Members of the Berwick Brass Quintet are all based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
The ensemble features London session player and Professor at the Royal Academy of Music, Gordon Campbell (trombone), Dr Martin Parker (French horn), also a composer of experimental electronic and computer music, Don Banham (tuba), who played with orchestras in Wellington, New Zealand and Brisbane, Australia, Dr Jeremy Brown (trumpet), a university biochemist who combines lecturing with studying the history of brass instruments, and former south Londoner May Thompson (trumpet), who was a composer in residence for community projects at Shakespeare’s Globe and played with the dectet EC1 Brass.
Their inaugural concert will see them playing a varied programme of brass music and arrangements reflecting the eclectic tastes and global influences of the five players.
