Tom is one of the busiest young trumpeters on the London music scene. He 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 asked to perform 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 worked with 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 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 more recent work has included recording the scores for the movies “STORMBREAKER” - “ERAGON” and ". 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 credits include music for The BAFTA awards, Sony Playstation 3, Cadburys cream egg, Lloyds Bank, Shipmates and Finishing School (channel 4), and many others.

Something Tom has always held a big interest in is writing and arranging. Mainly for brass ensembles, but more recently for commercial use. He has had works performed at the Barbican, The Royal Albert Hall, The Festival hall, and at 3 Film Premiers at the Odeon Leicester Square in the presence of HRH the Queen.

Tom is also MD for internationally renowned harpist Catrin Finch which involves arranging, recording and directing her commercial and ensemble projects.

Tom Plays a CONN VINTAGE ONE Bb trumpet and plays either a Bach 2 ½ C mouthpiece or a Warburton 7 X.

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.

Today, Will is playing professionally again and plays either a Bach 2C or Schilke 12A4A mouthpiece and a Bach 37 ML Bb trumpet.

In April 2007 Will and Tom launched ProzoneMusic.com. The brief is to provide the best service and advice to today’s brass musician with unrivalled knowledge and technical expertise, you can be sure your in the best hands when making your purchase. If you can’t find what you’re looking for on-line make a call and see what we can do for you.