{"id":18,"date":"2025-05-07T17:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T17:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andyderrickmusic.co.uk\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2026-07-27T23:06:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T23:06:57","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/andyderrickmusic.co.uk\/?page_id=18","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Andy is an award winning trombonist having been a professional since the mid 1990&#8217;s. He led his own jazz quartet, the ADJQ and worked in a variety of orchestras, brass ensembles, jazz bands, big bands and theatre productions.<br><br>Andy has been lucky enough to have accompanied such notable musicians as Georgie Fame, Bobby Shew, Mark Nightingale, Dennis Rollins, Alan Barnes, Bruce Adams, Jeff Hooper and many more.<br><br>As a conductor, he led youth big bands, community wind bands and a school orchestra.<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"72\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/andyderrickmusic.co.uk\/?attachment_id=72\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/andyderrickmusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/10153960188322661.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"480,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"10153960188322661\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/andyderrickmusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/10153960188322661.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-72\" style=\"width: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/andyderrickmusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/10153960188322661.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andyderrickmusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/10153960188322661.jpg 480w, https:\/\/andyderrickmusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/10153960188322661-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/andyderrickmusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/10153960188322661-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Awards include winner of the Guild of Guardians, Bristol Music Award 1991; finalist in the Young Jazz Musician of the Year 1996, BMI Brass Award 1996 and best Trombonist in the BBC Big Band Contest 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 1996 he has been an established teacher of brass focusing on trombone, bass trombone and tuba. With a proven track record of tuition at Birmingham Conservatoire, Coventry University and Warwick Schools Foundation, he has also maintained a private tuition practice working with individuals and groups in brass and music composition and ensemble coaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Composition has also been central to Andy&#8217;s music making. Since studying with Richard Leigh Harris and John Mayer, Andy has gone on to produce many commercial and educational works for brass which are published here and with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.warwickmusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Warwick Music<\/a>. He has compositions featured on the ABRSM, Trinity and Music Teachers&#8217; Board syllabus for trumpet, trombone and tuba.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy is an award winning trombonist having been a professional since the mid 1990&#8217;s. 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