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Shane Brennan
Trumpet
Orchestral
Professional
- Britten Sinfonia - principal
- English Baroque Soloists
- London Mozart Players - principal
- London Theatre Orchestra - principal
- Symphony Orchestra of India
- London Concert Orchestra
- Brandenburg Sinfonia
- British Philharmonic Orchestra
- Arts Symphonic
- Orpheus Sinfonia - principal
Training
- Young Musician’s Symphony Orchestra - co-principal
- RCM Symphony Orchestra (including live broadcast on Radio 3) • Sinfonietta • Baroque Orchestra - Principal
Chamber
- Triumph Brass Quintet - Founder member (2008 - Present)
- Concentus Brass Ensemble - Founder member (2012 - Present)
- Octandre Ensemble
- Zone One Brass Band - soprano cornet. Featured soloist, performing at venues such as the Royal Albert Hall
- RCM Big Band - lead trumpet
- London Banqueting Ensemble
Recording
- Sessions - Buick Productions Ltd and Hilary Skewes & Co.
- Studio recording sessions with composer Virginia Samuel
- Recording with Sir David Willcocks at King’s College, Cambridge to commemorate his 90th birthday
- Recordings for BBC Radio and Television, ITV, Capital Radio, Universal Studios
Pop & Shows
- Russell Watson ‘La Voce’ Tour
- Tours with ‘Brass Monkey’
- ‘The Hoosiers’ - Live performance on Capital Radio
- ‘Leon Jackson’ - Live performance on BBC Children In Need • Video recording for single Creative
- 40th anniversary of the Libyan Jamahiriya - performing for 60 world leaders
- George Gershwin’s musical - ‘Crazy For You’ at the London Palladium - principal
- West Side Story - Professional West-End tours to Cyprus and Jersey
- European tour with ‘The WestEnders’ and Angelika Milster
Solo
- Vivaldi Concerto for Two Trumpets - Zurich Chamber Orchestra
- Haydn Trumpet Concerto - Uttlesforde Orchestra
- Hummel Trumpet Concerto - Essex Concert Orchestra
- Fanfare for Her Majesty The Queen at Marlborough House
- Fanfares for ‘The Three Musketeers’ film premiere
Teaching/Outreach
- Wider Opportunities Scheme in the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- RCM Sparks - Outreach Projects: Workshop leader, assistant and presenter.
- Brass Tutor at: The Perse School for Girls (Cambridge), Music’all (Parsons Green)
- RCM Sparks - Outreach Projects: Workshop leader, assistant and presenter
- Brent Enrichment Project for Key Stage 2 pupils - Brentfield Primary and Kinsgbury Green Primary Schools
- St. Paul’s School, Barnes - Composition Project for GCSE music students
- Triumph Brass Tour to Trinidad and Tobago - including leading workshops with local musicians
Education
- Royal College of Music - BMus Hons (2006 - 2010)
Professors: Paul Archibald • Paul Beniston • Ian Balmain • Alan Thomas • Paul Mayes • Neil Brough (Natural Trumpet)
Awards
- The Herbert Samuel Memorial for Trumpet - Royal College of Music (2010)
- Scholarship to study at The Royal College of Music (2006)
- The Glyn Lewis Bursary (2003)
Referees
Paul Archibald • Ian Balmain
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Instruments
Trumpet, Cornet, D Trumpet, Eb Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Natural Trumpet, Piccolo Trumpet
Ensembles
Triumph Brass