Interest
Music
Recordings, performances, and a lifetime of music.
I am a trumpeter from South Australia, now residing in Melbourne. My earliest lessons were individual sessions at Hahndorf Primary School with Sarah Butler and Ben Daly, before I undertook dual training at the Specialist Music Program at Brighton Secondary School, under Jeffery Kong, and Heathfield High School, alongside extra studies at the State Music Camp (SA), performing in their Concert Bands and Orchestra. At Heathfield I was taught by Peter Miller and Kristin Stefanoff, sang under choir conductor Naomi Eyers, and studied trumpet with David Clark and Hal Hall.
I have been playing for more than fifteen years, reaching AMEB Grade 4, and have performed with a number of ensembles over that time. With the Hahndorf Town Band I was guided by Ben Daly, Veronica Bolton, Kevin Cameron, Alwin (Al) Kidney, Phil Crockart, Hal Hall and Philip Paine, and with the Campbelltown City Band by Al Kidney, Brent Perry and Bruce (Dizzy) Raymond. I also played with the Burnside Concert Band and Payneham City Concert Band, and performed in the 90th-anniversary Adelaide Christmas Pageant concert and marching band, an occasion shaped by James Morrison's influence.
Beyond concert bands, I have run my own bands, been a member of the Adelaide soul and Motown band Georgie and the Tonics, and performed in the orchestra for the Blackwood Players' production of Little Shop of Horrors. I've also taken part in workshops including the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra's Big Rehearsal and the ABODA Summer Conducting School.
These days I rehearse and perform with the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir under Andrew Wailes and the Inner West Symphony Orchestra under Andrew Leach. In 2022 I also sang with Night Chorus, led by Alex Morris and Elisha Maiyah.
Recordings
2:32:31
Messiah
Royal Melbourne Philharmonic
3:06
Vuelie
Frode Fjellheim · Stay at Home Choir
38:09
Coronation March & ‘Moscow’
Royal Melbourne Philharmonic
4:38
Home
The Swingles · Stay at Home Choir
7:09
A Life Lived with Grace
Royal Melbourne Philharmonic · Melbourne University Choral Society · Box Hill Chorale
4:26
All Is Love
Classic Choir · AVÉ Australian Vocal Ensemble: Fiona Campbell (soprano), Katie Noonan (alto), Andrew Goodwin (tenor), Andrew O’Connor (bass), Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Michelle Leonard (Classic Choir conductor), Luke Dollman (orchestra conductor)
2:35:44
Messiah
Royal Melbourne Philharmonic
4:11
Thomas' Anthem
Luke Pickman · Bandwagon
4:18
Sisi ni moja
South Australia Festival of Music
3:10
Lily's Eyes
Hew Wagner · Paul Brand
5:14
I Will Be The Light
Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir · Chris Nankervis
3:15
Pie Jesu
Royal Melbourne Philharmonic · Chris Nankervis
3:21
Evermore
Paul Brand
10:29
Wicked
Charles Czarnecki · Bob Berkman
2:10:25
Messiah
Royal Melbourne Philharmonic
3:39
Hark The Herald
Stay at Home Choir · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
5:00
Star Carol
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · Stay at Home Choir
4:38
Hallelujah Chorus
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra · Melbourne Symphony Chorus
5:11
Christmas With You
Queensland Symphony Orchestra · Adelaide Chamber Singers · Classic Choir
4:47
Global Ode to Joy
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra · Global Orchestra · Stay at Home Choir
8:06
You're All I Need To Get By
Stay at Home Choir · The Swingles
10:33
Sing Gently
Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir 6
2:06
Ave Verum Corpus
Melbourne Online Philharmonic
2:05
Be Still, My Soul
Melbourne Online Philharmonic
4:36
Waltzing Matilda
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
3:38
The Ground
Ola Gjeilo
2:33
Amazing Grace
Paul Brand · Melbourne Online Philharmonic
12:34
Easter RMP Message
Royal Melbourne Philharmonic · Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra
6:14
Sunday
Ethan J Miller’s Virtual Choir
42:39
Mass in C
Royal Melbourne Philharmonic · 3MBS Beethoven Symphony Orchestra
Basin Street Blues
Jazzy Johnson's · Trumpet Man Brand
8:45
CATS
Rudy Martin
0:38
2017 Schutzenfest
Hahndorf Town Band
7:22
South Pacific Medley
L. Pardey
7:45
Mary Poppins (Part 2)
Rudy Martin
2:49
In The Mood
Len Luscombe
6:23
Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs
E. Murn
3:18
I Dreamed a Dream
Trumpet Man Brand
3:32
Anything Goes
Paul Brand
8:34
Hahndorf Musikfest 2014
Transpose 2
3:05
Heathfield High Fundraiser
Transpose 2
1:46
Rehearsal Recording 2013
Transpose 2
2:32
Ain't that a Kick in the Head
Paul Brand
2:24
Me and My Shadow
Paul Brand
7:45
Musikfest: Once Upon A Time
Hahndorf Town Band
3:39
Shackles
Naomi Eyers · Abbie Kellett · Heathfield High School Choir
Past concerts