BRASS BAND

I have played a brass instrument since the age of ten and started to learn the cornet while at Primary School.  As a teenager I had many opportunities to perform and played in various bands:

The Cockshut Hill School Band    

 The Birmingham Schools Wind Orchestra

Arden Forest Corps Of Drums     

   Shirley Brass Band

I became principle cornet with my School Band and the Birmingham Schools Wind Orchestra and played solo cornet with Shirley Brass Band.

 My performences took me to many venues both in England and abroad with travels to Vienna and Germany.  Performances include the Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Birmingham Town Hall, Fairfield Halls Croydon.

Having attained Grade Eight I attended Trinity College of Music, London where I studied cornet for a year with Norman Wilson, then a trumpeter with The BBC Symphony Orchestra.

I also played with Regent Brass for 20 years a First Section Brass Band.Starting on cornet I changed to E flat Tenor Horn.

Have now joined Fulham Brass band a Championship band and enjoying the challenge.

http://www.fulhambrassband.co.uk/

Regent Brass are a 28 piece Brass Band based in Willesden, North West London founded in 1985 to cater for young brass players in Brent that had left the youth set-up.  The band has since risen to the top of the brass band scene appearing at the National Finals on seven occasions.  In 1988 they won the Third Section Title of Champion Brass Band of Great Britain.  In 1994 an 2013 they were London and Southern Counties area Champions.  The band's repertoire includes original Brass Band, Classical, Popular, Film Music, Music from the shows.  We  perform at venues during the Summer months including Regents Park, Westminster Abbey.Appearances on Radio4, BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4. Recordings include a 10th and 20th Anniversary C.D and an American Tour selection.