Alan has been teaching at RWCMD since 2008,
the same year he took the Principal Bass Trombone position at Welsh
National Opera. Before this Alan had positions with Orchestras in
South Africa and Germany. Alan has played with most of the main
orchestras in the UK along with Big Bands such as the Glenn Miller
Orchestra and the Squadronaires. Alan has played on the UK tours of
Evita, Half a Sixpence, Oliver and Scrooge the Musical. In addition
to his duties here at College and Junior College Alan teaches for
the UK army and the Marines and is Musical Director for the
Cotswold Edge Brass Festival with which he has students of all
abilities. Alan is a former pupil from the Chethams School in
Manchester and studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
in London. Alan was awarded the Manchester Education Committee
Junior Exhibition at the age of 10.