concertmaster.Currently, John is leader of the Sinfonia of London under conductor John Wilson, with whom he has released more than 20 highly acclaimed recordings. He is also associate leader of the English Chamber Orchestra and is regularly a guest leader for many leading orchestras. These have included the London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and also the English National Opera.For 24 years John has been best known as a chamber musician and has led the highly acclaimed Tippett Quartet. With them he has performed and broadcast across the UK and the world. The Tippett Quartet have recorded extensively, releasing over 50 discs for EMI, Decca, Naxos, Classic FM and several others.John Mills plays on a c.1720 violin by Francesco GoWriller of Venice; as a soloist, he has a fine reputation and has appeared with the English Chamber Orchestra, performing double concertos with Maxim Vengerov and with Stephanie Gonley. For over 10 years John has performed and broadcast much of the major violin concerto repertoire and his performances have ranged from the Liszt Academy Hall in Budapest to many throughout New Zealand. Other recent performances across the UK include the Brahms and Elgar concertos, and concertos by Bach with the English Chamber Orchestra.John is well known as an orchestra leader in both film and other commercial music enterprises. His studio work includes leading soundtrack sessions for The Batman, Jurassic World, Nightmare Alley, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Mary Poppins Returns, The Little Mermaid, Matilda, and Marvel’s Doctor Strange. He has worked closely with composers including Michael Giachinno, Marc Shaiman and Alan Menken. The Tippett Quartet is heavily featured on the soundtrack for the movies Knives Out, Glass Onion and Wake up dead man by director Rian Johnson.