Wind, Brass & Percussion

Anna has been a professor of flute for 20 years at the Junior RAM and has taught at the Purcell School for nearly as long. Teaching is the focus of her interest and her pupils have enjoyed notable success. They have been an almost continuous presence in the NYO since 1993, including three as principal flute. Emma Halnan in 2010 was the second of her students to be a Concerto Finalist in the BBC Young Musician competition.

Orchestral success also followed and Siobhan became established as the foremost freelance player in London before eventually accepting a position with the London Symphony Orchestra as their Second Flute. As a member of the LSO, Siobhan toured the world, recorded extensively both live in concert and commercially for film soundtracks such as Harry Potter. She also appeared as a chamber musician, an adjudicator, worked as part of the LSO’s award winning education team and gave masterclasses and workshops at the music colleges in London.

Siobhan’s experience as a freelance orchestral musician and then as a member of the LSO has, unusually, seen her in demand as both a principal player as well as a section player and principal piccolo. Guest principal appearances include the London Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonia, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra, the City of London Sinfonia, the Royal Northern Sinfonia, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

Chamber music has always played a large part of Siobhan’s musical life as a member of The Wakeford Ensemble she has performed the flute, harp, clarinet and string repertoire throughout the UK since 1992.

Siobhan left the LSO in 2013 and moved to Scotland, which has lengthened her commute to London only slightly as the flights are somewhat faster than South West trains! She is still in demand with her London colleagues and also now appears regularly in the commercial recording studios recording sound tracks such as How to Train your Dragon, Kung Fu Panda and Alice Through the Looking Glass.

Susan was appointed Professor of Flute at the Royal College of Music in 1984. In 2007, she was appointed Adjunct Professor of Music at Henan University, China,

She has given Master Classes in Australia (Adelaide); Germany (Berlin); China, (Beijing and Hong Kong); Germany (Weikersheim); Italy (Naples); Japan (Nagoya and Tokyo); Slovenia; South Africa; South Korea (Seoul); Spain; Switzerland (Ticino Festival); the UK (Charterhouse, Jackdaws and West Dean); and the US.

Susan has researched and published 19th century repertoire for Boosey & Hawkes. She has also published several technical books, including two technical scale books in 2000, and a handbook of programme notes. She is presently restoring acollection of historic recordings of flautists from 1910-1945 for issue on the Master Classics label.

Born in East Yorkshire, he studied the flute with David Butt and Kathryn Lukas whilst at Reading and City Universities and The National Centre for Orchestral Studies; and with Andreas Blau in Berlin on an Ian Fleming Trust scholarship. During this time, he was a member of the European Community Youth Orchestra.

At 23, he was appointed Principal Piccolo of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and was a founder member of The Contemporary Music Ensemble of Wales.

Christopher returned to London as Piccolo and Co-Principal Flute of the BBC Concert Orchestra for the next 11 years, before moving to the Royal Opera House. Throughout his career he has recorded extensively for radio, film, television and many of the major commercial labels and still continues to perform with orchestras across Britain.

A dedicated and passionate teacher, Christopher has held posts at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, the University of Exeter, the Royal College of Music, and recorded teaching videos for the “Principal Chairs” website.

He played in the National Youth Orchestra for two years, and studied at the Royal College of Music with Terence MacDonagh. He then won Countess of Munster, Vaughan Williams Trust and Martin Musical Scholarships to continue his studies in London and in Germany with Heinz Holliger. Chris is well known for his expertise in the performance of contemporary and experimental music, and has been oboist in the ground-breaking ensemble Capricorn since 1977. He now plays in the internationally renowned ensemble The Fibonacci Sequence, with whom he is shortly to make a CD of oboe chamber music. He has performed and broadcast as a soloist since 1976, being described by Paul Griffiths in the Financial Times as “an outstanding musician, one who seems to exist within his instrument, rapt in concentration” at his Purcell Room debut recital.

James has released solo recordings for Toccata Classics, Champs Hill Records, Quartz Music and the ABRSM as well as featuring on a disc of Thea Musgrave’s works for Harmonia Mundi USA. Gramophone Magazine described his debut recital disc, Fierce Tears, as a “notable debut”, and it was selected as the Editor’s Choice Recording by Classical Music Magazine. Most recently, the Royal Academy of Music recognised his contribution to the music profession by awarding him an ARAM.

James is deeply committed to expanding the oboe repertoire. He has worked closely with Michael Berkeley, John Casken, Jonathan Dove, John Woolrich, Thea Musgrave and Tansy Davies on their compositions for oboe. In 2015, James launched the New Oboe Music Project (NewOboeMusic.org) which promotes 21st century oboe repertoire across the world.

James is also founder of the Léon Goossens Prize for Emerging Composers to help encourage a new generation of composers to write for the oboe.

As part of this project, James has curated a special collection of previously unpublished oboe repertoire in partnership with Composers Edition. James also has a keen interest in researching lost repertoire and bringing to new audiences works which have been rarely performed. In 2011, he worked closely with Christopher Hogwood in preparation for a new edition of Thomas Attwood Walmisley’s Sonatinas for Oboe and Piano.

James is an active chamber musician and is Artistic Director of Ensemble Perpetuo. Founded in 2013, Perpetuo is a chamber music collective that specialises in multi-art form collaborations and innovative ways of performing chamber music in new contexts. James has also performed with other chamber music ensembles, including the Berkeley Ensemble and the Allegri String Quartet.

Aside from his performing interests, James is dedicated to broadening the appeal of the oboe and encouraging young people to learn the instrument. To this end, he has launched the website LearnToPlayTheOboe.com which now receives over a thousand new visitors every month from across the world. James also teaches at the Royal College of Music Junior Department and gives masterclasses across Europe. In recognition of his work in music education, James was awarded the inaugural Patricia Prindl Prize by the Musicians’ Company in 2016.

James plays a Lorée Oboe and Cor Anglais supplied by Crowthers of Canterbury. For more information about James and his playing, visit www.james-turnbull.com.

Nowadays, John still holds his position in the RPO, as well as being principal oboe in the English Chamber Orchestra and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. He has performed concertos in Europe, Asia and Africa, and is also a very keen chamber musician, having toured extensively with the ASMF chamber and worked at various times with London Winds, the Gaudier Ensemble, Zarek Chamber and the London Sinfonietta.

In recent years, John also has a small presence on CD, having recorded Poulenc’s Sonata, Trio and Sextuor with the pianist Mark Bebbington, and a solo number in John Rutter’s I Sing of a Maiden EP.

As well as appearing with most of the UK orchestras, he is an experienced chamber musician and has given recitals both on BBC Radio Scotland and Radio 3. He has given classes and adjudications at several leading institutions such as the Royal College of Music, Guildhall, the Royal Academy of Music and Welsh College of Music, and was Professor of Oboe at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) for several year

Joan teaches clarinet and chamber music at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya in Barcelona and Trinity Laban in London. He is regularly invited to give master classes and recitals in major Music centres such as California State University, Royal College and Royal Academy in London or Royal Scottish Academy of Music in Glasgow.

As a soloist Joan has performed and recorded the clarinet concerto repertoire, and many composers have written new concertos for him, among them Sir John Tavener, Joan Guinjoan or César Cano. His premieres of Qualia with the OCV and Zubin Metha and Elogio del horizonte, both by Sánchez Verdú were greatly acclaimed both in Madrid and Munich with the Bayerische Rundfunk.

Among his recordings are Mozart’s clarinet concerto with Sir Neville Marriner (Trito) and with Antony Pay (Cala). He has recorded also with the Tokyo, Bordsky and the Alexander String Quartets. His interest in recovering and promoting Spanish music has produced 5 recordings, for Harmonia Mundi and Clarinet Classics. With Moonwinds Joan has recorded unknown divertimenti by Martin y Soler, as well as Mozart’s Gran Partita and wind Serenades. Most recently two new recordings appeared in the market, both with the Alexander String Quartet: In Friendship (Brahms and Cano quintets) and Gershwin & Kern transcriptions (Foghrn Classics).

Joan has performed as a conductor-soloist with orchestras such Pablo Sarasate Orchestra of Pamplona, Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra or Kensington Chamber Orchestra both in London. He also conducted the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia Orchestra.

Joan was appointed in 2006 by Lorin Maazel principal clarinet of the Orquestra CV del Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia. He was previously a member of the Bournemouth Sinfonietta, and principal guest in orchestras such as Royal Philharmonic, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London Mozart Players, London Symphony, City of Birmingham, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, etc. He was a co-founder of the Cadaqués Orchestra, where he remains principal clarinet.

In 2003 he was appointed lecturer at the International Academy of Bass Clarinet in Pordenone (Italy) and from 2007 Visiting Professor of Clarinet at the Birmingham Conservatoire (UK). He has given masterclasses throughout the world at institutions such as the Royal College of Music London, Royal Northen College of Manchester, Sibelius Academy, Utrecht Conservatorium, University of Rio de Janeiro, and Teresa Berganza Conservatorium in Madrid.

Since 2012 he has collaborated regularly with Teatro la Fenice Orchestra in Venice.

Anthony Pike was born in Seoul, Korea, and studied the clarinet with Julian Farrell in London, Robert Marcellus in Chicago and Dame Thea King At the Royal College of Music. Anthony is the principal clarinet with the English Chamber Orchestra (E.C.O.), and has performed concertos with them worldwide.

He has also appeared as guest principal with most of the British orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Chamber music collaborators have included Christian Zacharias, Ralph Gothóni, Joachim Trio, Medici and Tippet Quartets and E.C.O. Ensemble. He is a founder member of the London Soloists Ensemble (John Lenehan, Lorraine McAslan, Sarah-jane Bradley and Karine Georgian),the resident ensemble at St. Johns Smith Square.

He is regularly invited, as chamber musician and soloist, to appear at international festivals which have included Edinburgh, Johannesburg, Nordland, Hong Kong and Bermuda.

Despite reading Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Magdalen College, Oxford, Anthony gradually became more absorbed with playing the clarinet. The National Federation of Music Societies’ “Young Artist” award provided a springboard for his recital career, and he made his Wigmore Hall debut in 1994. Concerto appearances at the Royal Festival Hall, Barbican, Cadogan Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall followed.

Anthony plays on Selmer Recital Clarinets.

Qualifications/ Educational Background

• Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Magdalen College, Oxford
• Royal College of Music

Creative Output

• Mozart Concerto for Basset Clarinet with Ralph Gothóni and the E.C.O.
• The complete works for clarinet by Max Reger (Martin Jones, piano)
• Copland Clarinet Sextet
• A recent recording of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Quintet on the London Soloists

While Principal Sassoonist with the Britten Sinfonia and Haffner Wind Ensemble (a position she held for 13 years), she was soloist on the Britten Sinfonia recording of Richard Strauss’ Duo Concertante for Clarinet, Bassoon and Orchestra (EMI) with clarinettist Joy Farrall, and in 1999 recorded Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto K.191, and Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and orchestra (with Nicholas Daniel, Joy Farrall and Stephen Bell) for the Classic FM label. Her recording of Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto, with the Britten Sinfonia, was chosen by the BBC Radio 3 Building a Library programme as the best available recording.

As well as performing on concert platforms throughout the UK and all over the world, Julie has spent a considerable amount of time as a studio musician, playing Principal Bassoon on numerous recordings of film soundtracks and backing tracks, including several Harry Potter and James Bond scores.

A keen chamber musician, Paul has played with many respected ensembles such as London Winds, the Galliard Ensemble and the Sacconi Quartet, with recent concerts in Greece with ECO Wind Ensemble and in Japan with RPO Winds. In 2012, he formed a new ensemble to showcase the amazing repertoire written for large wind ensemble and in May of that year, it gave a highly successful debut concert in the Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, where it was joined by pianist John Lill for a performance of Mozart’s Quintet for Piano and Wind alongside Serenade No. 10, Gran Partita, scored for 13 instruments.

In 2015, Paul was delighted to be invited to join the bassoon teaching staff at Trinity Laban. Formerly a teacher at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, he regularly visits other conservatoires around the country including the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Royal Northern College of Music and Birmingham Conservatoire. He has also been invited to give masterclasses at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music in Australia and the Festival d’Aosta in northern Italy.  Paul also enjoys coaching chamber music and directing larger ensembles.

Gerard has performed in 30 countries including USA, South Africa, Indonesia, Azerbaijan, Korea and Germany. He has recorded albums with BBC NOW, Ulster Orchestra, London Musici, guitarist Craig Ogden, The Smith Quartet, Yan Pascal Tortelier and record labels include Chandos, Signum Records and Silva Screen.

He has developed a repertoire of accessible new works, often with a celtic influence some of which have been published in his saxophone series by Reed Music, Australia and Camden Music, London.

Orchestras Gerard has worked with include Philharmonia, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, National Symphony of Ireland, Stuttgart Staatsorchester and the Orchestra of San Francisco Ballet. Venues include San Francisco Opera House, Baku Opera House, Royal Abert Hall, St David’s Hall, Cardiff, National Concert Hall, Dublin and a longhut in Sarawak, Borneo. He has worked with Philip Glass, The Smith Quartet, guitarist Craig Ogden, percussionists Ensemble Bash, The Soweto String Quartet, tenorist Tommy Smith and vocal groups Anuna and Codetta.

In 2010 he was invited to be an adjudicator at the Royal Overseas League Competition and the 5th Adolphe Sax International Saxophone Competition in Dinant, Belgium. Gerard is Artistic director of the next British Saxophone Congress in London, February 2011 and his new saxophone series is launched by Reed Music. His new programme Stand Up has won two awards from the Arts Council. Gerard is Professor of Saxophone at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. He is endorsed by Rico and is an ambassador for Derry-Londonderry UK City of Culture 2013. His album Aria was released by First Hand Records in October 2011.

Gerard runs annual courses for Dartington International Summer School, Aberystwyth Musicfest, The National Youth Wind Orchestra and Music at Little Benslow. In 1998 he was appointed Professor of Saxophone at Trinity College of Music and tutor at The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

She is also in demand as a woodwind performer in London’s West End Shows and has played in Phantom of the Opera, Legally Blonde, A Little Night Music and Cats to name but a few.

Melanie is a Professor of Saxophone and Associated Doubling Skills at Trinity Laban. As well as delivering principal study lessons, she coaches chamber music and lectures on two academic modules ; Artist as Citizen and Artist as Educator. Melanie is a music faculty representative on the Learning and Teaching Board at Trinity Laban and she also examines and adjudicates for other London music conservatoires.

Melanie is a key member of the City of London Sinfonia outreach team which involves delivering workshops and interactive concerts in hospitals and community venues. These include GOSH, Evelina London Children’s Hospital and Headway East.
As a saxophone syllabus selector for the ABRSM, Melanie collaborates with many renowned music educators and composers and has recently recorded pieces from grade six, seven and eight of the new syllabus. She was also part of the team responsible for developing the new scales and sight-reading requirements. Melanie’s contribution to music was honoured by the Royal Academy of Music when she was awarded an ARAM.

Ian Wilson studied recorders and clarinet at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he won the woodwind prize twice (once on each instrument) and gained the Principal’s Prize upon graduation. Other prizes include the Skene Award, a LASMO Staffa Music Award and the 2002 Van Wassenaer Competition’s Musica Antica Prize for best individual musician.

Ian Wilson studied recorders and clarinet at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama where he won the woodwind prize twice (once on each instrument) and gained the Principal’s Prize upon graduation. Other prizes include the Skene Award, a LASMO Staffa Music Award and the 2002 Van Wassenaer Competition’s Musica Antica Prize for best individual musician.

In addition to Trinity Laban, Ian teaches at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Eton College and the Campion School in Essex.

Ian is featured as a solo artist on the recording of the complete works for recorder by Edmund Rubbra and Benjamin Britten released on the Dutton Digital label.

Tony has had close ties with music making in Norway where he held the position of co-principal trumpet in the Bergen Philharmonic orchestra and the contemporary music ensemble BIT20, in addition to teaching at the Bergen Conservatoire. On returning from Norway Tony enjoyed a period of six years working as principal trumpet in West End musical theatre. It was during this period that he realised a long held ambition to train as a teacher of the Alexander Technique, which he now uses as an educational tool in his instrumental teaching. Tony has taught at the Purcell School for the last twelve years and also holds teaching positions at Trinity Laban, the London College of Music and the RAF. He continues to freelance widely.

In the freelance field he has played with all of the UK’s major symphony, opera and chamber orchestras working with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Sir Georg Solti, Lorin Maazel, Valery Gergiev and Sir Simon Rattle, as well as performing on many film scores, particularly those of Jerry Goldsmith and John Barry. He was a member of the BBC Symphony Orchestra for 25 years, enjoying many Prom seasons and worldwide concert tours with leading soloists and conductors/ composers such as Pierre Boulez, Olivier Messiaen and Witold Lutosławski. He has been a professor of Trumpet at Trinity Laban since 2004.

Throughout Philip’s career, he has worked with many diverse groups and ensembles. Earlier in his career, he worked on cruise ships and in touring and West End shows such as Chess, Fiddler on the Roof, The Sound of Music, Guys and Dolls, The Lion King, Cats, Starlight Express and The Wizard of Oz. He is a regular performer with cutting edge contemporary music ensembles such as the London Sinfonietta, Ensemble Modern and the Britten Sinfonia. His orchestral work has been where Philip has spent the most part of his career so far. He has freelanced with most of the leading UK orchestras such as the London Symphony, BBC Symphony, BBC Concert, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony, City of Birmingham Symphony, Welsh Opera, English National Opera and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. In 2001 he was appointed 2nd Trombone in the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, a position he held until 2010 when he moved to the same position in the Philharmonia Orchestra.

During this time Matthew, enjoyed success with a number of youth ensembles including the National Youth Brass Band, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and as principal trombone of the European Union Youth Orchestra and the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester. Following his long connection with the Royal Academy of Music, Matthew is proud to recently accept the award of Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.

In January 2020, Matthew was appointed the principal trombone of the BBC Concert Orchestra with whom he has been featured as a soloist, recently recording the Albrechstberger Concerto. Matt has performed as guest principal trombone with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonia, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the English National Opera amongst others.

He also enjoys a varied freelance career that has spanned from touring Europe with the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, to performing at large scale club nights with the Heritage Orchestra the in arenas across the UK.

In recent years, Matthew has featured on the soundtrack of many films including Mission Impossible, Death on the Nile and the latest Wonka film. He is the trombonist in Inner City Brass and enjoys playing as a guest in many other chamber ensembles including Septura and London Brass, with whom he recently toured giving masterclasses, solo concerts and adjudicating the Dutch Brass Band Open.

Alongside his performing, Matthew is a regular guest in the UK’s top music schools and conservatoires, and is professor of trombone at St Paul’s School and Dulwich College.

She has appeared as Guest Principal with most major UK ensembles including the London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia, London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Welsh, BBC Scottish, BBC Concert Orchestra, CBSO, Hallé Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony, RSNO, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, City of London Sinfonia, RTÉ National Symphony, the Orchestra of Opera North and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Carol’s session work features on a number of commercial soundtracks for feature films, advertisements, jingles, albums and singles. Carol has also contributed to myriad commercial pop tracks and as such her work has appeared in the Top 10 UK charts numerous times.

Carol has been a trombone professor at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music for over eleven years and has given masterclasses throughout the world, including Lucerne Conservatoire in Switzerland, University of California in Los Angeles, Rice University in Houston, Mexico City University, Lima Conservatoire in Peru and at the Jazz Institute in Graz, Austria. She quite often serves as an outside assessor at UK Conservatoires and abroad, and on international juries for trombone competitions around the globe. Carol is a former President of the British Trombone Society and was appointed President of the International Trombone Festival in 2017.

As well as performing and teaching, Carol has written orchestral arrangements for a whole host of different artists and genres. Most notably for the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Grammy award-winning stars such as Corinne Bailey Rae and multi-Platinum-selling pop star Seal. She was part of the production team on a Eurovision Song Contest entry representing the UK and her orchestrations have been featured on Mercury Prize nominated albums, been in the top 5 of the UK Album Charts, top 10 on the US Billboard Chart and also been recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood.

Carol recorded her debut solo album ‘Smile’ at Pinewood Studios, which reached the penultimate round of the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. Carol is a solo endorsed artist with Michael Rath Trombones and Roland Keyboards.

Aside from eight years experience in an opera orchestra, memorable concerts include Bruckner’s 7th Symphony with the Philharmonia at the BBC Proms, Wagner’s Ring Cycle with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Strauss’ Don Juan with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Verdi’s Falstaff at the Royal Opera House. Away from music, Joe can be found playing or watching cricket, trail running, climbing or kayaking in Surrey or Dorset.

Performing the first solo tuba recital at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester and the first tuba player to be awarded the Worshipful Company of Dyers Award at the Royal Overseas League Competition, Les has always pushed the boundaries. His 3 solo releases, Salt of the Earth, Shine and Affinity have won numerous awards including Brass Band World, British Bandsman, 4barsrest.com Solo CD of the Year and the prestigious Roger Bobo Award in Recording Excellence from the International Tuba Euphonium Association.

Away from solo performance Les is part of the tuba section of the American based, Brass Band of Battle Creek and as a chamber musician is a member of the Fine Arts Brass Ensemble, a group with a 30 year history having performed in over 60 countries. He has also performed with orchestras throughout the UK, including the Halle, RTE Concert, Ulster and London Symphony Orchestra.

Alongside his performing commitments Les is tuba tutor at the Royal Northern College of Music, RNCM Junior School, Salford University, Birmingham Conservatoire and Huddersfield University. He has given masterclasses at the Trinity College and Royal Academy of Music, London.

He has served as tutor for the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain, Scotland, Wales and Switzerland and has performed recitals and masterclasses throughout the UK, Europe, USA, South America, Japan and Australia.

Stephen is a member of Endymion Ensemble, The Fibonacci Sequence and Capricorn. He has taken part in many critically acclaimed recordings, including Mozart’s entire output for wind ensemble with Chamber Orchestra of Europe and his second recording of the Brahms Horn Trio, with the Florestan Trio, released by Hyperion to rave reviews, and a ‘Gramophone’ award nomination.

Since then he has performed as a soloist in countries such as the Czech Republic, Japan, China, Thailand, Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the United States conducted by Ivan Fischer, Yakov Kreizberg, Jonathan Nott, Daniel Raiskin and Michael Sanderling. He has already debuted in some of the greatest concert halls, such as the Auditorium in Rome, Carnegie Hall in New York, the Philharmonic at the Gasteig, Munich and in the Bartók Hall in Budapest. He has also performed with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Camerata Salzburg, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Bamberg Symphonic Orchestra and the Württemberg Philharmonic in Reutlingen. His chamber music partners include András Keller, Péter Nagy, Dénes Várjon, Christoph Eschenbach, Elena Bashkirova, Christian Zacharias and Frank Peter Zimmermann.

Anneke is principal horn of a number of internationally renowned period instrument ensembles including Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and the English Baroque Soloists, ensemble Pygmalion, The Orchestra of the Sixteen, The Irish Baroque Orchestra, Dunedin Consort and Players, Oxford Bach Soloists and many others. She is similarly in great demand as a guest principal horn, regularly appearing with orchestras and ensembles worldwide. 

Anneke enjoys an international solo career and discography embracing three centuries of virtuosic horn works. Her expertise in baroque horn repertoire ensures that she is frequently to be heard performing the famous obligato arias of composers such as Bach and Handel as well as solo concertos from this period. Her critically acclaimed solo recordings also include three discs focussing on the music of the leading Parisian horn player of the nineteenth century; Jaques-François Gallay. 

Anneke enjoys collaborating with a wide range of musicians and is a key member of a number of chamber music ensembles including nineteenth century period brass ensemble The Prince Regent’s Band, the harmoniemusik ensemble Boxwood & Brass, historic wind ensemble Syrinx and EnsembleF2. She regularly works with leading period keyboardists including Steven Devine, Neal Peres da Costa, Geoffrey Govier and Kathryn Cok and period harpist Frances Kelly. 

In addition to her teaching at Trinity Laban, she also teaches at The University of Birmingham, The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and on the online teaching platform Play with a Pro. In 2018 she was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Music and in 2019 she was one of the recipients of the International Horn Society “Punto Award”.  

She is a founder member of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and she also founded the ensemble His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts, of which she was a member for twenty-five years. She has played with nearly all of the major London orchestras and chamber ensembles including the London Sinfonetta and Nash Ensemble. She also plays Principal Trombone with Garsington Opera and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

She is currently professor of trombone and sackbut at the Royal Northern College of Music, the Centre for Early Music Performance and Research (CEMPR) at the University of Birmingham, and Birmingham Conservatoire. She has also given masterclasses at the Royal College of Music, Trinity Laban London, Mannes College of Music New York and Boston Early Brass symposium in the USA.

She was also awarded a Hon LRAM for her teaching work at the Royal Academy of Music in 2002.

From early on in his career, Calum showed a real passion for marimba, winning his first BBC solo broadcast at the young age of 18. A finalist in international and national competitions, Calum was taught and nurtured by international marimbists Jasmin Kolberg and Eric Sammut.

Calum’s passion and commitment to performing has allowed him to perform solo and concerto debuts within the major concert houses across the United Kingdom, Europe and the United Arab Emirates.

As a freelance percussionist, Calum works regularly with orchestras such as BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, English National Opera – Baylis, Southbank Sinfonia, Scottish Ensemble, Scottish Opera and Mannheim National Theatre. He made his international debut as Guest Principal Percussionist and Timpanist with Jyväskylä Sinfonietta, Finland.

As well as being a virtuosic performer, Calum’s passion lies in cross-arts collaborations and teaching. He has worked alongside some of the most recognised and talented creatives in the arts.

Calum is an active and sought-after percussion tutor and workshop leader throughout the UK, Four Mallet Specialist at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, Percussion and a part-time lecturer at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (Glasgow).

As a result of his extensive playing career, Matt has acquired a great many skills which he feels are essential for the working drum kit player and it is these skills which Matt feels he is able to bring to his teaching.

In his role as an educator, Matt is currently the drum kit teacher at the Royal College of Music Junior Department. He has also tutored the National Youth Percussion Ensemble. Matt’s approach to teaching drum kit is entirely based on the needs of the individual. Once this is assessed, Matt has a wealth of experience and material from real-world playing situations, which he uses to tailor the lessons accordingly.

Matt has given classes for the Royal Marines and has been involved with several large-scale education projects, including several iterations of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Big Bash, where he has given many group classes. Matt was also involved in the preliminary work on the percussion section of the London Olympic Opening Ceremony.

He has recorded and appeared with singers such as Marion Montgomery, Dame Cleo Laine, Claire Martin OBE and Dame Jessye Norman.

In 2015, he toured in the USA and recorded with Seth MacFarlane.

He was Sir Richard Rodney Bennett’s drummer of choice and for eight years, toured and recorded as a member of Stacey Kent’s group, including her Grammy-nominated 2007 release Breakfast on the Morning Tram on Blue Note.

Matt was a founder member of the Grammy-nominated John Wilson Orchestra performing on various televised BBC Proms and concert tours, 2010-19.

He regularly appears with the BBC Big Band and often with the BBC Philharmonic and the BBC Symphony orchestras, including the Last Night of the Proms, 2017.

Travelling as John Wilson’s drummer, he has most recently performed with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Antwerp Radio Orchestra and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 2018, Matt toured internationally with Sir Simon Rattle with the London Symphony Orchestra for various Leonard Bernstein centenary concerts including performances of Bernstein’s 2nd Symphony, The Age of Anxiety and a concert version of Wonderful Town.

In 2019, he performed at the Edinburgh Festival with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in a concert version of West Side Story for Sir John Eliot Gardiner OBE.

Matt played and recorded for Alan Barnes’s Parliamentary Jazz Award winning 60th birthday project +11 and subsequent album release.

Many appearances at Ronnie Scott’s have included main shows with Claire Martin, Jim Mullen’s Organ Trio, James Pearson’s Portrait of Bill Evans and Oscar Peterson Celebrations also with Dave Newton, Joe Stilgoe’s 80s big band project and as a frequent guest member of the Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra.

West End musical theatre credits include the 2015 Savoy revival of Gypsy and ‘the Broadway transfer of An American In Paris‘ at the Dominion theatre, 2017.

Anything Goes at the Barbican, 2021/22

Recent film soundtrack includes Motherless Brooklyn, Catch 22, Doug Days, Four Kids and It, Blythe Spirit, The Lost Marilyn Tapes, A Spy Among Friends and The Great Escaper.

Matt played drums for Callum Au’s critically acclaimed orchestral album, Songs and Stories featuring Claire Martin OBE, released in 2020.

He continues to perform with orchestras such as the LSO, the RLPO, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Aurora Orchestra and with Britten Sinfonia for Alison Balsom’s 2022 Warner Classics album release.

2023 recording releases include Claire Martin’s Richard Rodney Bennett songbook album project along with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and John Wilson’s cast recording of the original score of Oklahoma with Sinfonia of London.

Matt appeared at the BBC Proms last year with the RSNO performing with Nicola Benedetti in a UK premiere performance of Wynton Marsalis’ Violin Concerto.

Recent activities also include concerts with the BBC Big Band, James Pearson’s Gershwin Rhapsody In Blue project, The Callum Au – James Davison Quintet, Pete Horsfall quartet, Purdy, Rob Barron’s Celebrating Bernstein trio project and festival appearances with the Guy Baker Big Band.

Forthcoming concerts include the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Southbank Centre as part of their American Music festival for conductor Marin Alsop and concerts and broadcasts with the Orchestre National de Lyon.

In November 2023, Matt will play on a national tour with John Wilson’s Sinfonia of London.

2023 sees the launch of Matt’s own project and recording release Beyond Category celebrating the music of Duke Ellington featuring Pete Horsfall, Alec Harper, Alex Garnett and Will Barry.

Matt is currently interim Head of Jazz at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he also teaches for the Woodwind, Brass & Percussion department.

He is director of the Guildhall Big Band devising a concert project series spanning the history of Big Band jazz.

For the Woodwind, Brass & Percussion department, Matt has most recently devised a project intended to bring the study of drum kit more closely aligned to that of multi-percussion. This has involved working closely with the composer Mark-Anthony Turnage and celebrated drummer Peter Erskine in preparing material and special events scheduled for the forthcoming academic year.

He regularly gives masterclasses and workshops at the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal College of Music and Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

Matt is also a visiting Jazz and Drums consultant member of the Britten-Pears Foundation, Aldeburgh Young Musicians.

ENO Baylis, the company’s outreach department, has afforded him the happy opportunity to be involved in many projects with people from all sections of the community. He has been commissioned to create events for them such as Jazz Rigoletto with Westminster Council, performed at the Steiner Theatre,The Carmen Storyfor schools in Hackney and Tower Hamlets and The Soldiers Day in Hackney. He has also done education work for the Royal Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestras and the Royal Ballet.

Away from ENO Mick enjoys a busy freelance career with the United Kingdom’s premier orchestras and ensembles including the Royal Philharmonic, Philharmonia, London Symphony, London Philharmonic, BBC Symphony and BBC Concert Orchestras and the London Sinfonietta, performing under such world renowned conductors as Abbado, Muti, Gergiev, Previn, Haitink, Maazel, Temirkanov, Mackerras, Tilson-Thomas, Dutoit, Colin Davis, Rostropovich, Elder and many more.

His many film soundtrack recordings include Lord of the Rings, The Golden Compass, Nanny McPhee 2, Gangs of New York, Tomorrow Never Dies, Enemy at the Gates, Miss Potter, The English Patient and The Mask of Zorro. Mick has also deputized on West End shows such as My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music and Mary Poppins.

Another important part of Mick’s professional life is in education. He is Professor of Percussion at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, percussion coach to the Ulster Youth Orchestra and gives private coaching and consultation lessons. He is frequently invited to adjudicate at music conservatoires. In 2011 he was co-founder of Rhythms Inc, a partnership with a growing reputation for using music to provide experiences that are engaging, inspirational and fun and that build new capabilities, develop team-working skills and promote creativity for a wide range of audiences from children to corporates.

An engaging communicator, Mick has appeared on various national radio shows. He was featured on Gershwin’s Horns with Rainer Hersch, A History of the World in 100 Objects on BBC Radio 4 and was the ‘Spoon Man on Radio 2’s Chris Evans Show. He is also comfortable as a presenter and happily performs humorous solo pieces on quirkier instruments such as musical saw, car horns, kazoo, washboard and even anvil!

Passionate about jazz, he was a founder member of The Lawless Four jazz quartet playing at private events and at venues including the Royal Festival Hall, The Barbican and The Savage Club.

Also in demand as a music administrator, for many years he has acted on behalf of Musical Associates Concerts Ltd and A.W.Events, booking musicians and acting as Orchestra Manager for their stately home and stadium concerts across the country. He was also Orchestra Manager for Camerata Ireland’s triumphant 2000 tour to Brazil, Argentina and Montevideo with music director Barry Douglas.

He is delighted to be a Zildjian Artist and is honored to be an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.

In 1981, the critically acclaimed Scottish trio ‘The Blue Nile’ invited Nigel to record with them on their upcoming album ‘A Walk Across The Rooftops’ (and subsequently ‘Hats’ and ‘Peace At Last’) : This relationship flourished for the best part of 25 years.

In 1991, Nigel took a ten year sabbatical from orchestral life relocating to North Wales, where he built a recording studio, and created his solo album ‘Public Face, Private Face’ under the name ‘Quiet City’. He also continued to tour and record with The Blue Nile during this period and also undertook numerous invitations to guest on other artists live & studio work.

Fast forward to 2002, and orchestral life beckoned Nigel once again: He approached the LSO to ask if it would be possible to come in to play and to see if his rekindled enthusiasm was permanent or just a passing phase. The former proved to be the case, and Nigel subsequently rejoined his old orchestra as Principal Timpanist in January 2003.

Nigel is Professor of Timpani at both the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music.