David Read

trombone (tenor/alto), sackbut

ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE

·         Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

·         Orchestra of the Swan

·         Southern Sinfonia

·         Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra

·         Southbank Sinfonia

·         New Professionals Orchestra

·         Bath Philharmonic

·         Opera East (Member)

·         Orchestra Bruno Maderna

·         Iford Opera

·         Aurelian Ensemble

 

PERIOD INSTRUMENT EXPERIENCE

·        SCB sackbut and cornett ensemble, Basel

·        La Spiritata (Member)

·        Bradford Baroque

·        The Academy Choir & Orchestra (Monteverdi Vespers etc.)

·        Jeune Orchestre Atlantique (Mozart Requiem tour with Coream)

·        The Golden Section (Renaissance)

·        The Noyse of Music (Renaissance)

 

CHAMBER EXPERIENCE

·         RPO Brass Ensemble – Superbrass (deputy)

·         Mardi Brass (deputy)

·         Stravinsky Ensemble – Varèse ‘Octandre’ & Ligeti ‘Chamber Concerto’

·         Southbank Sinfonia – Stravinsky’s ‘Soldier’s Tale’, Wigmore Hall

·         Cambridge Quartet – Bruckner Motets & Beethoven ‘Equale’ – St. Johns Smith Sq.

·         Canterbury Festival – Maxwell Davies chamber pieces

 

EDUCATION

·         GSMD – Post-Grad (Orchestral Training) M.Mus (2005 –  2006)

·         GSMD – LGSMD(P) (2004)

·         Cambridge University – MA (Cantab) (1997 – 2001)

·         Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (2007/8)

 

Professors: Eric Crees • Simon Wills • Adam Woolf (sackbut) • Charles Toet (sackbut)