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With Shaun Hooke, Principal trumpet with the RTECO at the helm, The Dublin Trumpet Academy has set a new benchmark in trumpet tuition.

About Shaun

Whilst always a keen trumpeter, Shaun‘s initial career was in chemistry rather than music. Studies at the University of Oxford culminated in him being awarded aDoctorate in 1995.  He went on to studytrumpet at Birmingham Conservatoire with Johnathan Holland and soon embarkedupon a busy freelance career, regularly playing with major UK orchestras suchas the City of Birmingham Symphony and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic orchestrasand with English National Opera.  Aversatile musician he also found himself working as lead trumpet with pop androck musicians such as Barry Manilow, Roger Daltry and Alice Cooper.



Such diverse work stood him in good stead for hisappointment in 2000 to the principal trumpet chair of the RTE Concert Orchestrain Dublin.  One of the world‘s mostversatile orchestras, the range of repertoire covered is immense.  From Bach Cantatas to Grand Opera to the mostchallenging of Big Band repertoire, Shaun has found himself working withartists such as Emma Kirkby, Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras, Lang Lang, NigelKennedy, Johnny Dankworth, Lalo Schiffrin, REM and Westlife to name but a few.

Working within the Irish national broadcastingorganisation Shaun is heavily involved in producing material for broadcast ontelevision and radio as well as many recordings for film and CD.

Shaun has played B&S trumpets since 2001.