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Zachary Philip Lawrence

Zachary Lawrence (Born Cornwall 1989) is an English freelance composer and BA Music (Hons) contemporary composition student, currently noted for his upcoming works for Brass Band, Orchestra and other contemporary music ensembles.

Biography

From a young age Zachary was tutored on the B Flat Cornet and heavily involved with the Brass Band community in Cornwall. Throughout the years he has been involved with the Indian Queens Brass Band, Mount Charles Youth Band, St Dennis Senior and Youth Bands and The Cornwall Youth Band and continues to dedicate his time to the Cornish Brass Band community to this day. Zachary dedicated much of his time to the St Dennis Brass Band in Cornwall, where he was a member for more than 5 years. At the age of 18 Zachary was given the Musical Directing job of The St Dennis Junior Band, obtaining this post for a year and a half.

During his college years Zachary composed for large groups of musicians, including Brass and Jazz ensembles and left college with qualifications in Music, English Literature and Applied Sciences. During his time at college Zachary opted to a Life Experience program in which he traveled to Budapest and Salgótarján in Hungary, Europe, to widen his knowledge on European music and culture. Zachary is now a BA (Hons) Music Composition student at The University College Falmouth, Incorporating Dartington College of Arts. As a performer he has now dedicated a huge majority of time to the Trumpet, being involved in many Musical Ensembles at The University. As a composer Zachary is now trying to establish his name in a Contemporary Musical style. Although working to obtain his own ‘voice in composition’ it is still evident that he has incorporated his classically trained roots into his work.