Mark Armstrong (musician)
Mark Armstrong (born 5 November 1972) is a British jazz trumpeter, musical director, composer, arranger, and educator.
Early life and education
Armstrong was born on 5 November 1972)[1] in Newcastle upon Tyne, northern England.[2] At the age of five he moved to Amersham[1] and attended Dr Challoner's Grammar School,[3] playing with the Aylesbury Music Centre Dance Band and Buckinghamshire County Youth Orchestra.[1]
He studied for a degree in music at the University of Oxford, when he played with the Oxford University Jazz Orchestra and helped to reform the Oxford University Big Band.[4] He subsequently took a postgraduate course in jazz and studio music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.[5][better source needed][4]
Career
Armstrong is a jazz trumpeter, musical director, composer, arranger, and academic. He has also performed in a wide range of commercial settings, including the London Sinfonietta, with The Four Tops, and on film and TV soundtracks. He has composed and arranged many types of music, including chamber music, jazz, and symphony orchestra.[6]
From 2008, Armstrong was jazz professor at the Royal College of Music (RCM) in London.[2] Since 2011 and as of 2017, he was the artistic and music director of the UK National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO), and directed the RCM Swing Band and the RCM Big Band.[3]
As of March 2024[update] he no longer appears on the NYJO website.[7]
As of March 2024[update] Armstrong is the RCM Jazz Professor. He is also a member of the Ronnie Scott's Jazz Orchestra and Robin Jones's Latin Underground.[6]
Recognition and awards
Armstrong was nominated in the best trumpet category of the 2007 Ronnie Scott Jazz Awards,[2] and won the BBC Big Band Competition arranging prize.[when?][citation needed]
Personal life
As of 2024[update], Armstrong lives in Blackheath, south-east London, with his wife, conductor Elinor Corp, and their three children.[2]
References
- ^ a b c John Chilton, 'ARMSTRONG, Mark', in Who's Who of British Jazz, 2nd edn (London: Continuum, 2004), p. 9 ISBN 0-8264-7234-6.
- ^ a b c d "Mark Armstrong". London, UK: Royal College of Music. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Mark Armstrong". Innovative Conservatoire. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Biography". Mark Armstrong. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "Mark Armstrong". LinkedIn. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Mark Armstrong". Royal College of Music. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ "Our team". NYJO. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
External links
- Official website (archived October 2022)
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- Living people
- Musicians from Newcastle upon Tyne
- People educated at Dr Challoner's Grammar School
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
- Academics of the Royal College of Music
- English jazz trumpeters
- British male trumpeters
- English artistic directors
- English jazz composers
- British male jazz composers
- English male composers
- Music directors
- Jazz arrangers
- 21st-century trumpeters
- 21st-century British male musicians
- 1972 births