Jazz Trumpeter and Composer/Arranger. Artistic and Music Director: National Youth Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Professor: Royal College of Music. Dad x3.
Joined May 2011
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11 Jul 2023
Fantastic night out @BarbicanCentre listening to Artemis and Kandace Springs tonight!
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8 Jul 2023
Lovely day in my FRCM robes yesterday at the RCM graduation ceremony! Congratulations to everyone there, especially making it through COVID lockdowns with such positive attitudes. #growthmindset
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25 Mar 2023
Happiness is doing some programming for @BBCSingers and looking towards Christmas 2023 and beyond. Talking of 🎄- strong soundtrack for the day from @BBCSingers when we collaborated with @clareteal @conductorben @NYJOuk @markatpt for some @QuincyDJones
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24 Mar 2023
Really pleased to read this!
24 Mar 2023
Hope dawns once more. We are all overwhelmed & humbled by the continuing support for @BBCSingers from across the world. Thank you all. Here’s to this international musical gem and all who sail in it, with it and encounter it. Will be a great concert this afternoon. Keep singing x
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12 Feb 2023
It was a pleasure to hear some great playing from the students yesterday, including Finn here on the trumpet!
12 Feb 2023
Brilliant to have Mark Armstrong, Artistic Director of @NYJOuk, at @Cambridge_Uni yesterday to give a masterclass on musical directing!
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4 Feb 2023
Great to workshop an arrangement by @FloriMaunders of a @ChickCorea piece with @NYJOuk and @markatpt ahead of their residency at Ronnie Scott’s later this month #jazz
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4 Dec 2022
@NYJOuk @jewishmusicUK @Jw3nni what a spectacular afternoon if music - a room full of extraordinary talent and inspirational arrangers/conductors - thank you all so much!
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4 Dec 2022
Celebrating nearly Krampusnacht with delicious Nigel Slater recipes from Christmas Chronicles: Pork Chop & Spinach Polenta, spicy chocolate cake… @ Blackheath, London instagram.com/p/Clwovhhr_Er/…
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30 Nov 2022
When #NYJO do a function we like to go large! Great fun playing for #Salesforce this morning! @ ExCeL London instagram.com/p/Cll8o5nKYa1/…
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21 Nov 2022
Really great to hear all the talented @PurcellSchool jazz musicians performing tonight. Simon Allen is doing great work with them - an inspirational and energetic head of department!
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19 Nov 2022
Let’s be honest: Brexit isn’t working.
British exporters are struggling, our living standards are falling and the UK is now the only G7 country with a smaller economy than before the pandemic.
Unless we face up to the harm Brexit is causing we can't start to address it.
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5 Nov 2022
Really fabtastic rhythm section masterclass from @zoe_rahman @NYJOuk this morning — super cool/groovy tunes and nice to be playing with a bunch of new(-to-me) people!!🎶😁
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27 Oct 2022
#OnAir|@officialjazzlon @AVicari_Jazz|Doodles #nowplaying Wild Oak [Feat. @nikkiiles2] & The Earth Keeps Spinnin' by NationalYouthJazzOrchestra @NYJOuk from CD #SheSaid #ListenLive on jazzlondonradio.com & @tunein|SmartPhoneApp
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15 Oct 2022
Really great to have NYJO alum Callum Au running a masterclass with the Jazz Orchestra this morning. Lots of wise words, practical advice and great music. @ Woolwich Works instagram.com/p/Cju_uCJqzfh/…
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29 Sep 2022
Feeling a bit like I’m in Blade Runner… @ the Press Lounge instagram.com/p/CjEumw-qgZA/…
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23 Sep 2022
Really great #nyjo jazz “chamber orchestra” gig at the #jazzcafecamden tonight. Lovely to hear some Thelonius Monk led by the magnificent Mr Tony Kofi! @ The Jazz Cafe instagram.com/p/Ci3PqoSLLp6/…
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3 Sep 2022
Still feels like summer…lovely family gathering with pizzas this evening followed by lemon tart… @ Blackheath, London instagram.com/p/CiD5f6-qFUR/…