Cambridgeshire Holiday Orchestra Association

Trevor Barlow - Course Director, Christmas 2009

Trevor Barlow received his BA(Hons) in performance from Colchester and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education from Reading University. Currently, he is Head of Woodwind for Cambridgeshire Music providing music instruction and ensemble experiences for school age students across the County of Cambridgeshire. Mr Barlow teaches Clarinet and Saxophone and manages the Cambridgeshire Youth Wind Orchestra, a touring ensemble comprised of the County's most talented young musicians. He also directs weekly rehearsals of the Cambridge Youth Concert Band and Cambridge Youth Jazz Orchestra as well as several school bands.

In addition to his work in music education Trevor Barlow is in great demand as a performer. His clarinet and saxophone quartet, The Ebony Quartet, has toured extensively across the United Kingdom with noteworthy performances along London's South Bank, at the International Clarinet Congress in Paris and on British television. He has made several recordings with the Ebony Quartet, his Jazz Band Cambridge Blue and as a solo clarinetist. At present Trevor is producing his second recording with Cambridge Blue as well as a CD of Parisian Cafe and Klezmer music with Shakey Breaks the Ice. Mr Barlow is also a member of the Cambridge Wind Players, an ensemble dedicated to performance of wind music of composers such as Mozart,Strauss,Dvorak,Weill and others.