Ellie Lovegrove is a graduate of the Royal College of Music and has studied with Paul Beniston and Andrew Crowley. She continued her studies with Michael Laird in London, and Kristian Steenstrup in Denmark. Ellie has performed with orchestras such as the BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, English National Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, and Britten Sinfonia. She has also performed with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales Brass Ensemble, London Philharmonic Orchestra Brass Ensemble, and English National Opera Brass. Her trumpet and organ duo, Illumina, has given recitals at St Paul’s Cathedral, Fairfield Halls Croydon and St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square.