Classical trumpeter, arranger, and Professor of Trumpet. Died in September 2006.
After study at the [l290263] he joined the Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where he spent the next eleven years. On leaving the ROH, he played with the Philharmonia Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra, The English Opera Group and the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, whose repertoire included a number of his arrangements. In 1980, he returned to the ROH where he stayed until his retirement from professional playing in 1996. He was a Professor of Trumpet at the Royal College of Music. He lived in Berwick-upon-Tweed where he continued to arrange music for brass and was Brass Coach to the Scottish Borders Community Orchestra and ran the Borders Brass Ensemble.