Its been a rollercoaster few weeks and how have lots of photos and stories from the trips to Holland and then Norway. I feel privileged to have met such wonderful musicians and students and played for over 6000 people in the live concerts in the last couple of weeks. I've seen blizzards, ice , incredible sun rises (Tromso, Norway, unforgettable), laughed so hard I thought I was dying, played for brilliant and not so brilliant conductors, perhaps the best of brass bands and wind bands in Europe (Eikanger Bjorsvik Brass Band and the Dutch Marine Band), stayed in some super hotels and conversely had to get up and leave them at 5am way too often !!!

Here are some photos from the last weeks travelling

from the the workshop in Zeist, The Netherlands and Buffet Crampon's great new display

teaching in Kerkdriel,Netherlands

the Dutch Marine Band in rehearsal

the outstanding euphonium section of the Dutch Marine Band

 I teamed up for a duet with Arjan van 't Veer, the boss of the Dutch National Lottery and enthusiastic euphonium player with the fanfare band in Renesse, The Netherlands (this pic was in a rehearsal !!)

with Gregory Demailly who masterminded my Norwegian tour

playing in Grieg Hall,Gala Concert, Bergen

large ensemble in Bergen, what a sound !

Bergen again

sounding good - low brass ensemble in Trondheim

as far north as I've ever been, Tromso

knowledgeable audience in Oslo

unaccompanied recital, one hour ! in Oslo

other pics will be put into the GALLERY page in the next day or so, including less formal ones!!