Dan Jenkins

Dan Jenkins was born in Yorkshire in 1966 and went to the Guildhall School of Music in 1984.  He spent 6 years travelling around Britain with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company and since then he has been a freelance trombonist in London, travelling all over the world with various orchestras and  ensembles. In 2004 he was appointed Principal Trombone of the City of London Sinfonia and in 2005 joined the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

He has written extensively for brass and has recently been commissioned to write a trumpet concerto. His hobbies include good food, good wine and bad waistcoats. He is married and lives in North London.