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Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Italian Brass Week

Well, another eventful month has nearly passed by, and very soon I'll be starting my second year undergraduate course at the Royal Academy of Music. However, before all that I must tell you about a wonderful week I spent in Santa Fiora, deep in the Tuscan Hills, as part of Italian Brass Week. With tutors including Jens Lindemann, Tage Larsen (2nd trumpet in the Chicago Symphony - who deputised for principal Chris Martin), Davide Simoncini, Andrea Tofanelli, Dale Clevenger, Charles Vernon, Gene Porkony and Gomalan Brass, the whole event was a fantastic opportunity to play alongside, listen to and be coached by some of the most outstanding brass musicians in the world. With all the artists performing daily concerts (in solo and 5tet capacity), it was also a pleasure to hear some other students from around Europe performing. In particular, it was great that we were all able to 'sit in' on each others lessons, thereby allowing us to gain 'free' tuition on most of the great trumpet repertoire. Added to that the wonderful Tuscan scenery and superb food made it certainly a week to remember!

Well, back to the present, and next week another year starts at the RAM, where I'll be continuing my studies with James Watson, Robert Farley and Howard Snell. I've also got several concerts coming up in various capacities - as soloist on Sunday with piano in Cardiff and the Arutuinian concerto with orchestra in December, as part of a the pioneering Radius Ensemble in a new opera - 'The Corley Conspiracy' at the Purcell Room in mid September, and in the pit for a production of 'West Side Story.' Added to that the usual melee of auditions, internal concerts, assessments and masterclasses means that it should be a very profitable and busy term. I'm also looking forward to learning a lot of new repertoire in preparation for various competitions and exams which Im hoping to take in 2008.

If anything else exciting comes up, I'll post, but until then, I hope you all had a great summer break! Im now off to spend 2 hours queuing to prom for the Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestra concert at the RAH this evening...wish me luck!

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