Hello everyone! This week is short as it has mainly been practice over the past few weeks. I have spoken with Iain Masson who is composing some short pieces for solo tuba for me and he has decided on the theme of Gnomes! He is looking for titles for individual movements so should you have any ideas please let me know! I am currently up in Essen and tomorrow have another concert with the Follow Me's in Cologne. Quite a late night with the set finishing at midnight. Should be f

Greetings from Innsbruck! This week I was once again up in Germany (Deutsche Bahn are doing very well out of me these past few months!). This time it was to get my final few credit points for my Masters from the Orchester Zentrum NRW. On Monday I attended a very interesting lecture called Culture Management. Wednesday was a seminar in communication training, in which we discussed the different aspects of working in a team and effectively putting your point across in a clear