Well it’s been some months since I last completed a blog entry for the website and it has been quite a busy time one way and another. Possibly the biggest change in terms of my trombone playing is my decision to leave Douglas Town Band after over eleven years. The fact that we had a month off during the summer gave me the opportunity to think this over. Some of you reading this will be all too aware of the politics that all too often go hand in hand with playing in a brass band. Well I d...

Well I’ve been thinking about putting my thoughts down online for some time and having read various individuals have finally decide to give it a go!

The last couple of months have been a busy time. In early February I conducted three performances of Castle Rushen High School’s production of  ‘The Wiz’. This was great fun and I must thank all the students and colleagues who performed in the orchestra for working so hard to make it such a fantastic production. The following day saw me p...