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John Sweden was born in Sydney, Australia but was educated in England and the USA. John attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he studied Bass Trombone with Dennis Wick, Piano with Neil Van Allen and Composition with Edmund Rubbra. During his time at the Guildhall, John was much in demand to compose […]
Paul Smith has played trombones for over 40 years, specialising on bass trombone. He also arranges music for trombone ensembles. He plays in an amateur group “Bones alone” as well as a mainly professional trombone group with Andy Crompton, Mark Walters and Jim Robins, who have tried and tested all the pieces published. The pieces […]
Brendan Collins is currently the Chief Brass Examiner of NSW for the Australian Music Examinations Board and the Composer-in-residence at Barker College, Sydney. His compositions are frequently performed and recorded throughout the world by many leading international artists and his music is broadcast regularly on ABC ClassicFM. Australian composer and performer Brendan Collins grew up […]
David Bertie began his musical studies aged 11 under the tutelage of trombonist John Butt. David served in the British Army as a musician for 24 years and is now a professional musician working in the South West of England. David is a prolific trumpet player and qualified teacher specialising in whole class teaching of […]
Dr Benjamin Coy serves as the brass professor at South Texas College, where he also directs the symphonic band and teaches music theory. He is a regular clinician and has presented lectures on pedagogical topics at conferences throughout the country, including multiple presentations at the International Trombone Festival. As a trombonist, Dr Coy plays with […]
Alice Knight (b. 2003) is a conductor, composer, and horn player currently reading music at St Anne’s College, University of Oxford. Alice spent four years studying horn, composition, and conducting at the Royal College of Music Junior Department (RCMJD) with Sue Dent, Simon Speare, Russell Hepplewhite, and Rob Hodge; she now studies horn with Richard […]
Peter W Stones (b. 1988) is a composer and trombonist from the Midlands. After studying at Birmingham Conservatoire he established himself as a performer of avant-garde music and jazz in the region, performing in local bands & solo recitals focused on contemporary brass music. He continued this when he moved to Stockholm, Sweden having the […]
Born in Oldham, Lancs in 1964, Charles started the trombone when 12 when living on Anglesey. He received scholarship lessons with Roger Harvey ( RNCM ) and studied trombone with Daniel Hannaby and composition with Dr David Harries and Mervyn Burtch at RWCMD , Cardiff 1982-1985 . Charles’ first work was published in 1987 for […]
Saskia Apon was born in Rotterdam. She studied harp with Margot Flipse-Broeders at the Rotterdam Conservatory, where she graduated laude at the age of 16 (the youngest ever). At this age she taught at the Conservatory. As a self-taught composer-arranger, she wrote many original works and arrangements for various brass combinations. Saskia Apon has arranged, […]
Terry started to play the drums at the age of 8 and according to him “my lucky breaks were in my early life in the music profession as a drummer”. At the age of 15, Terry formed a quartet and played at local dances. At the same time he started studying with the retired principal […]
Don Bateman started playing the cornet at the age of 12, later switching to the trumpet. After 3 years at the Royal College of Music (ARCM Teaching Diploma) Don undertook various freelance engagements. Later a Certificate of Education, gained at Trent Park (now part of Middlesex University) led to brass teaching along with an eclectic […]
Philip is a freelance musician living in London. He concentrates mainly on composing, but is also a pianist, organist and music teacher. His compositions – instrumental, choral and theatre music – are tonal and accessible in style, they are widely performed and published. Philip studied music at Cambridge University, where he was an organ scholar […]
Jeffery Wilson is perhaps best known as a composer. He studied at the Royal College of Music, Cambridge and Paris and numbers among his teachers John Lambert, Herbert Howells, Gordon Jacob and Olivier Messiaen. His performances and recordings range from pop and jazz to classical and contemporary and he performs regularly with ‘Triptych’ and his […]
Salvatore Sciarratta (born August 22, 1995) is an Italian trombonist, euphoniumist and composer. In November 2018 he obtained the Bachelor of Arts in Trombone studying with Giuseppe Bonanno at the “Alessandro Scarlatti” Conservatory of Palermo. He studied Euphonium with Francesco Tolentino in the same Conservatory. As a self-taught he approaches composition and arrangement. Salvatore is […]
Taiwanese-American composer/pianist Ying-Chen Kao’s (高盈真) music has been described as “exceedingly beautiful” in Soundboard Magazine UK, a “challenging and rich work” in the Coral Gables Gazette, and “an evocative and surreal soundscape” on minor 7th.com. Her compositions have been featured at MUSIQA, TCC Taiwan Night Concert, Sylvia Adalman Chamber Series, Union Square Chamber Music Society, […]
