Lizzie Holyoak(right) and Sarah Laughton(bottom left) and Elizabeth Marsh(top left)
DUST 2025
We are a trio bringing fresh life to classical music through contemporary arrangements, mixed with our own
original compositions. Our instrumentation is eclectic, sometimes surprising, and always chosen to serve the
music. With Lizzie Holyoak on voice and keyboard, Sarah Laughton on clarinets and sax, and Elizabeth Marsh on
flutes, we explore a sound world where tradition meets imagination.
OUR 2025 DUSTED MUSIC album
on
and
OUR NEXT PERFORMANCE
Temperance in
Leamington Spa 24th August 2025 at 14.00.
Reservations:
eclectic classical @ temperance | Dust
Dedicated to Neil Kulkarni
Produced by Jon Moonbear
Artwork by Michael John Fitzgerald
WHO ARE DUST?
Lizzie Holyoak
I am a singer-songwriter, composer and keyboard player. I studied originally at the Colchester Institute and added to my studies much later at University of Warwick. I have been composing songs and music all my life. In recent years I have started to review and perform compositions and solo songs written in the 80s and 90s. This year I have been inspired to create new music for the trio. This is an inspiring time in life and that has been reflected in my music making
Sarah Laughton
I play saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet and recorders and have been in Coventry bands since the mid 1990s including The Pigeons, Mother’s Jam and Superheroes Dream and The Moonbears. Lizzie and I originally formed Dust to perform medieval works, impressionist music and original compositions. Music has always been at the centre of things for me – I remember picking up a recorder and reading my first music note when I was 5 years old. I started clarinet lessons at age 11 and taught myself saxophone in my 20s.
Elizabeth Marsh
I’ve played flute since a chance encounter with a flute in my 20s got me hooked. Initially self-taught, I started lessons a few years later and have had some wonderful, inspiring teachers. I passed ABRSM Grade 8 with Distinction in 2012. I joined the Heart of England Co-operative Concert Orchestra in 2009 and have also played in various forms with Lizzie Holyoak from around the same time. I’ve gradually extended the range of flutes I play to include Western alto and bass flutes with their beautiful mellow tones, as well as the Native American flute and Chinese Dong Xiao.
