Simon's Trumpet Page

I play trumpet in the Dorset County Orchestra and the Weymouth Arts Centre Orchestra.

Dorset County Orchestra

Principal Conductor : Ian Pillow

Position : Principal Trumpet

Next Concert

Saturday 5th July 2008
Port Regis School, near Shaftesbury, Dorset

Elgar - In The South
R. Strauss - Das Rosenband, Ruhe Meine Seele and Morgen
Mahler - Liebst du um Schoenhelt and Ich bin der abhanden gekommen
Schumann - Symphony No. 4

Conductor - Ian Lowes
Soloist - Kate Sayles (Soprano)

Future Concerts

Saturday 15th November 2008
St. Mary's Church, Edward Road, Dorchester

Debussy - Nocturnes: Nuages Fetes
Saint-Saens - Cello Concerto No. 1
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition

Conductor - Ian Pillow
Soloist - Rozzie Curlett (Cello)

Weymouth Arts Centre Orchestra

Conductor : Angela Nankivell

Position : Principal Trumpet

Next Concert

Wednesday 2nd July 2008
St. Mary's Church, St. Mary Street, Weymouth, Dorset

Beethoven - Overture, Creatures of Prometheus
Cimarosa - Concerto for Flute and Oboe
Herold - Clog Dance
Coates - London Suite
Mendelssohn - Overture, A Midsummer Night's Dream

Equipment

For everyone interested in instruments and mouthpieces, here's what I use.

My Bb trumpet is a Vincent Bach Stradivarius with medium-large bore , #37 bell and lacquer finish and I have a Bach C trumpet in silver plate with a #239 bell.

I also have a Yamaha YTR-6610S Eb/D trumpet finished in silver plate, and a Yamaha Maestro Bb cornet in silver.

Like most trumpeters I have collected a number of mouthpieces, but I am currently using a a Schilke 14 trumpet mouthpiece (occasionally a 14a4a for high stuff) and a Denis Wick4B cornet mouthpiece.

For a discussion of practice mutes for trumpets see my Practice Mute page

Links

Just a few links that fellow trumpet players may find interesting.

Websites of some of my favourite trumpet players :-

Alison Balsom
Kiku Collins
Wynton Marsalis
Crispian Steele-Perkins

Favourite orchestras :-

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
London Chamber Orchestra
Dorset County Orchestra