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TONY GEORGECONCISE BIOGRAPHY
Tony George has enjoyed a varied career in many different aspects of brass performing and teaching. In 2009 he was appointed to his current position as Professor of Ophicleide and Serpent at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, a role which he had also previously held at both the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
As a virtuoso on tuba and its related historical instruments, Tony’s playing versatility has led him to perform with a wide spectrum of ensembles, on both modern and period instruments, including some of the world’s leading orchestras such as the Philharmonia, London Philharmonic and the London Mozart Players as well as many period instrument orchestras, most notably the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Orchestra of the 18th Century and the Gabrieli Ensemble.
Tony has gained widespread experience as an educator through his teaching roles at the Royal College of Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland as well as giving masterclasses at the Royal Welsh Conservatoire of Music and Drama and the Royal Northern College of Music and has been heavily involved in musical development through Local Education Authorities, local and national youth organisations, music trusts, education committees and the ABRSM.
As a soloist, Tony has given recitals in the Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall, Rudolphinium (Prague), Citie De La Musique and at various festivals throughout the UK and abroad, including concerto appearances with orchestras in the Uk and Ukraine.
In addition to radio and tv intereviews both in the UK and abroad, Tony has also been regularly published in national and specialist publications. He has also written tutor book for the ophicleide and is re-scoring a series of Cyfarthfa Project historical works for modern brass band.
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October 2015 – biography-002-001