The future is Green for Foresters…

Alwyn Green was born and educated in Norwich. He went on to study Bass Trombone and Euphonium at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where, as a pupil of trombone legend Denis Wick, he was awarded the coveted Brass Prize. He also gained diplomas from the Royal Academy of Music (performance) and Trinity College London (teaching).

On leaving the Guildhall, Alwyn was immediately appointed to the Principal Bass Trombone chair at the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Since then he has played Trombone or Euphonium with almost all the top British Orchestras. In 1986 Simon Rattle invited him to take up a principal position in the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, a seat he held for 22 years until retiring in 2008.

Alwyn teaches at Birmingham University and the Birmingham Conservatoire. His experience of educational work in music spans more than forty years, working with children from primary school age to ‘A’ level, and also including children and adults with learning difficulties.

As a composer and arranger he undertakes regular commissions from the CBSO and other orchestras and bands. A number of his pieces have been broadcast, commercially recorded and published.

Alwyn still regularly performs with the CBSO. He is also a founder member of the Palm Court Theatre Orchestra and the Prince of Wales Brass, and is founder member and musical director of the Berkley Salon Ensemble, Berkley Brass and the Berkley Street Dance Orchestra (all established CBSO offshoot groups). He was recently delighted to be appointed musical director of Foresters Brass 2000.