Mark Armstrong (musician)

Mark Armstrong (born 5 November 1972)[1] is a British jazz trumpeter, musical director, composer, arranger, and educator.[2][3]

For other people named Mark Armstrong, see Mark Armstrong (disambiguation).

Biography

Armstrong was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, northern England.[4] At the age of five he moved to Amersham[1] and attended Dr Challoner's Grammar School,[5] playing with the Aylesbury Music Centre Dance Band and Buckinghamshire County Youth Orchestra.[1] He studied then for a degree in music at the University of Oxford, when he played with the Oxford University Jazz Orchestra and helped to reform the Oxford University Big Band.[3] He subsequently took a postgraduate course in jazz and studio music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.[2]

Since 2008, Mark Armstrong has been Jazz Professor at the Royal College of Music (RCM) in London.[4] Since 2011, he has been the Artistic and Music Director of the UK National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO). He directs the RCM Swing Band and the RCM Big Band.[5]

Armstrong was nominated in the best trumpet category of the 2007 Ronnie Scott Jazz Awards.[4] He was also a winner of the BBC Big Band Competition arranging prize.

Mark Armstrong lives in London.[4] He is married to the conductor Elinor Corp and they have three children.

References
  1. John Chilton, 'ARMSTRONG, Mark', in Who's Who of British Jazz, 2nd edn (London: Continuum, 2004), p. 9 ISBN 0-8264-7234-6.
  2. "Mark Armstrong". LinkedIn. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  3. "Biography". Mark Armstrong. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  4. "Mark Armstrong". London, UK: Royal College of Music. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  5. "Mark Armstrong". Innovative Conservatoire. Retrieved 29 January 2017.


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