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The Symphonic Brass of London
Paul Beniston
Trumpet
Studied music at Bristol University and the Royal College of Music, in 1988 Paul became Joint Principal Trumpet at English National Opera, and in 1994 joined the London Philharmonic Orchestra as Principal Trumpet, with which he has also appeared as soloist. In 1999 and 2000 he was the trumpet soloist in Raymond Gubbay’s Glory of Christmas concerts national tour. Paul is a professor at the Royal College of Music (since 1995), and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama (since 1999).
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Paul Archibald
Trumpet
Paul’s first appointment was as co-principal trumpet in the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. In 1980 he focused his work towards his group, the English Brass Ensemble and to perform as a member of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble and the London Sinfonietta. In 1984 he was a prize winner at the Toulon Prix de Concours. Other principal orchestral positions have included BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra of St John’s, Britten Sinfonia and the London Mozart Players. Paul now performs chamber music with Trio D’Art, English Brass, the Fibonacci Sequence and recitals with pianist Helen Reid. He is Artistic Director of Brass Classics, his own recording label, and his discography in
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"Martin Speake is one of the most interesting and rewarding alto saxophonists now playing jazz on any continent.’"
Thomas Conrad - Jazz Times
Martin Speake - LTCL, FTCL, Hon ARAM, BSc Nutritional Medicine, FHEA
Martin studied classical saxophone at Trinity College of Music. At that time there were no jazz courses in London, but he met some future jazz musicians at the college, including pianist Simon Purcell, saxophonist Mark Lockheart and the members of saxophone quartet Itchy Fingers who were studying at the Royal Academy of Music. He toured Europe, South America, Africa and the USA with Itchy Fingers appearing at major jazz festivals and playing on their first two CDs Quark (Virgin Records) and Teranga (Venture). In 1986 they won the Schlitz Young Jazz Musicians of the Year Award, which was televised by the BBC.
In 1988, he left the group to develop his own projects, which have been many and diverse, and establish himself as a composer and improviser. Martin is as comfortable playing personal interpretations of the music of Charlie Parker with his quartet, free improvising with drummer Mark Sanders, playing standard ballads in duet with Ethan Iverson and Indian music with Dharambir Singh and Sarvar Sabri.
He has recorded 23 cds under h
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Pumpkin Records
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