michael bennett

composer and arranger

About

Michael has performed and toured with all of Scotland's orchestras and has appeared at the Edinburgh International Festival and the BBC Proms.

Country

united kingdom

City

clarkston

Industry

music

Skill

trumpet, orchestral music, brass, composition, classical, music, ensemble, festivals, music education, chamber music, band, orchestration, music theory, sibelius, musical theatre, contemporary music, composers, trombone, finale, jazz, choral, big band, concert band, conducting, music performance, music history, recording, jazz band, rock, blues, music technology, bass, studio recording, percussion, music industry, musicians, ensemble coaching, pianist, vocal, piano, music publishing, songwriting, musical direction, keyboards, tuba, pop, horn, solo performance, film scoring, songs

Experience

trumpet teacher

george heriot's school

2002-9 - Present · 24 yrs 1 mo

brass teacher

st george's school for girls

1992-1 - 2017-7 · 25 yrs 7 mos

trumpet teacher

cabin hill prep school belfast

1978-1 - 1981-6 · 3 yrs 6 mos

sub-principal trumpet

bbc northern ireland orchestra

1976-1 - 1981-6 · 5 yrs 6 mos

trumpet teacher

queen elizabeth grammer school blackburn

1974-9 - 1975-12 · 1 yr 4 mos

trumpet teacher

westholme school for girls blackburn

1974-8 - 1975-12 · 1 yr 5 mos

brass teacher and orchestral conductor

notre dame girls school manchester

1972-3 - 1975-12 · 3 yrs 10 mos

trumpet teacher

rncm junior school manchester

1974-1 - 1975-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

owner

michael bennett brass

1996-1 - Present · 30 yrs 9 mos

Michael Bennett Brass is a brass quintet which features some of Scotland's finest brass players. All the arrangements for the group are done by Bennett himself and many of them are now being published by justmusicuk.com. The quintet has also commissioned works by Scottish based composers such as John Gray, Stephen Davismoon and Bill Sweeney.