This tour was the craziest tour schedule yet… we covered three continents in three days at one point, but what a brilliant tour it was! Seal has recently finished recording his sixth album ‘Commitment’ (to be released September 2010). I … Read more…
Trinity College of Music, where I teach trombone, have an Erasmus scheme which allows students to spend a year of their course at a similar conservatoire somewhere abroad. The Erasmus scheme also allows instrument professors to teach abroad. So, at … Read more…
In September I played trombone with Sting on his latest DVD and in December toured to stunning venues in Paris and Baden-Baden performing with him. The DVD is a documentary and live concert (from the beautiful Durham Cathedral) which … Read more…
I continued touring with the wonderful Seal in November, but this time to Australia! It was a busy schedule beginning in Melbourne and we got to stay in some of the world’s best hotels. Venues like the Sydney State Theatre … Read more…
This summer I set off around Europe on tour with Seal, singing backing vocals and playing trombone. We visited some wonderful places and we were lucky to have Joseph Linaschke on tour with us to take some incredible photos. The crew and … Read more…
At the beginning of April I took a long journey to the South of America to tutor on the Low Brass Festival in Lima, Peru. It was a really inspiring week with over 100 students coming from Peru, Colombia, Argentina, … Read more…
For a week in February I was playing principal trombone with the Symphony Orchestra of India in Mumbai. It was a brilliant week. The brass section were made up of players from Kazakhstan, Russia, Australia and myself from Britain so … Read more…
I was thrilled to be invited back to teach on the Cocentaina course in Spain this summer. It was a 5-day long course for trombones and trumpets. All the staff were very busy every day giving one-to-one lessons, some coaching, … Read more…
The London Symphony Orchestra invited me back as an extra for their work with Pierre Boulez and the BBC Singers in early May. It was wonderful to work with Boulez, especially after studying his life and work during studies at … Read more…
The Isle of Lewis was my destination in April 2008 to play in the Kaleidoscope Festival. Myself and fellow trombonist Phil Goodwin took two planes to get to the island where we were made to feel very at home. We … Read more…
