Playing with DT8 again over the summer reminded me again how a gig can be so much easier with musicians who are not only good professional players who know their craft but are good people, Thankfully the world is full of great music to love, listen to and enjoy playing. Performing music to a professional standard to pay for your mortgage, children's clothing, utilities and your baked beans can bring to the job a great deal of stress and anxiety that wouldn't exist if performi

Just finished a lovely first ever Brass in a Barn Chamber Music Week course for U14s with Simon Jones. Took place near Dorchester in a...