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Born in
Peterlee, Co. Durham, but didn't start playing
until he took up the tenor horn at Caldervale
High School, Airdrie, Scotland under the tutelage
of Andrew Suckle [Principal Cornet of the
Scottish Gas Band] in 1976. Played with his
school band, Lanarkshire Concert Band, and the
local Airdrie Old Union Band [now Monklands
Brass] and performed in his first Scottish
Championships in 1978. Moved to Coventry where he went onto
Bb bass - don't ask why - with the Coventry
Festival Band [now Rolls-Royce Coventry Band].
After a couple of years moved to the Coventry
Imperial Band and then by 1982 was with the City
of Coventry Band [current British Open
Champions]. He began playing the Eb bass is 1981
as he wished to play with the Warwickshire
Symphony Orchestra. His banding highlight with
City of Coventry Band was when they won the
"Tetley Yorkshire Open" performing Diadem
of Gold under the direction of Peter Parks.
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1984 he moved again, this time to
Bristol, where he joined the Sun Life
Band, formerly Stanshawe, where he was the principal
Eb bass [tuba] for over 10 years. In 1994 he left Sun Life and
began dabbling in local orchestras and
with the Liberty Quintet [a small group of
ex-SLB soloists]. In his spare time he
obtained his Masters Degree in
Engineering from the University of
Warwick.
In 1997 his job
took him to France, working on Airbus Industrie's "super-jumbo"
(A3XX), and since that time he has not
blown a note but has begun to arrange
music for brass, however, the prodigal
son returns to Blighty in Autumn 2000,
working close to Leicester.
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