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John Foster is one of the world’s leading exponents of the Natural Trumpet and is the Artistic Director of the internationally acclaimed period instrument ensemble Australian Baroque Brass.
Currently John maintains a busy performing and recording schedule as a soloist, with Australian Baroque Brass and as a member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
He has recorded several CDs including the recently released CD 'Flourish, heroic music for trumpet and organ' (ABC Classics), and 'Music of a Golden Age' Volumes 1, 2 and 3 (Tubicium Records) as well as making numerous recordings for film, television and radio. John is also active as a clinician, having given master classes in numerous universities throughout Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Asia and the USA. In 2008-10 John's international touring included traveling to Italy, Great Britan, Hong Kong, China, Macau, Malaysia and to the USA to lead Australian Baroque Brass on an extensive concert tour.
Since 2001 John has been a member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and has also appeared as Guest Principal Trumpet of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, the Queensland Orchestra, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, the Auckland Philharmonia, and has also appeared with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and the Orquestra de Macau.
As a soloist John has performed throughout the USA, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. John has appeared as soloist in London with the Royal College Chamber Orchestra, and with numerous Australian orchestras including the Sydney Symphony, Queensland Symphony, the Adelaide Symphony, the Queensland Philharmonic, the Sydney Philharmonia, the Sydney Chamber Orchestra and the North Queensland Philharmonic Orchestras.
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