The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, founded in 1951 by trumpeter
Philip Jones, was one of the first modern classical brass ensembles to be formed. The group played either as a quintet or as a ten-piece, for larger halls. It toured and recorded extensively, and numerous arrangements were commissioned, many of which were bequeathed on Jones' death to the library of the
Royal Northern College of Music.
The ensemble recorded
Leonard Salzedo
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Salzedo was born in London. After some early lessons from William Lloyd Webber he went on to study composition under Herbert How ...
's signature fanfare for the
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's television transmissions.
Following
Philip Jones' retirement in 1986, a number of the members of the group continued to collaborate, yet changed their name to London Brass.
Members
Conductors
*
Elgar Howarth
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Biography
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* John Iveson
Trumpet
French horn
Trombone
Tuba
Percussion
Discography
Sources
* McDonald, Donna: ''The Odyssey of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble''
External links
RNCM archive
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Musical groups established in 1951
1951 establishments in the United Kingdom