(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