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Personal Background
Place
of Birth:
Newmarket, England
Nationality:
British/Australian Res.
Birth Date:
12/12/1964
Education
1999
- 02 Anglia Polytechnic University
Cambridge, England
1987 - 88
University of Salford Manchester, England
1986 -
87 Sydney Conservatorium NSW, Australia
1985 - 86 Guildhall School of Music
London, England
1983 - 84 Anglia Polytechnic
University Cambridge, England
1979 - 83 Castle
Manor Upper School Haverhill, England
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Qualifications
2002
Master of Arts in Music
1998 FTCL Cornet, Diploma
Secondary Teaching
1995 LTCL Practical
Cornet
1984 A' Level: Double Music
1983 A' O' Level: General Studies
....... O' Levels: Music, Maths, History, English
Language, English Literature, Physics
1982
Grade 8 Cornet, Grade 8
Theory
Referees
Kevin Dell - NZBBA
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Dunedin Teachers College - Click to View Document
Gold Award - NZCBA - Click to View Document
(357kb)
NZ Mouthpiece Article
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to View Document (221kb)
FTCL
Exam Report - Click to View Document
(241kb)
Ringwood -
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(206kb)
Travelsphere Midlands Win
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(226kb)
Sinfonia Poster -
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Teacher
Training
1997 Dunedin College of Education
Division C - Secondary
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Teaching
Experience
2002
Cambridgeshire
Instrumental Music Agency (CIMA) -
17 Schools throughout the
Fenland area of Cambridgeshire
2001 Essex Music Services
Instrumental Music teaching
......... Clacton,
Braintree, Harlow, Rivenhall, Colchester etc.
2000
Supply Teaching Select Education, Recruit Education
UK
1999 Relief Teaching Various
Primary/Secondary Schools in Invercargill NZ
.........
Itinerant Music teacher Roxburgh and Alexandra NZ Teachers UK Supply
Teacher - London
1998 Tauranga Boys' College
Itinerant Brass Tutor
1997-98 Southland
Institute of Technology Brass, Theory Tutor
1997-99
Out of School Music Brass & Stage
Band
1996 Ringwood Sec. College, Vic. Aus Music
Co-ordinator
......... Allans Big Band Musical
Director
......... Kew Junior Band Conductor,
Tutor
1995
Southland Itinerant Music Service Brass, Theory,
Conductor
........ Out of School Music Classes
Brass & Theory Tutor
1991-94 Norfolk County Council, UK Brass Tutor
............... Taverham Hall Prep. School
............... Beeston Hall Prep. School
1986-97 Private Music Tuition Brass, Theory, Piano
............... UK, NZ, Australia, Germany,
Switzerland
Courses
1997 Contemporary Music Providers
Organisation (Contempo) Christchurch NZ
......... St. Johns first aid course
......... Treaty of Waitangi course
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Instrumental
Tuition From:
David Read - adjudicator,
Ex-principal GUS
Tom Paulin - Ex-principal
Grimethorpe Colliery
Roger Webster
- "B&H
artist", ex-principal Black Dyke
John Hudson -
Tutor RNCM, Manchester
David King - Head Salford
University
Rod Franks - Co-principal trumpet
LSO
Philip Jones
John
Taber - Ex-NZSO
Ken Smith - Sydney
Conservatorium
George Reynolds
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Instrumental
Experience
2001
Principal Cornet
"The Young Ambassadors BB of GB"
.........
Tours of Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland, Germany, USA & Canada plus
CD
......... Assistant Principal Cornet "Travelsphere Holidays Band"
......... Midland
Area Champions 2001, Radio2, CD recordings
2000 Assistant Principal Cornet
"Black
Dyke Band" (The world's Most Famous Brass Band)
......... "Ground Force"
Bermuda Festival Tour to Toronto, many recordings TV Radio CD
etc.
1999 London 'Areas' -
Championship Section
......... 'Sea Princess'
Cruise Caribbean - Trumpet
......... 1st place
Quartet, 3rd Premier Solo O/S band Champs.
......... Featured Solo - 'Satchmo' APH Brass
Band
......... 'Anything Goes' - Alexandra -
Trumpet
......... 'Westend to Broadway' -
Invercargill -Trumpet
1998 TV One Showcase
- Atlantis Avenue Jazz/Blues band Trustbank Rotorua Brass - Solo
Cornet
......... Bay Big Band - Lead
Trumpet
......... Waikato Symphony Orchestra -
1st Trumpet
......... Auckland solo champs -2nd
Open, 5th Championship
1997
H and H
Cougar Brass Band - Solo Cornet
.........
Crazy Rhythm Big Band - 1st Trumpet
.........
Various Jazz Groups Invercargill, NZ
.........
South Island Jazz Festival - Director - Big Band
1996
Kew Brass Band - Principal Cornet & Asst.
Mus.
Director
......... Musical Director "Allan's Big
Band"
......... Television appearance with vocal
comedy troupe - "The Music Men"
.........
Melbourne Bands Festival - Conducting Ringwood Sec. College Stage
Band
1995 Haydn Trumpet Concerto with
Invercargill Symphonia
......... Kaikorai Band -
Solo Cornet, Australian Band Champs
.........
Australian Cornet Championship - 5th Place
......... New Zealand Cornet Championship - 3rd
Place
......... Conductor James Hargest High
School Concert Band Gold Award Winners
.........
Musical Director -six Secondary School Westpac Music Groups - receiving $500
group win
1993 - 95 Norwich Philharmonic Orchestra - 1st
Trumpet
..................Norfolk Philharmonia
Orchestra - 2nd Trumpet
..................Conductor Anglian Water C and S
Band
..................Conductor Junior County
Wind Band, Norwich
1991 - 93
Matthews Norfolk Brass - Principal Cornet
.................Conductor Manns and Norwich Brewery
Brass
.................Hendon Band, Newham Band
and Young Ambassadors of Great Britain - Solo Cornet
1991 Rigid Containers Group Band - Solo Cornet
1990 Musical Director Canary Island Cruise Band
1989 Tutor German National Youth Band, Munich
..........Muhledorf, Switzerland - Solo Cornet
1987 - 88
Brighouse and Rastrick Band - Solo Cornet
1982 - 84 National Youth Brass Band of GB
..................Haverhill Silver Band
..................Cambridge Co-Op Band
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Vocal Tuition from:
Nicolino Giacalone BFA, DEC
Alan Charlwood
ARCM
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Barbican,
London
Vocal
Experience
- Princess Cruises Singing and trumpet playing with Big
Band and 5 piece
- Images Cabaret troupe Canary Islands cruise
- Ago Totaro
Swiss/German Rock Group (charts)
- All Mouth & Trousers Jazz Group -
NZ
- The Music Men Television, Corporate gigs Australia including "Talking
Telephone numbers" Channel7
- Snape Maltings, UK Duet for HM the Queen at age
13 (1977)
- Audition Callback 1999 Jesus Christ, Superstar - London - top 40
of 650 auditionees
- Place offered Tenor for London Handel Society permanent
by conductor for Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
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