Joshua Cusworth – Trumpeter, Pedagog
Orchestral/Brass Band Experience:
May 2026
Orion Orchestra West Side Story Suite, Cuban Overture and Porgy and Bess Suite
Oct 2025
Orion Orchestra 2nd Trumpet Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3
March 2024
Philharmonia Orchestra 3rd Trumpet Karl Jenkins 80th Birthday concert
Oct 2023
Royal College of Music Philharmonic Orchestra 1st Bb trumpet:100 Years of Disney (Incredits, Ratatouille Suite, Married Life from Up, Aladdin, Beauty and the beast, Toy Story suite)
Sept 2023
Firebird Orchestra 1st Bb trumpet: Elgar Cello concerto, Vaughan Williams symphony 5
March 2023
Royal College of Music Philharmonic Orchestra 2nd Bb Trumpet: West Side story Suite, Short ride in a fast machine
Orchestral/Brass Band Experience:
Feb 2022
Baroque Orchestra Co-PrincipalNatural Trumpet:Easter Oratorio
Nov 2021
Young Musician Symphony Orchestra Principal Trumpet: Heldenleben
Nov 2019
Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra Principal Trumpet: Cuban Overture Gershwin, Billy the kid suite Copland
July 2019
Junior Guildhall Brass Band Eb Soprano Cornet:Tour in Alicante, Spain
May 2019
Ely Sinfonia Offstage 1st Eb Trumpet:Verdi’s Requiem
April 2019
Duet Philharmonic 3rd Trumpet: Mahler’s 6th Symphony
Dec 2018
Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra Principal Trumpet: Lutosławski, Concerto for Orchestra, Suite from Swan Lake Tchaikovsky
Dec 2014
Cambridge Sinfonietta 1st Trumpet: Dvořák Symphony No 7
Big Band Experience:
May 2024
RCM Jazz Orchestra 2nd Trumpet with Nathan Bray, Virgil Donati and Mark Armstrong
Nov 2023
RCM Brass ensemble Lead Trumpet: Cuban Fire! Big Phat Brass concert with Mike Lovatt
Oct 2023
Imperial College Big Band lead Trumpet: with Chris Dean
May 2022
Royal College of Music Jazz Orchestra 3rd Trumpet: with Benny Greb, Ryan Quigley and Pete Long
Oct 2021
Royal College of Music Big Band 2nd Trumpet/Flugel: with Mark Armstrong and Zoe Rahman
April 2021
Royal College of Music Big Band Lead Trumpet: with Mark Armstrong and Georgina Jackson
Musical Theatre/Opera experience:
Sept 2024
Sacred Heart Players 2nd Trumpet: Kiss Me Kate
Dec 2023
Whitgift School 1st Trumpet: Twelfth Night
Oct 2023
Mill Hill Musical Theatre Company 1st Trumpet: 9-5!
Sept 2023
Sacred Heart Players 2nd Trumpet: Oliver!
June 2022
Royal College of Music Opera 2nd Trumpet: Flight by Jonathon Dove
April 2020
St Ives Youth Theatre 1st Trumpet: Legally Blonde
April 2019
St Ives Youth Theatre 1st Trumpet: Bugsy Malone
Feb 2015
St Ivo Academy 1st Trumpet: Cabaret
Feb 2014
St Ivo Academy 1st Trumpet: South Pacific
Soloistic experience:
December 2026
Bristol Concert Orchestra Arutunian Trumpet Concerto, Quiet City
June 2026
Sinfonia at the Viaduct Haydn Trumpet Concerto
June 2024
Chorleywood Orchestra Arutunian Trumpet concerto
Feb 2024
Hakan Hardenberger Masterclass Packhmutova trumpet concerto
Feb 2024
Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra Mark Anthony-Turnage Dispelling the Fears Double trumpet concerto with Hakan Hardenberger
March 2023
Drapers Foundation Concert Bb Trumpet: Hindemith sonata, Slavische Fantaisie
Nov 2021
Gustav Melander Masterclass Bb Trumpet: Peskin concerto No.1 Movement 1
July 2020
Slow melody competition with Philip Cobb Bb Trumpet: Softly Awakes My Heart
Feb 2020
Handel’s Birthday Concert with CORAM Piccolo Trumpet: Stanley Trumpet voluntary in D major, Purcell Trumpet Sonata in D major
Awards:
2024
1st Class Bachelor of Music with honours Royal College of Music
2021-2024
Drapers Music Scholarship supported by Richard Winstanley and the Drapers Company
2020-2021
Big Give Scholar Supported by Sir Alec and the trustees of the reed foundation
2020
Junior Guildhall Brass Instrument Prize
Education:
Royal college of music
2020-2024
1st Class Bachelor of Music (Hons)
Taught by: Kate Moore, Mark Calder, Jason Evans, Dan Newell
Jazz Trumpet: Mark Armstrong, Martin Shaw
Natural Trumpet: Paul Sharp
Junior Guildhall
2017-2020
Taught by: Ellie Lovegrove, Jonathon Clarke
St Ivo Academy
2013-2020
A-Levels: ABC (Music, Photography, Drama)
Taught by: David Chambers (until 2016)