Fun Facts
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			| What is your main instrument? | 
			Cornet | 
		
		
			| How long have you been playing? | 
			5 months (after a 30-year break!) | 
		
		
			| Favourite Brass piece? | 
			It's too early to tell, but I remember playing Flugel solo in an arrangement of Errol Garner's Misty when I was a teenager, which has become forever etched in my memory as a favourite | 
		
		
			| Favourite band memory? | 
			My first concert in October 2023 was my first brass concert for 30+ years - I was giddy for days after!! | 
		
		
			| How long have you been playing in the Egham Band? | 
			Since August 2023 | 
		
		
			| Do you play any other instruments? | 
			Trumpet, and I used to play double bass | 
		
		
			| If you could play one other brass instrument which would it be? | 
			oh, probably baritone or euphonium | 
		
		
			| Favourite famous brass player? | 
			Thomas Gansch | 
		
		
			| What do you like best about The Egham Band? | 
			The genuinely warm welcome and instant “family” feeling | 
		
		
			| Any other interesting fact about yourself? | 
			I used to be an international opera singer, and once performed on stage at the Royal Opera House with Led Zepellin's John Paul Jones! | 
		
		
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