It features four highly experienced and accomplished musicians – Brian Batey (first violin), Juliet Tranter (second violin), Roy Baker (viola) and Ruth Douthwaite (cello).

Well known soprano Karen Elliott will be a guest singer at the event which takes place at St Matthew's Church, Douglas, at 7.30pm.

The four musicians have been playing together for a couple of years and are really excited about the concert as they all really enjoy playing in string quartets but the opportunity to actually perform a string quartet repertoire is rare in the Island – hence the decision to stage their own concert.

The performance of a string quartet with a soprano is also a ground breaking event in the Island as not many composers wrote for that combination.

The programme includes works by Haydn, Mendelssohn and Dvorak. Admission is £10 on the door (there will be a wine reception during the interval) and £1 for children.

Every musician involved in the evening has a highly impressive CV.

Brian Batey studied at the Guildhall School of Music while playing in the Royal Artillery Orchestra in London. He continued studying a few years later with Louis Carus and then Alfredo Campoli.

He has also enjoyed quartet coaching from Eli Goren of the Aeolian Quartet and members of the Alberni Quartet.

For a number of years Brian was leader of the Sale Chamber Orchestra in Manchester but concentrated mainly in playing with smaller groups such as string quartets.

In December 2007 he was one of the six jury members for the Fifth International Violin Competition held at Uralsk in Kazakhstan. Brian is the leader of the Erin Arts Chamber Ensemble.

Juliet Tranter, the quartet's youngest member, achieved ABRSM Grade 8 violin with distinction at 16 and singing at 18. She played in the Cheshire Youth Orchestra and went on to lead the Manx Youth Orchestra at the age of 17.

With orchestras and choirs she has toured France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Iceland, Latvia and South Africa.

At 18 at the Manx Music Festival she was awarded the Corris Trophy and the Dorothy Milne Scholarship for the string class. She read Music and French at Royal Holloway, University of London, studying violin with Alexandra Wood and playing in university orchestras and choirs.

During her year abroad in France, Juliet studied with Marianne Piketty from Lyon Conservatoire.

Roy Baker was raised and educated in South Devon. He studied violin with Malcolm Latcham and Colin Sayer of the Dartington String Quartet at Dartington College of Arts and went on to study violin at the Guildhall School of Music.

He also worked as an arranger and composer. Roy achieved an honours degree at Dartington and went onto study for his PGCE at Bretton Hill before working as a peripatetic teacher in Tameside and finally moving to the Island to continue his teaching career.

Roy is principal violist with the Erin Arts Chamber Ensemble, a member of the Isle of Man Symphony Orchestra and is an accomplished violin and viola soloist.

Ruth Douthwaite learned the cello while at school, but had a break from the instrument to pursue her amateur international judo career.

She returned to her cello playing in 2004 and passed her Grade 8 with distinction in the same year.

In 2006 she passed the Associated Board's diploma in cello performance.

Ruth teaches cello at King William's College and the Buchan School and thoroughly enjoys playing with several chamber ensembles in the Island.

She is principal cellist with the Erin Arts Chamber Ensemble and a member of the Isle of Man Symphony Orchestra.

Ruth travels to Liverpool for cello lessons with Alexander Holladay, a professional cellist with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

Karen Elliott trained at the Guildhall School of Music. She has been on the Island for nearly 30 years, during which time she has performed extensively in opera, oratorio, and song recital.

She has twice performed The Messiah in Sydney, Australia, Elijah in New York, Sullivan's Light of the World in Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral and is a regular performer at festivals in France and Malta.

She is a four-times Cleveland medal winner and has performed regularly with The Isle of Man Symphony Orchestra, The Isle of Man Choral Society and the Manx Gilbert and Sullivan Society.