I recorded this piece to be played at my brothers funeral. Paul was a Royal Air Force Police Dog Handler and along with some images of Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and some contemporary images from the time, I’ve included a couple of my brother at the end.

I wanted to record this fabulous piece by Peter Meechan not just because it’s a fantastic piece of music to play and listen to, but also because of the amazing trumpet player Ryan Anthony - a truly inspirational man, musician, and trumpet player. From Peter Meechan’s website - ‘Song of Hope is dedicated to my good friend Ryan Anthony (principal trumpet with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra) and his charity, Cancer Blows – a foundation set up to raise awareness and money to further the research that has helped give their family a hope for a future following Ryan’s diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma Upon hearing the middle movement (simply titled “Song”) of my cornet concerto, Milestone, Ryan asked me if I could change the end from its current reflective ending to something more uplifting, and to title it Song of Hope, giving it much more meaning than I could have ever imagined.’ (This was recorded in the summer of 2020 whilst in France using only BandLab (iPhone), my Schilke B5 Bb trumpet, and a bucket mute)

This was from the second of two Christmas Concerts on Saturday 11th December 2021 of the Nova Foresta Classical Players, with Lymington Choral Society, conducted by Philip Daish-Handy.

A fantastic trumpet quartet by Pierre Passereau (1509 - 1547) edited by Jay Lichtmann. Thanks for your time and hope you enjoy

Another fantastic trumpet quartet from Lowell E. Shaw in the swing style. Hope you enjoy and please feel free to share and comment.

A 16 trumpet arrangement of Procession of the Nobles from the opera ‘Mlada’ by Rimsky-Korsakov. Hope you enjoy & thanks for your time.

Recorded by my very good friend, here’s a little snippet of this great Ellington classic with the Paul Sykes Big Band. Hope you enjoy and bless you for taking the time to listen

The West Wing theme tune, composed by W.G. Snuffy Walden. Hope you enjoy and thanks for watching. Please comment, share, subscribe

Semper Fidelis at the Royal Albert Hall during a Classical Spectacular concert.