Alison Eales was an Exhibitioner at the Royal College of Music, studying clarinet and piano as joint first instruments. Whilst studying for her degree, Alison formed a piano duo with a fellow student, Sally Rose, which thrived for thirty years thereafter. 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 U.S.A. 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 the Crendon Chamber Orchestra in Thame and Bruch's Double Concerto for Clarinet and Viola as well as Finzi's Bagetelles in Tring, Hitchin and at Anglesey Abbey. Recent performances of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto have taken place in Welwyn Garden City,Tring and Hitchin, as part of the town's 2022 Festival. She performed Malcolm Arnold's 2nd Clarinet Concerto with the Hitchin Symphony Orchestra and again with Leicester Sinfonia and Letchworth Sinfonia. Alison also gave the first performances 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, which celebrates its Silver Anniversary this year. She is an examiner for ABRSM.