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Orchestra Manager Composer Instrumentalist

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A Yorkshire based freelance musician

Orchestra Manager Composer Instrumentalist

Orchestra Manager Composer InstrumentalistOrchestra Manager Composer InstrumentalistOrchestra Manager Composer Instrumentalist

A Yorkshire based freelance musician

Orchestral Management

Arrangement, orchestration, and composition

Arrangement, orchestration, and composition

With over a decade of experience working with orchestras and ensembles on a range of projects and events, you can contact me to help with fixing and contracting players, and managing an ensemble at your event. 

Arrangement, orchestration, and composition

Arrangement, orchestration, and composition

Arrangement, orchestration, and composition

Studying composition at university gave me the building blocks to become an adaptable arranger and orchestrator. My commissions have been performed at UK festivals, major concert halls and by professional orchestras. 

Clarinet and saxophone

Arrangement, orchestration, and composition

Clarinet and saxophone

My musical journey started with the clarinet aged 7, and it's remained a constant throughout my career. I'm always available to play clarinet and saxophone at your event. 

About Tristan

  

Tristan, originally from York, moved to South Wales in 2008 to take up a place at Cardiff University to read music, furthering his studies to Masters level in Music Composition. 


Whilst at University, Tristan was heavily involved in a number of ensemble projects as conductor, clarinettist and orchestrator, which helped shape his early career and interest in Orchestral Management. Following a year as Orchestral Manager with the Welsh Sinfonia, Tristan returned to Yorkshire in 2012 to begin working at Leeds Conservatoire. 


In his role of Performance and Workshops Manager with Leeds Conservatoire, Tristan oversaw and curated a busy and varied series of around 250 student events and projects each year. These ranged from bespoke workshops and masterclasses targeted at selected students, to large scale and open access events including opera, orchestras, big bands and choirs. Spending over a decade with Leeds Conservatoire gave Tristan a real insight into both the challenges and significant rewards of working in the arts, music education and higher education sectors. 


In January 2024, Tristan moved on from Leeds Conservatoire to join Leeds Lieder as their General Manager.
 

Aside from his full-time job, Tristan undertakes a number of freelance projects as both an orchestral manager and orchestrator / arranger, whilst keeping up his love of music-making as a clarinettist and saxophonist on the amateur circuit. Away from music, Tristan can be found unwinding by running over boggy moortops in and around Yorkshire!

My projects

A tribute to David Bowie

Commissioned for performance at Live at Leeds festival in 2016. Performed by the Leeds Conservatoire SU Big Band.

Rhapsody in Blue

A personalised commission for a lockdown wedding celebration.

Saxofonie

A live studio recording with Saxofonie, saxophone quartet.

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