Jonathan Hollick Masterclass

‘I think what made me want to pursue it as a career was going to hear great brass bands around the country, and listening to what top music-making can sound like. It inspired me to take things further and study at music college.’

Jonathan grew up in Plymouth, Devon where he started playing the trombone at the age of 13. He played in his father’s youth brass band for the majority of his childhood as well as playing for bands down in Cornwall. In 2011, Jonathan began his studies at the Royal College of Music, where he spent six years learning from Byron Fulcher, Lindsay Shilling and Amos Miller.

Towards the end of his studies, Jonathan started freelancing with most of the orchestras around the UK. Within six months of graduating, he was offered the Principal Second Trombone chair in the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and spent five years playing concerts around Europe and Japan, as well as being a regular performer at the Royal Albert Hall for the BBC Proms. He joined the LSO in 2023.

Jonathan is a keen educator; in 2022, he became a Professor of Trombone at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Looking ahead to his time with the LSO, Jonathan is really looking forward to performing all around the world with the Orchestra.

Warda Ait - Ziane Trombone ‘Sonata’ Sulek

Oliver Dinnell Clarke Trumpet ‘Tico Tico’ Abreu arr. Iveson

Samuel Gilmour Horn ‘Nocturno’ Franz Strauss

Aman Popal ‘Euphonium’ Euphonium Concerto First Movement Horowitz

Hounslow Music Service delivers concerts and performances for children and young people throughout the year, including our ever popular Primary School Summer Singing Festivals annually.   In a typical year Hounslow Music Service will generate around 700 performances, involving more than 22,000 participants and perform to around 190,000 people. 2016 has seen young musicians from Hounslow Music Service perform with musicians from the Philharmonia Orchestra. Brass players from Hounslow were lucky enough to join Haken Hardenberger, considered by many to be the greatest trumpet player alive today, on stage at the Royal Festival Hall for a pre-concert performance with players from the Philharmonia Orchestra.   Woodwind players from Hounslow performed alongside players from the Philharmonia Orchestra as part of their Stravinsky series at the Royal Festival Hall. In July young musicians travelled to La Rochelle in Western France where they played in a number of well received concerts.