Gareth Small
Professor Trumpet
FRAM GRSM(Hons), ARAM, LRAM, LTCL
Email: [email protected]
Tutor in Trumpet
Gareth Small FRAM GRSM(Hons) ARAM LRAM LTCL
Gareth Small is Principal Trumpet with the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester.
He started playing the cornet aged 7 and was taught by his father Tony. When growing up in Swansea he played for Penclawdd Brass Band, West Glamorgan Youth Music ensembles, National Youth Brass Band and the National Youth Orchestra of Wales. Gareth studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London from 1989-1993. Before finishing his studies he joined the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester as Assistant-Principal Trumpet in 1993. He became Principal Trumpet in 2007.
Gareth is a member of Hallé Brass and London Brass (formally Phillip Jones Brass Ensemble).
He has performed as guest Principal Trumpet with most of Britain’s Orchestras (LSO, LPO, RPO, CBSO, RLPO, BSO, ENO,ROH the Philharmonia, London Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony, BBC Philharmonic and BBC NOW).
Gareth was soloist in association with the Black Dyke Brass Band in 2016, winning the soloist prize at the European Brass Band championship. He has had several works written for him including a Trumpet Concerto by Alun Hoddinott, a double concerto for Trumpet & Clarinet by Helen Grime, a Sonata by film composer Mark Thomas, a Suite by Andrew Gant and a piece for flugelhorn and piano dedicated by Karl Jenkins.
Outside his Hallé commitments Gareth is in much demand as a soloist, clinician and session musician. He has given solo recitals and masterclasses all over the world. Can be heard on numerous CD’s with the Hallé, Ti Adoro (Pavarotti) & Music of the Spheres.(Mike Oldfieid)
He has played on 100+ TV adverts over the last 30 years, including British Airways, Heineken, Sainsbury’s, Peugeot cars, Umbro, Playstation, George Foreman grill, St Ivel Shape, Famous Grouse and Goodyear Tyres to name a few.
Gareth can also be heard on numerous movie soundtracks including Beauty and the Beast, Pete’s Dragon, Bridget Jones’ Baby, Hacksaw Ridge, The Promise, Into the Woods, Mocking Jay (Hunger Games), Disney’s Cinderella, Captain America (civil war), The Force Awakens (Star Wars Trailers), Wolf Warrior II, Victor Frankenstein, Return Of The King (Lord of the Rings), Elizabeth The Golden Age, Evil Dead, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Turbo the Snail, Captain Underpants, Victoria and Abdul, Bright, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Swords & Sceptres, Penguins, Vice, Avengers Endgame, Dora and the lost city of Gold, Artemis Fowl, Knives Out, Doctor Doolittle, Death on the Nile, A Boy called Christmas,Don’t Look Up, Wonka, The War of the Rohirrim (Lord of the Rings) & The Fantastic 4: First Steps.
Gareth teaches at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and is a Fellow & Professor of Trumpet at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
