Brass and Woodwind Artists

Don Burrows
Legendary musician Don Burrows has been at the forefront of the jazz world for most of his 64 years in the business.
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Tim Wilson
Tim is a Melbourne based saxophonist/woodwind instrumentalist who has performed, toured and recorded with a broad range of artists and ensembles.
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Jake Mason
Diversity is certainly one of Jake's major characteristics and so far, his career has gained him credits on CDs, theatre, live performances, compositions, and numerous film, television and web soundtracks.
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Paul Panichi
If you're a brass player you'll more than likely know of Paul Panichi. If you're not, you will have seen or heard him play many times, even if you didn't know it!
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Gianni Marinucci
Trumpeter Gianni Marinucci is one of Melbourne's busiest musicians. He has performed with many of Australia's finest jazz musicians such as Don Burrows and Tony Gould
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Roger Clark
Roger Clark has now joined the ranks of those fortunate saxophonists who play a Yamaha 82Z un-lacquered. He feels most privileged to own such an instrument, as it gives him the volume and response he needs to play lead alto in his big band, or alternatively soft and warm when he is playing creative ballads with his small group.
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Greg Spence
Yamaha Music Australia is proud to endorse Dancing With The Stars trumpeter Greg Spence's trumpet method book ìThe Only No Mystery Guide To Trumpet Masteryî as its No.1 trumpet method book of choice.
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Stephen Robinson
Stephen Robinson is Principal Oboe of the Orchestra Victoria and one of Australia's leading performers of contemporary music.
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Matthew Styles
Performer, teacher, arranger and musical director describe some of the roles this musician plays. During his graduate days at the University of Western of Australia, Matthew was able to study flute, saxophone, education, orchestration and arranging, classical and jazz music. This enabled him to teach and perform in many styles of music both here and abroad.
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Mark Walton
Mark Walton is highly respected in the Australian music scene, and is known as a leading clarinet and saxophone performer, teacher and music advocate.
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Colin Philpott
Colin is one of Sydney's busiest trombonists delivering his doubling abilities for theatre, studio work, television and ensembles of various sizes backing Australian and International artists.
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Todd Hardy
Todd Hardy is a freelance professional jazz musician, playing trumpet and flugel horn. Based in Sydney, Australia, Todd is a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He has been performing professionally for over ten years, around Australia as well as touring internationally with his ëTodd Hardy Quintet'.
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Mark Ham
Mark has played Yamaha trombones professionally since the age of 18. He had a long and successful career in the Royal Australian Navy Band, performing in Australia and overseas.
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Thom Humphrey
Thom Humphrey is one of Australia's leading euphonium players. Based in Sydney, he is at the cutting edge of new developments in performance and composition for the instrument.
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Paula Russell
Paula Russell, Yamaha Performing Artist, has performed internationally both as a soloist and band musician. Winning many accolades along the way, she has stamped herself as being one of Australia's finest cornet soloists.
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Joshua Clarke
Joshua Clarke is the principal trumpet with the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra. He has
also continued to perform regularly with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Western Australian Symphony
Orchestra and as a guest principal trumpet with The Queensland Orchestra. Joshua considers sharing
his love of music with young people one of his true passions.
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Ben Gurton
As a professional trombone player in Sydney for over ten years, Ben has recorded on albums
for a wide range of artists including Jimmy Barnes, Caroline O'Connor and Anthony Warlow, as
well as recording tracks for many well known television advertisements.
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Gregory van der Struik
Gregory van der Struik has been Principal Trombone with the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra since
1987 and a part time member of the brass faculty at the Sydney Conservatorium from 1993-2004.
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Cheryl Hollinger
Cheryl Hollinger is currently associate principal trumpet of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
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Peter Whish-Wilson
Peter Whish-Wilson commenced his professional tuba playing career in 1976 when he joined the Elizabethan Melbourne Theatre Trust Orchestra (which is now known as Orchestra Victoria). After playing opera and ballet for two years, he then accepted the Principal Tuba position with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra where he has remained ever since.
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Mark Howcroft
Mark Howcroft hails from Sydney and has held the Principal Euphonium chair with St Mary's Band for 22 years.
Currently under the mentorship of Professor David King, Mark has recently returned from England having completed a series of performance workshops and private tuition at The University of Salford, Manchester.
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Michael Duke
Michael Duke has engaged in an extensive performance career. He has performed with many of Australia's premiere orchestras.
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Carl Riseley
Carl Riseley has always had music in his veins. The passion struck earlier than Carl can remember when he was growing up on the Gold Coast in Queensland.
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Gary Honor
Sydney-based musician Gary Honor has worked with many great artists in Australia and abroad.
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Daniel Beasy
Daniel Beasy is a Melbourne based trumpet player and graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts.
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Joe Cook
Joe began playing (euphonium) at St Marys District Band in Sydney in 1961 before moving to Canberra in 1968 where he studied trombone at the Canberra School of Music, playing with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra and Queanbeyan RSL Brass.
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Michael Rogers
First gaining attention as the front-man, vocalist and trumpeter for one of Australia's premier world music outfits, Doch, Michael now fronts his own eight-piece, 50s styles, Latin-influenced swing outfit, Miguel.
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Danny May
Danny is a freelance professional trumpet/flugelhorn player and arranger in Sydney, Australia. He has been playing trumpet professionally since High School and studied Jazz at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
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Steven English
Included amongst Steven English's personal highlights are tours with the Melbourne Staff Band in 1978 to Europe & Great Britain for the centenary of The Salvation Army and the 1984 tour to USA and Canada. Studies at the Conservatorium of Music in Melbourne widened Steven's musical experience into orchestral and brass ensemble areas.
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