My Career Highlight

Have you had one of those moments where you think “This is too good to be true”? As a kid I never thought music would have as big an impact on my life as it has. Because of music I have met and performed for every Australian Prime Minister between 1996 and now (2021). I have performed for Queen Elizabeth II, Prince's Philip, William & Harry and several other monarchs. I have shared the stage with music icons such as James Morrison, Guy Sebastian, Ian Moss, Kate Ceberano and several others. I have performed at the Sydney Opera House with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Opera Australia and the Australian Ballet. Travelled to India, Hawaii, Fiji, Kingdom of Tonga, Papa New Guinea, Afghanistan United Arab Emirates to perform. I’ve Sounded the last post at Isuarva PNG (where the Australian Defence Force held off the Japanese during the 2nd World War watch the video here - https://youtu.be/B8Ngk0mA6eU ).

This isn't including the countless amazing friends and Colleagues I have met all over the world, including my wife. All because of playing music.

With soo  many amazing moments in my career its hard to pick just 1. For me I put it down to the most unbelievable moment of my career being when I won the 2018 ICTUS international Trumpet Solo Competition. I never thought I would be able to play trumpet good enough to win an international award against many other amazing players. 

The video attached here I get to talk about my story with the founder of the ICTUS international trumpet competition. have a listen and find out if we have some things in common along our musical journey.

Happy Practising.