Gideon Brooks (trumpet)
Gideon began playing the trumpet at the age of 8 as a direct result of a visit from a brass teacher working for the West Sussex Music Service. After joining the Chichester Junior Brass Band Gideon then progressed to the Concert Band, Swing Band, Chamber Orchestra and West Sussex County Big Band. At the age [...]
Christopher (tuba)
Christopher is from Bolton and had been playing the tuba for five years when he approached Future Talent for support. He could not afford to own his own tuba and consequently was having to borrow instruments from Bolton Music Service and his school. Both instruments had their own ‘quirks’ which took a while to get [...]
Romana Hallstead (flugelhorn)
Romana is 14 years old and is a student at the Junior department of the Royal Northern College of Music, where she is studying trumpet and piano. She has also been lucky enough to represent to JRNCM as a soloist at various external concerts. Romana’s favourite instrument is the flugelhorn which she plays in the [...]
Helen Clark (tenor horn)
Helen is fourteen and lives in Rochdale. She began playing the tenor horn when she was four and since the age of five she has competed in the annual Rochdale Music Festival, winning the Warrington Trophy for Brass Solo Year 9 and under for the last six years. Helen plays solo horn in the Youth [...]
Catherine Turner (french horn)
When she applied for support from Future Talent, Catherine had a guaranteed place to study for a BMus in Musical Performance at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, as well as three other conservatoires. This was obviously a great opportunity for Catherine; however as she didn’t own her own French Horn, she was [...]
Brandon Rhys Harper (trumpet)
Brandon was ten when he received support from Future Talent. He had loved brass instruments since the age of seven, when he heard a demonstration of musical instruments at his school. After trying some out, Brandon fell in love with the brass instruments and thanks to support from a local brass band, he began lessons [...]
Toni Heywood (flugelhorn)
Toni has been playing brass instruments since she was six years old. During this time she had dreamed of becoming a professional musician and although playing cornet for most of the time, once she moved to flugelhorn in early 2009, she realised this was the perfect instrument for her. Toni practised and pushed herself to [...]
Grace (baritone horn)
Grace is from Hull and had been learning the baritone horn for five years before she approached Future Talent for support. Future Talent awarded Grace a bursary to enable her to continue her horn lessons for another year.
Andrew Ashworth (cornet)
Andrew started playing the cornet at school, aged 7. In 2008, when Andrew was 12, he won the Future Talent Champions Bronze medal for Oldham, which meant that he was finally able to purchase his favourite cornet, a Besson Prestige – a model used by many top brass players. Owning a top quality instrument enabled [...]
Ben Conway (trumpet)
Ben Conway is 17 years old and is the 2011 Future Talent Champions Bronze award winner for Oldham. Ben began to play the cornet at primary school and moved onto the trumpet as he entered the Junior Royal Northern College of Music (JRNCM) in September 2009, to study with Neil Fulton. In early 2011, Ben [...]
Jacob Smith (euphonium)
Jacob is 15 years old and is the 2011 Future Talent Champions Bronze award winner for Bolton. He holds the title of Principal Euphonium in the Bolton Youth Brass Band and the Smithills School Senior Brass Band. He is also second man down in Astley Youth Band and Principal Trombone in the Smithills School Senior [...]
Lucy Sanderson (French Horn)
Lucy plays the French Horn and before receiving funding from Future Talent, she was borrowing an instrument from Bolton Music Service that she had to return before she went to University. As a result, Lucy had been saving pocket money and was also working each Saturday at the local chemists in an attempt to raise [...]
Stuart Beard (tuba)
At 6’ 4” tall, Stuart is well suited to playing the tuba; however he had initially started learning the violin, beginning lessons at the age of six. It was two years later that he moved across to brass instruments, learning the baritone horn. After a year Stuart decided to continue down the brass route, giving [...]
Samuel Davies (cornet)
Samuel comes from Bolton and is a member of the Bolton Music Centre Youth Brass Band, Canon Slade School Stage Band, and Astley and Wigan Youth Brass Bands. Funding from Future Talent has enabled Samuel to purchase his own cornet, which replaced the instrument he was borrowing from Bolton Music Service. Owning his own instrument has greatly [...]
Sebastian Hamilton (trumpet)
Sebastian lives in Oxfordshire. He is a member of his school orchestra and he also helps to run his school’s brass club. Sebastian holds the position of 1st trumpet in the Bicester Brass Band and he attends the Bicester Area Music School. Funding from Future Talent has enabled Sebastian to join the Oxfordshire Schools’ Orchestra. [...]
