Chris Houlding - Agenda

Details of Chris Houlding's agenda can be found below.

2025

January

2/3 Conducting Junge Bläserphilharmonie NRW Landesmusikakademie Heek

13 Brass Spectrum II Folkwang University of Arts Essen

26 Conducting Brass Band Essen Folkwang University of Arts Essen

29 Trombone Masterclass Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe Germany

30 Trombone Masterclass/Examining Hochschule für Musik Bern Switzerland

31 Trombone Masterclass Hochschule für Musik Basel Switzerland

February

4 Performing Folkwang Modern Brass Ensemble Folkwang University Essen

16 Teaching Guildhall School of Music & Drama London

March

2 Conducting Brass Band Essen Folkwang University of Arts Essen

14/15/16 Conducting United Harriet Colliery Band Technical University Dortmund

23 Conducting Brass Band Essen Evangelische Gemeinde Wanheimerort Duisburg

29 Adjudicating National Youth Brass Band Championships Hull

April

5 Coaching Landesblasorchester NRW Musikschule Bochum

12 Coaching Youth Brass Band NRW MBZ Südwestfalen Bad Fredeburg

14 Brass Spectrum I Folkwang University of Arts Essen

27 Conducting Brass Band Essen Folkwang University of Arts Essen

May

3 Conducting ‘Musical Couples’ Folkwang Blechbläserensemble FUdK Essen

10 Conducting Brass Band Essen “Essen Original” Kennedy Platz Essen

23 Performing ‘Posaune Spotlight’ Klassenabend Kammermusiksaal FUdK Essen

24 Coaching Sinfonisches Bläsorchester Ruhr University Bochum

27 Examining Hochschule der Künste Bern Switzerland

28 Posaune Recital/Workshop Musikschule Basel Switzerland

31 Jury Folkwang Blechbläser Wettbewerb FUdK Essen

June

10 Trombone Workshop with Guest Sebastiaan Kemner FUdK Essen

18 Trombone/Brass Ensemble Workshop Trinity Laban Conservatoire London

19 Trombone Workshop Guildhall School of Music London

20 Directing GSMD Trombone Ensemble Holy Sepulchre Church Holborn London

22 Conducting Brass Band Essen Boulevard of Dreams Zollverein Essen

23 Brass Spectrum II Folkwang University of Arts Essen

28 Conducting Brass Band Essen ExtraSchicht Klimakonzert Zollverein Essen

July

10/11 Final Trombone Exams Folkwang University of Arts Essen

15-19 Low Brass Coach European Union Youth Orchestra Krems Austria

2024

January

14 Michael Mulcahy Chicago Symphony Workshop Philharmonie Essen

15 Brass Spectrum Folkwang University of Arts Essen

25/26/27 Directing Ian Bousfield Workshop/Concert/United Harriet Colliery Band Essen

February

9/10 Adjudicating Norwegian National Brass Band Championships Bergen Norway

12 Masterclass Norwegian Academy of Music Oslo Norway

March

1-3 Conducting United Harriet Colliery Band Technical University Dortmund

8-10 Conducting United Harriet Colliery Band/Dortmund Musikschule Workshop/Concert

17 VMB Ruhr Brass Band Conference Witten

23 Playing with Bochum Symphoniker Bruckner Philharmonie Essen

24 Playing with Bochum Symphoniker Bruckner Musik Forum Bochum

April

14 Conducting Brass Band Essen Workshop Folkwang University

15 Brass Spectrum I Kammermusiksaal Folkwang University

16 Wind Section Coaching Symphony Orchestra TU Dortmund

16-18 Trombone Workshop with Prof. Moises Fernandez Gallego Folkwang University

27 Conducting Large Brass Ensemble ‘Barock Brass goes Latin’ Folkwang University

30 Brass Section Coaching Symphony Orchestra TU Dortmund

May

6-10 Examining HK Bern Switzerland

8 Conducting Regional Brass Band Bern Switzerland

14 Trombone Entrance Auditions Folkwang University Essen

17 Concert with Prof. Fabrice Millischer & Quartet Folkwang University

21 Conducting Orchester Zentrum Dortmund

26 Conducting Brass Band Essen Folkwang University

27 Brass Spectrum II Kammermusiksaal Folkwang University

28 Conducting Blackfriars Sinfonia London

30 Conducting Trinity Laban Conservatoire Brass Ensemble London

31 Workshop British Army Guards Division London

June

3 Amersham Band

5 Examining Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Cardiff

12-16 Conducting Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz Brass Ensemble

20-21 Trombone Masterclass Guildhall School of Music & Drama London

23 Brass Band Essen Kick Off Concerts around Essen

July

1-5 Brass Coach for Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra Rendsburg

6 Conducting Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz Brass Ensemble Speyer

14 Folkwang Posaunenquartett 200 Jahre Alte Friedhof Werden

16-19 Low Brass Coach European Union Youth Orchestra Krems, Austria

August

3 Symphonic Brass of London Three Choirs Festival Worcester

12-13 Coaching Junge Bläser Philharmonie NRW Bad Fredeburg

September

2 Coaching HH University Orchestra Düsseldorf

4 Examining Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Cardiff

7 Coaching Brass Band Nord Kassel

21 Conducting United Harriet Colliery Band Brauerei Museum Dortmund

22 Conducting United Harriet Colliery Band KSHG Münster

27 Conducting United Harriet Colliery Band ‘Science Night’ Dortmund

October

3 Examining Folkwang/Bochum Symphoniker Gala Bochum

4/5 German National Brass Band Meisterschaft Göppingen

12 Trombone Recital/Masterclass Grotius College Heerlen NL

15 Coaching Symphony Orchestra TU Dortmund

26/27 British Trombone Society Festival Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

November

5 Conducting ‘Hindemith und mehr’ Folkwang University Brass Ensembles Essen

18 Brass Spectrum I Folkwang University of Arts Essen

30 Adjudicating Belgian National Brass Band Championships Heist-op-den-Berg

December

1 Adjudicating Belgian National Brass Band Championships Heist-op-den-Berg

2 Trombone Spotlight Folkwang University of Arts Essen

7 Brass Coach Das Junge Orchester NRW Witten

15 Conducting Brass Band Essen Christmas Concert Haus Fuhr Essen Werden

2023

January

9    Brass Spectrum Folkwang University of Arts Essen

21    Directing 'Heavenly Brass’ Folkwang Blechbläserensemble Essen

30/31   Final Recitals Folkwang University Essen

February

(Eye surgery)

March

3-5       Conducting United Harriet Colliery Band Technical University Dortmund

17-19   Conducting ‘Sound of the Sea’ Concert United Harriet Colliery Band TU Dortmund

28/29   Trombone Masterclasses Bilkent University Ankara Turkey

31       Training NRW Youth Brass Band Bad Fredeburg

April

2     Conducting Folkwang Brass Band Community Project Essen

13-15   Conducting Folkwang Brass Band ‘The World of the Brass Band’ Concert Essen

24    Brass Spectrum Folkwang University of Arts Essen

29     Training Westfalen Winds Bad Fredeburg

May

1/2   Examining/Trombone Masterclass Hochschule der Künste Bern Switzerland

6    Conducting Brass Band Westfalen Folkwang University Essen

12   Jury FMB Folkwang Brass Ensemble Competition Folkwang University Essen

14/15   Trombone Workshop/Concert with guest Bram Fournier Folkwang Uni Essen

22       Brass Spectrum Folkwang University of Arts Essen

23   Entrance Auditions Folkwang University of Arts Essen Germany

26     Examining Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Cardiff Wales

June

1/2    Trombone Masterclass HfM Freiburg Germany

2    Examining Hochschule der Künste Bern Switzerland

5-7    Directing Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz Blechbläserensemble

9    Directing Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz Bad Sobernheim

10    Directing Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz Kandel

11    Directing Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz Hahnheim

12     Examining Hochschule der Künste Bern Switzerland

13    Folkwang Brass Ensemble Kreuzeskirche Essen

17/18    Conducting Brass Band Westfalen Kettwig

21    Directing Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz Mannheim

22/23    Trombone Masterclass HfM Basel Switzerland

22    Examining Hochschule der Künste Bern Switzerland

25    Directing Folkwang Trombone Ensemble St Ludgerus Basilica Essen

26    Brass Spectrum Folkwang University Essen Germany

29/30    Trombone Masterclass Guildhall School of Music & Drama London

July

10/11    Final Recitals Folkwang University Essen Germany

August

4/5    Trombone Masterclass Shanghai Conservatory Students Essen Germany

16-20    Conducting/Teaching 4. International Summer Brass Band Camp Zwickau Germany

26/27    Conducting Folkwang/Brass Band Westfalen Concert Kettwig Germany

31    Examining Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Cardiff Wales

September

8/9    European Repertoire Meeting/British Open Brass Band Competition Birmingham

22/23    Conducting Brass Band BlechKLANG Jena Germany

30    Conducting United Harriet Colliery Band Dortmund Germany

October

6/7/8    Conducting United Harriet Colliery Band Dortmund Germany

21    Conducting German Open Brass Band Competition Warstein Germany

29/30    Coaching Orchestral Brass Orchesterzentrum Dortmund

November

6    Brass Spectrum Folkwang University of Arts Essen

17    Coaching Rheinland Brass Cologne

19    Conducting Brass Band Westfalen Gemeinschaftsprojekt Folkwang University Essen

December

4    Brass Spectrum Folkwang University of Arts Essen

9    Folkwang Bones Weihnachtsmusik Fritzpatrick’s Irish Pub Essen

16     Conducting Essen Philharmoniker/Folkwang ‘Christmas Brass’ Philharmonie Essen

17/18     Conducting United Harriet Colliery Band Rehearsal/Konzert Audi Max Dortmund

19     Folkwang Bones Weihnachtsmusik Folkwang Cafe Essen

2022

January

12-14    Conducting Folkwang Symphony Orchestra Essen Germany

17        Brass Spectrum Folkwang University of Arts Essen Germany

February

5   Directing Folkwang Museum 100 Brass Bundespresident Philharmonie Essen

8    Final Recitals Folkwang University Essen

12   Directing Folkwang Brass ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ Folkwang University Essen

March

1   Conducting Orchesterverien Hilgen Germany

6/7   Trombone Class/Teaching Guildhall School of Music & Drama London

7    Trombone Masterclass Royal Academy of Music London

26    Conducting Brass Band Westfalen Kettwig Germany

28-31    Trombone Teaching/Concert Escola Superior de Catalunya Barcelona Spain

April

9   Coaching/Conducting NRW Youth Brass Band Bad Fredeburg Germany

11    Examining/Trombone Masterclass Hochschule der Künste Bern Switzerland

22   Teaching Guildhall School of Music & Drama London

23/24    Conducting Rainford Band Merseyside

30   European Brass Band Championships Symphony Hall Birmingham

May

7   Conducting Rainford Band Grand Shield Spring Festival Blackpool

8   Teaching Guildhall School of Music & Drama London

9-12    Hosting Escola Superior Musica de Catalunya Trombone Class Essen Germany

14    Conducting Folkwang Brass Band Classics Essen Germany

15    Conducting Brass Band Westfalen Witten Germany

20    Examining/Teaching Hochschule der Künste Bern Switzerland

27    Examining Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Cardiff Wales

30    Trombone Class Guildhall School of Music & Drama London

31    Entrance Auditions Folkwang University of Arts Essen Germany

June

3   Jury Brass Chamber Misc Competition Folkwang University Essen Germany

16   Performing Corpus Christi Church Service Brass Ensemble Essen Dom Germany

20   Brass Spectrum Folkwang University Essen Germany

27/28   Final Recitals Folkwang University Essen Germany

July

1    Conducting United Harriet Colliery Brass Band TU Dortmund

3   International Trombone Association AGM and Awards Ceremony (Online)

9/10    World Music Contest Kerkrade Netherlands

31   Coaching/Conducting Red Legends Brass Band Folkwang University Essen

August

2-3    Teaching/Performing Faculty International Festival Trombone & Culture Essen

4    International Festival Trombone Ensemble Concert Evangelische Kirche Werden

5   International Festival Trombone Quartet Concert Folkwang Museum Essen

12    Performing Epos4 Trombone Quartet Evangelische Stadtakademie Bochum

20-21   Conducting Brass Band Westfalen Kettwig

21    Solo Performance in Mass St Lucius Church Essen Werden

23-28    Conducting 3. International Brass Band Summer Camp 2022 Schneeberg Germany

September

4   Folkwang Brass Ensemble St Ludgerus Festival Essen Werden

29   Folkwang Posaunenquartett Bestanden ! Quartier Nord Essen

October

1-2   German National Brass Band Championships Regensburg Germany

7-8    Coaching Sauerland Herbst Brass Band Workshop Bad Fredeburg Germany

14-16   Conducting United Harriet Brass Band Technical University Dortmund

30    Barock Posaunenensemble St Antonius Oberhausen Germany

November

7   Brass Spectrum I Folkwang University Essen

14 Posaunenensemble Concert with Kris Garfitt Folkwang University Essen

18-20    Conducting Brass Band BlechKLANG Jena Germany

25-27   Conducting United Harriet Colliery Brass Band TU Dortmund

December

2-4    Conducting Brass Band BlechKLANG Christmas Concerts /Zeitz Chemnitz/Jena

2/3   Trombone Masterclasses HfM Franz Liszt Weimar

5   Coaching Rheinland Brass Cologne

13    Directing Folkwang Brass Ensemble Philharmonie Essen

14   Directing Folkwang Brass Ensemble Folkwang University Courtyard

16    Directing Folkwang Bones Christmas Fritzpatricks Irish Pub Essen

17   Directing Folkwang Bones Christmas Philharmonie Essen

2020

January

20 Brass Spectrum Folkwang University of Arts Essen Germany

25 Jury Jugend Musiziert Westmünsterland Landesmusikakademie Heek Germany

February

1 Conducting Folkwang University Brass Ensemble Essen Germany

6 Guildhall School of Music & Drama London

10 Guildhall School of Music & Drama London

21/22 Coaching Brass Band Westfalen Bad Fredeburg Germany

March

3 Buffet Courtois/B & S Trombone Trade Exhibition Folkwang University Essen

9 Guildhall School of Music & Drama London

14/15 Masterclass/Solo/Superbrass performance Hampshire Festival of Brass Horndean

17 Masterclass Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance London

17 Conducting Blackfriars Sinfonia London

18 Guildhall School of Music & Drama London

May

16 Online Lecture Virtual International Trombone Convention Boston University

June

2 Online Masterclass Brass Academy Alicante Spain

5 All Brass Online Warm Up Class Guildhall School of Music & Drama London

12 All Brass Online Warm Up Class Guildhall School of Music & Drama London

15 Online Masterclass Brasiliero de Trombonistas Belém Brazil

16 Online Masterclass Brass Academy Alicante Spain

18 Online Lecture Brass Bands England Webinar

July

3 Online Awards Ceremony & AGM International Trombone Association

August

28-30 Conducting Summer Course Brass Band BlechKLANG Jena Germany

September

12 Conducting/Performing Folkwang Bones Outdoor Concert Essen Germany

October

2-4 Producing Rheinland Brass CD Recording Cologne Germany

6 Conducting Herne Brass Bochum Germany

27 Performing EPos4 Trombone Quartet Bochum Germany (Postponed)

November

9 Masterclass Trinity Laban Conservatoire London (Postponed)

10 Masterclass Royal Academy of Music London (Postponed)

11-12 Teaching Guildhall School of Music & Drama London (Online)

24-25 Folkwang Brass Ensemble and Trombone Ensemble Video Recordings

30 Brass Spectrum Folkwang University of Arts Essen Germany

December

13 First ITA Artist Zoom Session (Online)

15 Folkwang Brass Ensembles Christmas Car Park Concert

17-22 Directing Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal Brass Ensemble Christmas Video

Situation Specific Resources

I - Orientation
II - Practice
III - Basics
Prima Vista Collection

2019

January

12 Folkwang Brass Ensemble (Schuller/Wagner) Pina Bausch Theatre Essen

14 Brass Spectrum Folkwang University Essen

29 Guildhall School of Music & Drama London

30 Trent University Brass Band Workshop Nottingham

February

16 Philip Jones Celebration St John’s Smith Square London

19 Guildhall School of Music & Drama London

19 Conducting Blackfriars Sinfonia London

20 Guildhall School of Music & Drama London

March

3 Adjudicating Yorkshire Area Brass Band Championships Huddersfield

4-6 Jury IPV Solo Competition HfM Detmold Germany

7-10 Masterclass/Workshop/Soloist IPV Symposium HfM Detmold Germany

21-23 Artistic Director Besson Brass Band Course Folkwang University Essen

24 Soloist Albrechtsberger Concerto Velbert Germany

April

8-10 Masterclass Conservatorio Superior Córdoba, Spain

13 Coaching NRW Youth Brass Band, Bad Fredeburg, Germany

25/26 Jury Folkwang Preis, Essen

30 Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London

30 Conducting Blackfriars Sinfonia, London

May

1 Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London

3 Max-Planck-Institute Göttingen, Germany

15-19 Jury International Trombone Competition, Alsace, France

28 Conducting Folkwang Large Brass Ensemble, Essen

June

6 Examining Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London

15 Conducting Vex, Switzerland

24 Brass Spectrum Folkwang University, Essen

25-26 Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London

29-30 Recording The Symphonic Brass of London

July

3 BBC In Tune The Symphonic Brass of London

6 The Symphonic Brass of London, New Romney, Kent

10-11 International Trombone Festival, Muncie, Indiana

13 Superbrass with Fodens Band Concert/Masterclass, Manchester

17 Folkwang Bones Lunchtime Concert, Essen

23/24 Folkwang Trombone Camp, Wissen, Germany

August

11 Coaching Junge Bläserphilharmonie NRW, Hilden, Germany

24 Jacques Mauger Birthday Concert, Eglise de Valmont, France

September

6-24 Royal Opera House Covent Garden Tour Tokyo/Yokohama, Japan

October

21-26 Masterclasses/Recital Central Conservatory of Music Beijing, China

November

4/5 Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London

5 Conducting Blackfriars Sinfonia, London

9 Guildhall School of Music & Drama Junior Department, London

10 Superbrass Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, Wales

24 Trombone Workshop with Jamie Williams, HfM Wuppertal, Germany

December

2-4 Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London

9/13/16/19/22 Verdi Otello Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London

2018

January

7 Conducting Folkwang Brass Ensemble Kloster-Saarn, Mülheim

12 Wells Cathedral School

14 Superbrass Butlins Skegness

February

8 Conducting Virtuosi GUS Band Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

March

24 Superbrass Redbridge Music Service Woodford London

25 Coaching East Midlands Youth Brass Band Mansfield Notts

27 Trombone Quartet Day Guildhall School of Music & Drama London

April

24 Conducting Mahler 9 Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

May

4 Conducting Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Pops Orchestra with Sir Lenny Henry

8 Examining Hochschule der Künste Bern Switzerland

11 Deutsche Brass Band Meisterschaft Bad Kissingen Germany

June

5 Conducting Folkwang Brass Ensemble 'Brass Symphony' Essen Germany

6 Examining Hochschule der Künste Bern Switzerland

7 Trombone Masterclass Hochschule der Künste Bern Switzerland

15 Superbrass The Perse School Cambridge

July

11-14 International Trombone Festival University of Iowa USA

28 The Symphonic Brass of London Dombes Festival Lyon France

August

2 Masterclass International Summer Brass Band Camp Finsterbergen Germany

23/24 Masterclass/Workshop/Recital Brass Summer Course Hodnet Shropshire

27-2 Sept Jury International Tenor & Bass Trombone Competition Budapest Hungary

September

3 Brass Teachers CPD Day Berkshire Maestros Reading

4 Private Consultation Lessons Phil Parker Ltd London

11-15 Masterclass/Workshop/Soloist Bilkent Brass Festival Ankara Turkey

28 Coaching Kreisorchester Borken Landesmusikakademie NRW Heek Germany

October

27 Dutch National Brass Band Championships Utrecht Netherlands

November

1 Berio : Sequenza V Folkwang Museum Essen

9/10 Conducting Folkwang meets Bond Folkwang Symphony Pops Essen

17 Masterclass Guildhall School of Music & Drama Junior Dept. London

18 Recital/Masterclass British Trombone Society Birmingham

20 Guildhall School of Music & Drama London

21 Trent University Brass Band Workshop Nottingham

25 Trombone Workshop Folkwang University Essen

26 Brass Spectrum Folkwang University Essen

December

3 Guildhall Trombone Choir Milton Court London

2017

January

6 Folkwang Trombone Ensemble Kloster Saarn Müllheim Germany

20 Conducting Conservatoire Wind Ensembles CBSO Centre Birmingham

24 Faculty Recital with Alan Thomas (Tpt) Recital Hall Birmingham Conservatoire

26 Brass Department Open Day Birmingham Conservatoire

31 Conducting Folkwang Brass at the Pops Neue Aula Essen-Werden Germany

April

10 Coaching NRW Youth Brass Band Bad Fredeburg Germany

17 Performing with Superbrass Andermatt Switzerland

26 Recital/Trombone Workshop High School Nottingham

May

5 Conducting Conservatoire Pops Orchestra Town Hall Birmingham

11 Folkwang Prize Jury Essen Germany

13 Conducting NRW Youth Brass Band Kempen Germany

21 Masterclass Berkshire Trombone Day Reading

22/23 Examining/Masterclass HKB Bern Switzerland

June

9 Conducting Birmingham Conservatoire Brass Band Whit Friday Marches

14 Conservatoire Open Day Birmingham

28-30 International Trombone Festival Redlands California USA

September

22 Kreisorchester Borken Workshop Landesmusikakademie NRW

October

7 Performing with Superbrass Merano Italy

November

10/11 Performing with Ensemble Musikfabrik Folkwang University Essen

16 Conducting Wind/Brass Ensembles Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

17 Recital with Don Lucas Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

19 Second Trombone Teaching Symposium Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

21 Recital with Don Lucas Guildhall School of Music & Drama London

December

1 Conducting Royal Conservatoire Brass Ensembles/Brass Band Birmingham

7 Trombone Masterclass Hemu Fribourg Switzerland

15 Folkwang Trombones Fritzpatrick's Rüttenscheid, Essen

21 Conducting Folkwang Brass Ensemble Evangelischekirche Essen-Werden

2016

January

2-4 Conducting Junge Deutsche Philharmonie Weikersheim Germany

11 Conducting Black Dyke Band Bradford UK

16 Conducting Düsseldorf HH University Orchestra Xanten Germany

22 Conducting Conservatoire Wind Ensemble Birmingham UK

28 Conservatoire Open Day Birmingham UK

February

4 Conducting 'Best of Brass' Folkwang Brass Band Essen Germany

16 Conducting Orchesterverein Hilgen Germany

18-20 Masterclass ATG/IPV Trombone Festival Lausanne Switzerland

27 Conducting Brass Band Esbrassivo Frankfurt Germany

March

6 Conducting Frontiers Festival Birmingham Conservatoire

21 Conducting Nordrhein Westfalen Youth Brass Band Bad Fredeburg Germany

April

8 Conducting The Glory of Gabrieli Folkwang Brass Ensemble St Ludgerus Basilika Essen

10 ITA Trombone Teaching Symposium Birmingham Conservatoire

22 Conducting Folkwang Symphony Orchestra Filmmusik Pops Concert for Schools Essen

23 Conducting Folkwang Symphony Orchestra Filmmusik Pops Concert Essen

24 Adjudicating Rugby School Instrumental Competition

May

5 Conducting Conservatoire Brass at the Pops Adrian Boult Hall Birmingham

6 Adjudicating RAF Music Services Solo Competition RAF Northolt

8 Conducting Folkwang Brass Ensemble Kreuzeskirche Essen

June

1 Adjudicating Folkwang FMB Solo Competition Essen

8-11 International Trombone Festival New York

15 Conducting Birmingham Conservatoire Open Day/Chamber Music Festival

22 Conducting Conservatoire Brass Band, Tredegar Band and Symphonic Brass Birmingham

26 Conducting Opening Fanfare (World Premier) Closing Concert Adrian Boult Hall Birmingham (BBC Radio Three)

July

1 Performing Symphonic Brass of London Boroughbridge Yorkshire

3 Performing/Directing Workshop Superbrass Dorking

25 Conducting Conservatoire Brass Graduation Ceremonies Symphony Hall Birmingham

August

8-10 Coaching/Conducting Brass Band Summer School NRW Landesmusikakademie Heek

September

2 Performing for the Bundespräsident Folkwang Trombone Quartet Parkfriedhof Essen

19-25 Jury International Tenor and Bass Trombone Competition Budapest

October

8 Recital, Masterclass & Host Internationale Posaunenvereiningung Workshop Essen

28 Masterclass Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock

November

6 Globokar Discours II Folkwang Museum Essen

27 Coaching/Conducting East Midlands Youth Brass Band Nottingham

December

2 Conducting Conservatoire Brass St Paul's Church Birmingham

4 Conducting Conservatoire Brass Rugby School Warwickshire

8 Coaching/Conducting Universtiy Orchestra Düsseldorf

2015

January

2-4 Conducting/Coaching Junge Deutsche Philharmonie Erfurt Germany

8 Coaching HH University Symphony Orchestra Düsseldorf Germany

10 Conducting/Coaching HH University Symphony Orchestra Xanten Germany

24 Adjudicator Norman Trotmann Competition Bromley Youth Music Service London

31 Conducting Folkwang Brass Band 'Best of Brass' Neue Aula Essen Germany

February

6 Performing Symphonic Brass of London St Barnabas Church Beckenham

7 Performing MusikFabrik Concertgebouw Amsterdam

20 Conducting Conservatoire Wind & Brass Ensembles Adrian Boult Hall Birmingham

21 Performing/Directing Superbrass Adrian Boult Hall Birmingham

22 Directing Conservatoire Wind & Brass Festival Adrian Boult Hall Birmingham

March

19-22 Recital/Masterclass IPV Symposium MHS Rostock Germany

April

24 Conducting Conservatoire Pops Orchestra at the Movies Adrian Boult Hall Birmingham

27-30 Masterclass Conservatorio Superior de Musica Cordoba Spain

May

11-13 Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich

24 Niederrheinsche Sinfoniker/Folkwang Scandic Brass Project Konzertsaal Mönchengladbach

31 Niederrheinsche Sinfoniker/Folkwang Scandic Brass Project Theater Krefeld

June

1 Niederrheinsche Sinfoniker/Folkwang Scandic Brass Project Folkwang Neue Aula Essen

18 FMB/Folkwang Kammermusik Wettbewerb Kleine Konzertsaal Folkwang Duisburg

19 Symphonic Brass of London Chichester Festival

26 Symphonic Brass of London Beckenham London

July

7-11 International Trombone Festival Valencia Spain

August

18 Coaching Orchesterverein Hilgen Germany

26 Duet Recording with Brett Baker University of Salford

September

25 Coaching Kreisorchester Borken Germany

26/27 Coaching Hammerblech Brass Ensemble Hamm Germany

October

13 Workshop with Gusztav Höna Guildhall School of Music & Drama London

22 Playing Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Festival Hall London

24 Playing Philharmonia Orchestra Bedford UK

November

13 Directing Jungen Blechbläser Nordrhein Westfalen - WDR Köln

15 Trombone Workshop (Masterclass, Recital) - Folkwang University Essen Germany

19 Directing Conservatoire Brass - Official Opening of New Street Station Birmingham

27 Conducting Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Scotland)/
Birmingham Conservatoire Wind Orchestra Birmingham

29 Epos 4 Trombone Quartet Kirche am Heierbusch Bredeney Germany

2014

January

8Symphonic Brass of London CD Recording London

12Conducting Jungendorchester Münster Germany

26Symphonic Brass of London Tromso Norway

February

6 Folkwang Brass Band Folkwang University of Arts Essen Germany

21Conducting 'Symphonies for Wind' Birmingham Conservatoire

27 Superbrass Harrow School

March

11Conducting Guildhall Brass Band Milton Court London

27-31Concerts.Masterclasses IPV Symposium Aachen Germany

April

5Folkwang Faculty Brass and Brass Ensemble 'Pictures at an Exhibition' Essen Germany

May

4Directing Birmingham Conservatoire Brass Day

28Jury FMB Folkwang Brass Chamber Music Competition Essen

30Folkwang Posaunenensemble Masterclass & Concert VHS Ahaus

June

4-7International Trombone Festival Rochester USA

13Directing Brass Ensemble Project Orchesterzentrum Dortmund

27Conducting Düsseldorf HH Uni Orchestra RWTH Aachen

28Conducing Düsseldorf HH Uni Orchestra Tonhalle Düsseldorf

August

13-15 Scottsich Chamber Orchestra Edinburgh Festival

September

30Conservatoire Brass Conservative Party Conference ICC Birmingham

Adjudicating Brass Competiton Warwick School

October

13 Symphonic Brass of London Beckenham

28Trombone Odyssey with Prof. Niels-Ole Bo Johanson

Birmingham Conservatoire

29Trombone Odyssey with Prof. Niels-Ole Bo Johanson

Guildhall Scholl of Music & Drama London

November

7 Conducting Wagner Low Brass Ensemble Birmingham Conservatoire

9Superbrass Reading

16Folkwang Posaunenensemble Evangelische Kirche Essen-Werden

30Conducting Folkwang Blechbläserensemble Evangelische Kirche Essen-Werden

December

5Conducting Symphonic Brass Ensemble Birmingham Conservatoire

16-18Conducting Orchesterzentrum Blechbläserensemble Dortmund

19Conducting Folkwang Blechbläserensemble Folkwang Universität

21Epos 4 Trombone Quartet Bredeney

2013

2013

January

12 Superbrass Queen Elizabeth Hall London

23 Conducting Folkwang Brass Ensembles Essen

24-25 Conducting Orchesterzentrum Dortmund

February

17 Superbrass Grammar School Watford

22 Conducting Guildhall Brass Band GSMD London

24 Conducting Guildhall Brass Band Salvation Army Croydon

26-28 Recital/Masterclass Franz Liszt Academy Budapest

March

11-12 Masterclasses Royal Northern College of Music Manchester

21 Folkwang Trombone Quartet Haus der Ärzteschaft Düsseldorf

26 Superbrass Recording London

April

2-5 Scottish Chamber Orchestra Edinburgh/Glasgow

21 Conducting Brass Band Westfalen Hamm

May

11 EPos4 Trombone Quartet Johanneskirche Bochum

13 Masterclass Royal Northern College of Music Manchester

15 Symphonic Brass of London St John's Smith Sqaure London

17 Symphonic Brass of London Festival Newbury

20 Symphonic Brass of London Recording London

26 Conducting Junges Sinfonieorchester Münster

June

3 Folkwang Brass Ensembles New Composition 'Masque' (Premier) Essen

15 Conducting Universität Orchester Düsseldorf

25 Symphonic Brass of London Recording London

July

6 Recording Duet with Carol Jarvis Manchester

13 Conductor/Soloist Helix Ensemble Nottingham

26-30 Low Brass Tutor Gustav Mahler Jungendorchester Bolzano

August

26-27 Coaching NRW Youth Brass Band Bad Fredeberg

September

12 Recording Duet with Ansgar Striepens Essen

21 Epos 4 Trombone Quartet Bochum

October

6 Conducting Duisburg Philharmoniker Brass Ensemble Rheinhausen

10 Conducting Guildhall Horn/Trombone/Tuba Ensemble London

13 Masterclass & Superbrass International Brass Event Cardiff

21 Recording Duet with Jiggs Whigham Essen

24 Conducting University Orchestra Düsseldorf

31 Conducting RNCM Brass Band Manchester

November

9 Masterclass TAPAS/IPV Workshop Donauwörth

14 Conducting University Orchestra Düsseldorf

17 Conducting Folkwang Trombone Ensemble Evangelische Kirche Essen-Werden

20 Conducting Philharmonische Gesellschaft Düsseldorf

December

1 Soloist & Conducting Folkwang Brass Ensemble Evangelische Kirche Essen-Werden

3 Conducting Duisburg Philharmoniker Brass Ensemble Rheinhausen

5 Conducting Guildhall Brass Band London

15 EPos 4 Trombone Quartet Bredeney

17 Conducting Folkwang Brass Ensemble Christmas Concert Essen

2012

2012

January

7 Conducting Junges Sinfonieorchester Münster

14 Conducting Heinrich Heine Universituatsorchester Düsseldorf

15 Folkwang Trombone Ensemble Evangelist Kirche Essen

18-21 Scottish Chamber Orchestra Glasgow/Edinburgh

February

16 Masterclass ArtEz Conservatory Enschede NL

21 Conducting Niederrheinisch Symphoniker Blechbläserensemble

March

6 Folkwang/Guildhall Trombone Choirs GSMD Music Hall London

7 Masterclass Birmingham Conservatoire

8-9 Masterclass Royal Northern College of Music Manchester

15-20 Coaching Gustav Mahler Jungendorchester Interlaken Switzerland

30 Conducting Guildhall Brass Band GSMD Music Hall London

31 Recital/Conducting IPV Symposium Hannover

April

1-5 Conducting/Masterclass/Recital Brass Symposium Riga Latvia

13 Blechbläser Fazcination Trombone/Horn Concert with Frank Lloyd Folkwang Universität Essen

27 FMB Folkwang Blech Preis Kommission Essen

May

1 Conducting Folkwang Blechbläserensemble Saisoneröffnung Sonnenrad Zollverein

7-8 Masterclass Royal Northern College of Music Manchester

June

9-10 Posaunen Fest Jiggs Whigham Epos 4 Folkwang Universität Essen

13-15 musikFabrik München

28-30 musikFabrik Köln

July

4-7 International Trombone Festival Paris

14 Conducting Folkwang Bläserensemble Paris Winds Folkwang Universität Essen
16 Superbrass Harrow Arts Centre Playing/Conducting

August

13-15 Brass Band Sumer School Heek Coaching/Conducting

30 Philharmonia Orchestra Edinburgh International Festival

September

1-2 Hammerblech Brass Ensemble Wuppertal Coaching/Conducting

18-19 Recording DVD Guildhall School of Music London

30 Duisburg Philharmoniker Brass Ensemble Kevelaer Conducting

October

18 Guildhall School of Music Brass Band Concert/Workshop Bromley Conducting

19 Guildhall School of Music Brass Band Concert GSMD Music Hall London Conducting

November

6-9 Rimsky Korsakov Conservatory St Petersburg Russia Recital/Masterclass

18 musikFabrik Contemporary Music Festival Huddersfield

19-20 Royal Northern College of Music Manchester Masterclass

December

5-7 Mahler Chamber Orchestra Philharmonie Köln/Essen/Dortmund

9 Folkwang Posaunenensemble Evangelistkirche Essen Werden

10 Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal Brass Ensemble Stadthalle Wuppertal

16 Folkwang Brass Ensemble Evangelistkirche Essen Werden

20-21 Essener Philharmoniker Philharmonie Essen

22 Folkwang Trombone Quartet Kirche am Heierbusch Essen Bredeney

2011

2011

January

7th - Mozart Requiem Bochumer Symphoniker
Aalto Theater Essen Germany

17-18th - Conducting Sinfonie Orchester Wuppertal/Melton Tuba Quartet
Wuppertal Germany

22nd - Conducting Brass Concerto & Filmmusik Folkwang Brass Ensemble/Brass Band
Neue Aula Folkwang University Essen Germany

23rd - Conducting Filmmusik with Visualisation Folkwang Brass Band
Theater Duisburg Germany

February

16-18th - Soloist/Masterclass
ArtEZ International Brass Festival Enschede Nederlands

25th Conducting Guildhall School of Music & Drama Brass Band
GSMD Music Hall London UK - World Premier of "Set To" by Mark Anthony Turnage - transcribed by Chris Houlding

28th Masterclass International Visiting Tutor
Royal Northern College of Music Manchester UK

March

28-30th - Conducting Duisburg Philharmoniker/Producer CD Melton Tuba Quartet
Duisburg Germany

April

9th - Musikfabrik Stockhausen SONNTAG aus LICHT Teil 1
Rheinparkhallen Köln Germany

10th - Musikfabrik Stockhausen SONNTAG aus LICHT Teil 2
Rheinparkhallen Köln Germany

17th - Conductor/Producer CD Melton Tuba Quartet
Duisburg Germany

20th - Musikfabrik Stockhausen SONNTAG aus LICHT Teil 1
Rheinparkhallen Köln Germany

21st - Musikfabrik Stockhausen SONNTAG aus LICHT Teil 2
Rheinparkhallen Köln Germany

24th - Musikfabrik Stockhausen SONNTAG aus LICHT Teil 1 + 2
Rheinparkhallen Köln Germany

26th - Musikfabrik Stockhausen SONNTAG aus LICHT Teil 1
Rheinparkhallen Köln Germany

27th - Musikfabrik Stockhausen SONNTAG aus LICHT Teil 2
Rheinparkhallen Köln Germany

28th - Musikfabrik Stockhausen SONNTAG aus LICHT Teil 1
Rheinparkhallen Köln Germany

29th - Musikfabrik Stockhausen SONNTAG aus LICHT Teil 2
Rheinparkhallen Köln Germany

30th Jury FMB/Folkwang Blech Preis
Neue Aula Folkwang Universität Essen

May

1st - Musikfabrik Stockhausen SONNTAG aus LICHT Teil 1 + 2
Rheinparkhallen Köln Germany

16th-17th Royal Northern College of Music Manchester
Masterclass as International Chair in Trombone

22-24th - Conducting Bochumer Symphoniker/Tarkmann Ali Baba und 40 Streicher
Schauspielhaus Bochum Germany

29th - Musikfabrik Stockhausen GLANZ
Copenhagen Denmark

June

3rd - 7th Philharmonia Orchestra
London

18th Conducting Folkwang Medial Round Midnight Zollverien Essen
World Premier of new work for brass ensemble conducted and composed by Chris Houlding - "Rota Riesenrad"

22-25th - Guest Artist International Trombone Festival
Nashville USA

28th-30th Philharmonia Orchestra
London

July

Saturday 2 July
Conducting Brass Band Westfalen

Friday 15 July
Conducting Folkwang Kammermusikensemble
Folkwang Meets Stravinsky

August

Saturday 13 August
Conducting Hammerblech Brass Ensemble Nordwalde

Monday 15 - Sunday 21 August
International Summer Academy of Performing Arts Torres Vedras Nr. Lisbon Portugal

Monday 29 - Tuesday 30 August
Brass Band Summer School Heek Netherlands

September

Sunday 4 September
Conducting Duisburg Philharmoniker Brass Ensemble
Schloß Gartrop Duisburg

Friday 9 September
MusikFabrik Philharmonie Berlin

Sunday 11 September
Conducting Duisburg Philharmoniker Brass Ensemble
Remscheid

October

Thursday 13 October
Trombone Day Faculty Trombone Quartet
Guildhall School of Music & Drama London

Saturday 22 October
Conducting Brass Band Düren

November

Friday 18 November
Folkwang Brass Ensemble School's Concert
Hilden, Düsseldorf

Tuesday 22 November
Conducting Guildhall Brass Band
Wellington College, Berkshire

Friday 25 November
Conducting Guildhall Brass Band
Guildhall School of Music & Drama London

December

Saturday 10 December
Rick Peperkamp Trombone Concerto World Premier
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra
Lätztsch Trombone Festival Enschede NL

2010

2010

January

13-14 Conducting Wuppertal Symphoniker Blechbaserensemble
Operhaus Wuppertal Germany

16 Conducting Folkwang Blechblaserensemble
Hauptbahnhof Opening Ceremony Essen Germany

17 Bochumer Symphoniker
Alto Theatre Essen Germany

23 Conducting Nordic Brass Folkwang Hochschule Blechblaserensemle/Brass Band
Folkwang Hochschule Essen Germany

28 Conducting Trinity College Wind Orchestra
Blackheath Concert Hall London UK

February

11 Faculty Trombone Quartet Recital
Guildhall School of Music & Drama London UK

26 Adjudicating Brass Prize
Bedford School Bedford UK

March

1 Adjudicating Philip Jones Chamber Competition
Trinity College of Music London UK

3 Conducting/Masterclass
Birmingham Conservatoire Birmingham UK

4 Conducting Trinity College Brass Ensemble
Blackheath Concert Halls London UK

April

8-11 Host IPV Symposium
Folkwang University Essen Germany

10 Conducting Bochumer Symphoniker Wagner/Verdi/Rota/David/Schnyder
Folkwang University Essen Germany

11 Conducting Folkwang Blechblaserensemble/Brass Band
Folkwang University Essen Germany

May

6-15 Jury 45 International Wettbewerb
Markneukirchen Germany

July

10 Conducting Music Courts of Europe/Broadway & Movies Folkwang Blechblaserensemble
Evangeliste Kirche/Haus Fuhr Essen Werden Germany

19-25 Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Spain/Austria

August

21-22 Conducting Hammer Blech
Wuppertal Germany

23-24 Coaching NRW Youth Brass Band
Bad Fredeburg Germany

September

17 Epos 4 Recording
WDR Cologne Germany

October

8 Auditions National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
London UK

14-17 Coaching NRW Landesjungenorchester
Nottuln Germany

24 musikFabrik
WDR Cologne Germany

November

2 musikFabrik
Opera Garnier Paris France

11 Conducting RNCM Brass Band
RNCM Concert Hall Manchester UK

12 Conducing Guildhall School of Music & Drama Brass Band
GSMD Music Hall London UK

December

4 Berlin Philharmonic Trombone Quartet/Folkwang Trombone Ensemble/Westfalen Winds
Musikschule Mahl Germany

5 Trombone Workshop Berlin Philharmonic Trombone Quartet / Folkwang Trombone Ensemble
Kammermusiksaal Folkwang Universitat Essen Germany

18 Epos 4 Trombone Quartet
Kirche Am Heierbusch Bredeney Germany

2009

2009

January

4 Conducting New Year Concert Folkwang Blechblaserensemble

Haus Fuhr Essen Werden Germany

31 Conducting RNCM Brass Band Vinter/Wilson/Gregson

RNCM Festival of Brass Manchester UK

February

1 -3 World Premiere Jericho 2.0 by Wayne Segel with Niels Ole Bo Johanssen

Aarhus Sinfonietta/Royal Academy of Music Aarhus Denmark

7 Soloist Folkwang Brass Band

Folkwang Hochschule Essen Germany

22 World Premiere & Recording Tell Me by Ilja Reijngoud with Ben van Dijk

UK Premiere Jericho 2.0 by Wayne Segel with Niels Ole Bo Johanssen

International Trombone Focus RNCM Manchester UK

March

5-8 Recital/Masterclass IPV Symposium

Musik Hochschule Stuttgart Germany

12 Recital/Masterclass

Trinity College of Music London UK

20-22 Bochumer Symphoniker

Aalto Theatre Essen Germany

26-29 Dutch Premiere Jericho 2.0 by Wayne Segel with Niels Ole Bo Johanssen

Slide Factory Rotterdam Netherlands

April

24-26 Recording Jericho 2.0 & Scandanvian Trombone Weekend

Royal Academy of Music Aarhus Denmark

May

6 German Premiere Jericho 2.0 with Niels Ole Bo Johanssen

Trombonology Konzert Folkwang Posaunenensemble

Folkwang Hochschule Essen Germany

10-14 Northern Sinfonia Newcastle UK

June

21 Soloist/Workshop

Fanfare St Barbara Sittard Netherlands

24-28 Solo/Recital/Class/Lecture International Trombone Festival

Royal Academy of Music Aarhus Denmark

July

2 Conducting West Side Story Folkwang Blechblaserensemble

Neue Aula Folkwang Hochschule Essen Germany

25-30 Low Brass Coach European Union Youth Orchestra

Schloss Graffenegg Krems Austria

August

10-14 Coach/Conducting NRW Youth Brass Band

Folkwang Hochschule Essen Germany

September

19 musikFabrik Alicante Spain

24 Folkwang Posaunenensemble Grundsteinfeier

Folkwang Hochschule Essen Germany

26 Bochumer Symphoniker

Aalto Theatre Essen Germany

27 EPos4 Trombone Quartett

Kirche Am Heierbusch Bredeney Germany

October

2 Recital/Masterclass

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Cardiff Wales

8 Bochumer Symphoniker

Aalto Theatre Essen Germany

13 musikFabrik

Palais des Beaux Arts Brussels Belgium

November

1-8 Jury First International Competition for Wind

Tchaikowsky Conservatory Moscow Russia

15 musikFabrik

Divadlo Arena Bratislava Slovak Republic

29 Recital/Masterclass/Conducting Posaunen Workshop

Folkwang Hochschule Essen Germany

December

11 Bochumer Symphoniker

Aalto Theatre Essen Germany

15 Conducting Folkwang Blechblaserensemble

Deustchland Radio Essen Germany

18 Conducting Folkwang Blechblaserensemble

Folkwang Hochschule Essen Germany

20 Conducting Folkwang Blechblaserensemble

Folkwang Hochschule Duisburg Germany