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John Foster
John Foster (Musician) International Trumpet Soloist, Baroque Trumpet Soloist, Recording Artist, Orchestral Musician, Artistic Director and Conductor, Clinician, Composer, Scholar, and Author.

Born John Anthony Foster (1977) in the town of Atherton (Queensland), Australia to parents David and Robin Foster. John’s early musical education commenced at around age 6 with piano lesson and later violin and percussion lessons. At age 9 John was given his first trumpet and showed immediate aptitude for the instrument. He studied under the direction of a local retired military bandsman by the name of James Hardington. By age 10 John was already gaining experience as a trumpet player in the Queensland Youth Orchestras, and by age 12 was excepted to attend the Queensland Conservatorium Music School, under the guidance of teacher Yoram Levy (Formerly of the Israel Philharmonic). John Foster displayed a prodigious talent at an early age and by the age of 15 was already being engaged by professional orchestras as well as touring internationally with the Australian Youth Orchestra as it’s youngest member.

Mr Foster performed with the Queensland Philharmonic and Queensland Symphony Orchestras from 1993 - 1998, whilst studying at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. John Foster attended the Royal College of Music (London) in 1998-1999 studying with Professor’s Michael Laird (FRCM), Paul Beniston (London Philharmonic) and Mark Bennett. John Foster was then appointed to the Auckland Philharmonia where he remain until the end of the year 2000 season.

In 2001 he was appointed to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra where he remained as a full time member until 2013, working with such well known conductors as Loren Maazel, Parvo Yarvi, David Zinman, Charles Dutiot, Edo De Waart, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sir Charles Mackerras among many others. John Foster also took part in several international tours and major recording projects. In 2010 John Foster was featured in the pages of the book, ‘The Trumpet Greats’, a large scale project to document the 1500 most influential trumpet players of all time into one book, published by Hickman Music (USA).

John Foster founded the Australian Baroque Brass in 2003 and remains as the ensembles artistic director. In 2017 he was also appointed as artistic director of the Queensland Baroque Orchestra, a position he still holds. In 2018 he was also appointed as the Principal Trumpet of the Omega Ensemble based in Sydney, Australia. John Foster is also the director of the Australasian Trumpet Academy which he also founded in 2015.

In 2020 - 2022 John Foster was appointed to the board of directors of the International Trumpet Guild. John Foster continues to tour internationally presenting a collaborative concert with trumpet virtuoso Vincent DiMartino (USA) entitled ‘Sound the Trumpets’, and has done so regularly since 2015. John Foster has also collaborated with many other famous musicians including trumpet soloists, Reinhold Friedrich (Germany), Allen Vizzuti (USA), Niklas Eklund (Sweden), Gabriele Cassone (Italy), Crispian Steele-Perkins (UK), James Morrison (Australia), Edward H. Tarr (USA), Friedemann Immer (Germany), Vincent DiMartino and many others.

John Foster’s performing career has seen him perform as a soloist with such ensembles as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Philharmonia, Sydney Chamber Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Norwich Baroque (United Kingdom), 'Il Fundamento'(Belgium), Kammerorchester Basel (Switzerland), Christchurch Symphony Orchestra (New Zealand), Royal College of Music Orchestra (UK), Concerto Grosso Heidelburg (Germany), North Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra, Mossman Symphony Orchestra among others. John Foster’s career has also seen him tour extensively and includes performances with:

Academy of St Martin in the Fields (UK), Kammermusik Potsdam (Germany) Hannoverschen Hofkapelle (Germany) Berlin Baroque (Germany), St Thomas Boys' Choir of Leipzig, (Germany), Le Concert Lorrain (France), Collegium Musicum Grossmunster (Switzerland), Barokorkest Concerto Vivo (Holland), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, New Zealand Baroque Soloists, Canberra Bach Ensemble, Orchestra Romantique, Kentucky Baroque Trumpets (USA), The Ironwood Ensemble, The Orchestra of the Antipodes, Pinchgut Opera, The Song Company, Orchestra Romantique, Sirius Ensemble, Cantilation, Sydney Philharmonia Baroque Soloists, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Symphonie Orchesta de Macau, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Canberra Symphony Orchestra

Publications:

'The Natural Trumpet, and other related instruments' Author - John Foster Published by Kookaburra Music 2010. A complete method for Natural and Baroque Trumpet with historical commentary and examples.

'The Baroque Trumpet Revival' Author - John Foster Published by Hickman Music Editions (USA). A definitive book looking at all aspects of the revival of the baroque trumpet, from the Mendelsohn lead 'Bach Revival' of the 1830's to the present day.

‘Method for Trumpet’ ‘Advanced brass playing concepts and supplementary studies’. Published and Author, John Foster 2022.

Discography:

Beauty and the Brass Music By, Handel, Monteverdi, Daniel Purcell, Reiche, Mattheis and Anonymous John Foster – Baroque Trumpet & Cornetto Australian Baroque Brass Anna Sandstrom – Soprano Released 2021, Tubicium Records Music for Court and Cavarly John Foster – Baroque Trumpet Sonatus Clarissma Director – Jason Dovel Released 2018, New Branch Records Music for Trumpet and Strings before 1700 Music by Albertini, Witt, Lully, Viviani, Ferrini, Vejvanovsky, Anonymous (Moderna) John Foster and Friedemann Immer – Baroque Trumpets Steven Plank - Organ Kentucky Baroque Trumpets Released 2016, Centaur Records

'Flourish, Heroic Music for Trumpet and Organ' Music by Martini, Albinoni, Langlais, Pezel, J.C.Bach, J.S.Bach, Telemann, Schubert, Torelli, Peeters John Foster - Piccolo Trumpet, C Trumpet, Cornet and Flugelhorn David Drury - Organ Released 2010, ABC Classics Executive Producer - John Foster

'Music of a Golden Age' Music by Monteverdi, Biber, Scarlatti, Mozart, Anonymous, C.P.E Bach, J.S.Bach, Altenburg, Speer Australian Baroque Brass director John Foster Released 2006 Tubicium Records Executive Producer John Foster

'Revolution' 'Music of a Golden Age Vol.2) Music by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Salieri, Rossini, Neukomn, C.M. Weber, Diabelli, Altenburg Australian Baroque Brass director John Foster, Darryl Poulsen - Natural Horn, Vienna Horn, Neal Perez Da Costa - Forte Piano Released 2010 Tubicium Records Executive Producer John Foster

'Trumpets of the Realm' 'Music of a Golden Age Vol.3' Music by Caldara, Torelli, L Mozart, C Biber, Schmelzer, Telemann, Poglietti, Vejvanovsky, Handel Australian Baroque Brass John Foster - Director, Baroque Trumpet Released 2011 Tubicium Records Executive Producer - John Foster Tubicium (talk) 16:30, 7 June 2022 (UTC)