ABOUT ME
Other Musical Roles
Hello everyone. I have been conducting large ensembles since 2009. This is something which I hugely enjoy. Due to my many years as a brass-playing professional orchestral and chamber musician as well as a teacher, I have the requisite skills to bring out the best in any musician. The teamwork aspect of working in a large ensemble is very stimulating. The end product is always greater than simply adding the constituent parts and this is what the rehearsal process is about. A time of challenges yet also fun.
Principal Tuba, Royal Ballet Sinfonia -(Orchestra of Birmingham Royal Ballet)
Founder Member, Onyx Brass
Head of Brass, Eton College
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Adjudicating
1995-1997
Royal Academy of Music - Postgraduate
ARAM, LRAM, Diploma of Advanced Studies with Merit
Mosco Carner Fellowship, 1997-1998
Solo brass and/or chamber music prizes at:
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2019 Royal College of Music, solo Brass Prize
2018 Royal Academy of Music Junior Dept, Brass competition
2018 Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Armourers and Brasiers Brass Prize
2018 Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Bernard Brown Brass Ensemble Prize
2017 Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Linda Mowat brass prize,
2017 Royal College of Music, Solo Brass Prize
2015 Royal Academy of Music, Brass Chamber Music Prize
2014 Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Linda Mowat solo brass prize,
2013 Royal Academy of Music, Tuba diploma final recital,
2012 Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Tuba final recital
Education
1991-1992
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, one year course
1992-1995
Cambridge University, MA (Hons)