Mr Adam Brown
A ‘Jersey boy’ himself, Adam played trumpet on the hit musical “Jersey Boys” at the Piccadilly Theatre in London’s West End between 2015-2017. He attended the University of Surrey graduating with 1st Class Honours before accepting a scholarship to the Trinity College of Music, London where he was awarded a Post Graduate Diploma with distinction.
Adam is a former student of the Jersey Music Service, having studied with local teachers Neil Sawyer and Allan Jones before continuing his studies in the UK. Adam was a member of the famed National Youth Jazz Orchestra and for the last 15 years has enjoyed a varied freelance and session career in a myriad of musical settings: Recordings, performances and tours with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, performances with artists including Dame Shirley Bassey, Dionne Warwick, Amy Winehouse, Rose Royce, Rumer, Omar and Jamie Cullum, and with many London-based Jazz and Big Bands.
Adam was also sought after as a theatre musician working in many West-End productions including (amongst others) “Evita”, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”, “The Wizard of Oz”, “Wicked”, “Spamalot”, “Sister Act”, “Oliver”, “Betty Blue Eyes”, “Kinky Boots” and “Aladdin”. He was involved in the Singapore and Malaysian tours of “My Fair Lady” and has also performed “Chicago” in Kuala Lumpur.
He has performed with a ‘who’s who’ of British Jazz including Sir John Dankworth, Dame Cleo Laine, Stan Tracey and Guy Barker (to name a few), as well as with classical music stars such as Lesley Garrett and Blake. He was a soloist in the John Barry Memorial Concert at the Royal Albert Hall and has broadcast live on Classic FM. Television work has included BBC 1’s “Strictly Come Dancing” and ITV’s “Simply The Best”.
Adam was the brass specialist for the Thomas London Day Schools in Battersea & Clapham and also taught at the Knightsbridge School and St. Andrews School in Horsell. He is thrilled to be returning to his home island with the Jersey Music Service.