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He is a trumpeter, tuba player, trombonist and teacher
who studied at the Royal College of Music in London. After graduation he became a
freelance musician and soon became sought after by the opera houses and
symphony orchestras based in London as well as becoming a member of the
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble and the London Sinfonietta in the
mid-1970s. He was a co-founder
of the London Brass after Philip Jones retired in 1986 and 6 years later
found himself as the manager in charge of awarding commissions, recording
and masterclasses. During this
time he would also appear with Sinfonia 21 and the Nash Ensemble and
somehow during the 1980s he found the time to start out on a successful teaching
career as a Professor at the Royal College of Music. Appearing on numerous recordings he
can be heard on Now You See Me, Now You Don't by Sir Cliff Richard, Phantasmagoria
by Curved Air, G.B.H. by Elvis Costello and Richard Harvey, German
Years 1977-1999 by Moondog, Renaissance Brass, Greatest Hits, The
Twentieth Century Album and Eine Kleine Brass Musik with the
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Tug of War by Sir Paul McCartney, Kiss
and Other Movements and Time Will Pronounce with Michael Nyman, Britten:
The Prince of the Pagodas, Janacek: Chamber and Orchestral Works, Poulenc:
The Complete Chamber Music, Pergolesi: Miserere, and Adams: Johns
Book of Alleged Dances/Gnarly Buttons. In 2001 he became Head of Brass and Head of Orchestral
Studies at the Birmingham Conservatoire, sharing over twenty years worth of
experience to many successful music students, and still manages to perform
with the London Sinfonietta and publish brass ensemble arrangements.
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
recordings
The Agincourt Song (Anonymous)
Decca B0000807 (2003, CD: Music from the Royal Court)
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