Welcome to my website, where you will find information about my diverse activities as a performer and teacher of the cornett (cornetto, zink), and as a lecturer at Newcastle University's International Centre for Music Studies (ICMuS).

Latest news:

8/04/2012: Getting ready to record Martyn Harry's new suite "At His Majesty's Pleasure" with HMSC next week. This music requires extremes of tessitura, dynamic range and physical endurance...

 

22/02/2012: Premiere of Gabrieli à 2(2) for cornett, sackbut and live electronics at Newcastle Early Music Festival. More details here. 

 

30/08/2011: The Gonzaga Band's new CD, Chamber Vespers, is now available!

 

18/3/2011: Three new CDs, available now!

           

Concerti curiosi with Charivari Agréable: 18th-century concertos for various instruments by diverse composers (includes the Sinfonia for cornett and strings by Johan Daniel Berlin and one of the Sonatas for cornett and strings by Pietro Baldassare).              

Lassus motets with HMSC and the choir of St John's College, Cambridge (Chandos), and works by Rogier with HMSC and Magnificat vocal ensemble, dir. Philip Cave (Linn).