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WHY BUY FROM PROZONE MUSIC? The BEST price, the BEST knowledge and the BEST stocks make Prozone Music the Best choice when thinking where to make your purchase. Experience: years of experience in all areas of the music business give Prozone Music’s team the knowledge to guide you in the right direction when choosing your instrument or accessory. From trumpeting in the Phantom of the Opera and the LSO to advising at instrument manufacturing facilities in China, we’ve done and seen most things relevant to the business so you can be assured you’re in safe hands. Never knowingly undersold; we will match any real price you can find if we’re not already offering the best deal! As one of the UK’s largest suppliers of instruments we benefit from bulk buy discounts from the manufacturers ensuring that we offer great value to our customers. We offer great value and amazing discounts to all our customers, so don’t waste time surfing around- buy it here! Great choice; we hold fantastic stocks of brass and woodwind instruments and accessories. Drop in for a testing session to see which instrument or accessory proves the right choice for you. For the best experience, book an hour in our studio free of charge to make your choice in peace, Prozone Music staff are always on hand with advice if required but happy to make the tea if not…. Your purchase experience is guaranteed to be a pleasurable one! Give us a try; we’re sure you’ll be 100% satisfied!
- BRING A LISTENING PARTNER, OR IF YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN, WE'RE HAPPY TO LISTEN TO YOU AND HELP YOU CHOOSE - GIVE US A CALL IN ADVANCE TO BOOK A FREE CONSULTATION. - CHECK OUT THE AUTOGRAPHS OF THE FAMOUS PROS THAT HAVE BEEN IN TO SEE US THE BOSSES: Will Watson
Began playing the trumpet at the age of 7 and as a young player he was principal trumpet of the National Youth Wind Orchestra. After studying at The Royal Academy of music with great trumpeters such as Rod Franks and John Wallace, Will freelanced in London playing with some of the UK's best symphony orchestras and chamber ensembles. After a trial period as Principal trumpet of the Birgmingham Royal Ballet, Will decided to see what else interested him and in 2002, Will accepted a position with Boosey & Hawkes Musical Instruments as European Sales representative. During this time Will traveled extensively around the world visiting the companies many manufacturing facilities and advising on product development. In addition, the experience gained at many international trade fairs has given Will an unrivalled knowledge of the instrument manufacturing, sales and distribution business. In 2005, Will began working for Conn-Selmer USA as the UK sales and marketing manager. Responsible for the sales of the great American brass and wind lines such as Vincent Bach, Leblanc and Conn, Will gained a fantastic insight into the manufacture and distribution of the instruments upon which so many of us rely. Tom Watson: Trumpet  Tom was born into a musical family in Hertfordshire, and showed a flare for playing the trumpet from the age of just 4 taught by his father James Watson, a prolific international soloist and session trumpeter. Tom took a place at the Royal Academy of Music in 1997, where he completed a degree with first class honours. Whilst still at college, he began to enjoy a varied professional freelance career, and was guest principal trumpet with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra for nearly a year, an orchestra based in Germany, where he performed under Claudio Abbado, Daniel Harding, Sir Neville Marriner and others. Since then, he has been fortunate enough to have played alongside some of the most prolific musicians in the world. Tom can be regularly found performing and recording with the London Symphony Orchestra, The BBC Symphony Orchestra, The BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and The Philharmonia whilst guesting less frequently with The Halle, The English Chamber Orchestra, The Welsh National Opera and many others. Tom was also performed with the Pittsburg (USA) Symphony Orchestra at the BBC PROMS in 2001. He also held a position at the West End production of Phantom of the Opera for 2 years. Commercially, Tom has played in sessions and concerts for well known artists including Sir Elton John, Sir Paul McCartney, Jarvis Cocker, Pete Doherty, Nick Cave, Beth Orton, Grace Jones, Ed Hardcourt, Gem, Karl Jenkins, Sarah Brightman, Cast and Victoria Wood. Tom also played trumpet in the orchesra at HRH Golden Jubilee celebrations ‘Party At The Palace’ playing with mega stars including Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, Ozzy Osbourne, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, and Joe Cocker. Some of his film work has included recording the scores for the movies “STORMBREAKER” , “ERAGON” and "DONKEY OTE". He has also been involved in the filming and production of a movie adaptation of Mozart’s’ ’the magic Flute’ directed by Kenneth Brannagh and Steven Fry. Other commercial credits include music for The BAFTA awards, Sony Playstation 3, Cadburys cream egg, Lloyds Bank, Shipmates and Ladettes to Ladies (channel 4), Gellert (S4C) and many others. Tom also works as an MD/conductor on various projects including legendary UK crooner TONY CHRISTIE'S new album 'Made in Sheffield' and for internationally renowned harpist Catrin Finch which involves arranging and conducting the sessions. Tom Plays a CONN VINTAGE ONE Bb trumpet and plays either a Bach 2 ½ C mouthpiece or a Warburton 7X. |
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turning his hand to any style) Dennis has acquired a wealth of experience which he now applies to his work as an instrument repairer. Favoured by the top pros in London for his unrivalled work on their instruments, Dennis works on instruments with a 'players' perspective, always sensitive to the needs of the muso whlist keeping an eye on the budget at all times. Having studied instrument repair in previous years at Merton College and working for many years in the Paxman pro brass workshop, Dennis now devides his time between instrument repairs and running his long standing and acclaimed pro big band called 'Brass Impact' - 
instrument repair and maintainance, Grahams knowledge in this field is as full and varied as it gets and as such attracts pro and advanced players from 'the business' all around the country. As professor at Merton College, Graham taught many of the instrument repairers working today in the UK - Now dividing his time between his own Hitchin workshop and Prozone Music (along side a highly active social life with his lovely wife), Grahams calm and friendly manner will leave you confident that your instrument is in the best possible hands. 
Karen has forged a very successful career as a musician on the London Music Scene. After studying at the Royal Northern College of music and winning numerous awards, Karen now plays with many of the country's top orchestras as a freelance musician and holds a position in the Carl Rosa opera company whilst also appearing as a guest player in west end shows including the massively popular 'wicked'. Since 2008, Karen has worked with Prozone Music both as our woodwind specialist and as the cleverist part of the operation....the bookeeper. Karen now divides her time between her playing diary, Prozone Music and her 2 little girls Eloise and Hetty (and keeps a little bit spare for her husband Graham!)
The most important member of the team! Mark Blakeney joined Prozone Music in 2009 as a work experience placement....one of many that year. Due to his unfaultering hard work and attention to detail, Mark was given a position shortly after his work experience ended as we could not go back to life as it was before we had Mark! He is now an integral part of the team and can be found at the back of the store sorting through web orders and keeping the engine running. If we can't find it, Mark will put his hands on it in seconds. Mark has this year started a college course in Music Technology at Amersham College and is looking forward to a career in recording studios and DJing in clubs.