Barry Clements

Barry is from Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire. He is currently studying bass trombone with Dave Stewart at the Royal College of Music.

Bob Dowell

Trombonist/arranger/orchestrator/educator, from north London Worked with and recorded for bands/artists including.. Dizzee Rascal, Dr. John, The Streets, Paloma Faith, The Bays, Dub Colossus, MosDef, The GoTeam!, Kate Nash, The Pipettes, The Big Sounds, Mike Garrick Bigband, Gareth Lockrane Big Band. London Jazz Orchestra, Tom Richard’s Jazz Orchestra, Alex Wilson Salsa Orchestra, Mali Latino, The Will Collier Septet, The Heritage Orchestra, Katerina & The Waves, Down To The Bone, The Heart Strings, Daniel Beddingfield, Barefoot, SaintSaviour, Black II Basics, The Brothers Ignatius, The Coalminers, Mamas Gun, The Cinematic Orchestra, DJ Yoda, Monty Norman (James Bond Theme) Earl Thomas, UNKLE, Kevin Mark-Trail, Ministry of Sound, The Monastery of Sound,.

Callum Au

Callum started playing classical piano aged 6, but took up the trombone anyway. Under the direction of Terry Reaney, he was soon playing with many local youth jazz bands including the Lancashire Youth Jazz Orchestra.

Chris Valentine

I’ve been attending NYJO for the last 2 and a half years now and in the last year I have moved up from NYJO2 to the main NYJO group.

Jon Stokes

I began playing the trombone at the age of 11 and became fascinated by big bands. I was subjected to old tapes of Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey and whenever Syd lawrence or the BBC Big Band were on at the Cheltenham town hall you would be sure to see me there in the front row. Despite the slightly odd taste in music for a teenager I managed to get through school unscathed and moved to London where I had dreams of becoming the next Principle Trombone of the LSO.

Keiran McLeod

A NYJO1 trombone player from Aberdeen, Scotland who began at NYJO after beginning college.

Mat Walton

Matthew was born aged 0 in York and began playing the trombone aged 11. After a few years learning through the local music service he became lead trombone in the County Big Band aged 16 and was already working with various local bands.

Ross Anderson

Ross, originally from Reading, has been playing the trombone since the age of seven. Starting with the Berkshire Young Musicians Trust, (now Berkshire Maestros) he played in small groups, through to large wind bands, brass bands, jazz bands and orchestras. He was a long standing member with both the Berkshire Youth Wind Orchestra and the Berkshire Youth Orchestra before completing his school studies and moving to London.

Ross Anderson

A NYJO1 trombone player from Newbury, who started with NYJO as a member of NYJO2.

Ross Brennan

Ross is originally from Chislehurst, Kent and started playing the trombone at the age of seven. He progressed through the Bromley Youth Music Trust playing in various ensembles ranging from brass quintets to symphony orchestras. In 2003, Ross joined the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain where he switched to Bass Trombone.