Sonia Yardley

Sonia is a Co-owner and Director of OneStage and has worked in music travel since 1998. She graduated from University of East Anglia with a degree in German and Art History and she plays the clarinet and saxophone. Sonia is a fluent Finnish speaker and has recently been developing and researching concert tours to Finland. She lives in Isleworth with her husband Barry (trumpet) and her two young daughters. She works in the main Isleworth office doing a bit of everything from today's operations, to overseeing the future of OneStage.

Favourite concert tour destination Spain
Best personal travel experience Mauritius, or anywhere with sun, a swimming pool and cocktails!
Current musical activities Plays clarinet in Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
Favourite music Shows and musicals and a spot of karaoke
Interests Football (with beer) and playing golf

 

Philippa Trentham

Pippy has worked in the music travel world since 1993, and is one of the founder directors of OneStage, which she co-owns with Sonia Yardley. She has a BMus from Manchester University, an MSc in Tourism Management from the University of Surrey, studied the violin to Diploma level and has played the piano since she can remember. Pippy lives in Isleworth, Middlesex with her cellist husband Simon, and their three young children. She works at the OneStage main office in Isleworth (with Sonia) where all the tours are operated and at different times of the year can be found operating tours, going to conferences, travelling with clients …to name a few things.

Favourite concert tour destination Italy
Best personal travel experience Two months travelling on trains around India  
Current musical activities Plays violin in a symphony orchestra; teaching piano to daughter Rosie
Favourite music Mahler, Bruckner, plus anything big and Russian
Interests Reading, running, organising a local toddler group

 

Sarah Sharman

Sarah has been working for OneStage since 2003 when she graduated from the University of Bradford with a Modern Languages degree. Sarah now lives in Littlethorpe, Leicestershire with her husband Paul and is responsible for all the OneStage tours to French speaking destinations, where she spends much of her time liaising with cultural organisations and town halls. Sarah has travelled extensively in Europe, Asia and Australasia and has developed tours to many new destinations for OneStage, including to China. She is in demand as a tour manager and quite often travels on the tours she has arranged.

Favourite concert tour destination Paris
Best personal travel experience Washing an elephant in the river in Laos
Current musical activities Plays the violin in a symphony orchestra; plays the piano
Favourite music Big tunes ranging from Rogers and Hammerstein to Tchaikovsky
Interests Knitting, baking, & has been known to run the odd half marathon!

 

Julian Edwards

Julian has worked in music travel since 1994, with a break in the middle to sell musical instruments in the UK and Germany.  He has a degree in Music and German from Reading University and studied the clarinet to teaching and performance diploma level. Julian lives in the West Midlands with wife Rachel (flute & piano), and their two children Theo (cornet) and Cara (anything percussion). A fluent German speaker, Julian is responsible for arranging OneStage concerts across Germany, Switzerland and Austria. He is currently working on new destinations for OneStage including Japan, Kazakhstan and Croatia.

Favourite concert tour destination The Czech Republic
Best personal travel experience  Travelling by train in Eastern Europe on the trail of favourite composers
Current musical activities Sings with the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
Favourite music Choral music from Bach to Brahms
Interests Growing vegetables on the allotment, supporting the Welsh rugby team