Alison Eales was an Exhibitioner at the Royal College of Music, studying clarinet and piano as joint first instruments. While studying for her degree, Alison formed a piano duo with a fellow student, Sally Rose, which thrived for thirty years. Together they gave numerous duo recitals and concerto performances in the UK and Europe, including double concertos by Mozart, Poulenc and Saint-Saens, and made recordings for the BBC.

Alison is currently a member of several chamber ensembles playing piano or clarinet, including the Yorke Piano Trio, Max Bruch Trio and the Gregynog Ensemble, a clarinet quintet which has performed many works, both well-known and less familiar. As a member of the British Clarinet Ensemble Alison has toured abroad in Europe, the USA and Japan, as well as taking part in the Ensemble’s second and third CD recordings. As a clarinet soloist, Alison has recently performed the Finzi Clarinet Concerto with Crendon Chamber Orchestra in Thame, Bruch's Double Concerto for Clarinet and Viola, and Finzi’s Bagetelles in Tring, Hitchin and at Anglesey Abbey. Recent performances of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto have taken place in Welwyn Garden City and Tring. Alison has performed Malcolm Arnold’s Clarinet Concerto No. 2 with Hitchin Symphony Orchestra and again with Leicester Sinfonia and Letchworth Sinfonia. She also gave the first performance of Paul Rooke’s Saxophone Concerto and is due to premiere a new concerto for clarinet, piano, strings and percussion by James Marshall in October 2022.

Alison is known locally as conductor of Hitchin Concert Band, and she is an examiner for ABRSM. (Jul 2022)