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Alison Balsom Alison Louise Balsom OBE (born in Hertfordshire, England on 7 October 1978) is an English trumpet soloist, arranger, producer, music educator, curator and spokesperson for the importance of music education. Balsom was awarded Artist of the Year at the 2013 Gramophone Awards and has won three Classic BRIT Awards and three German Echo Awards, and was soloist at the BBC Last Night of the Proms in 2009. She has been awarded Honorary Doctorates from the University of Leicester and Anglia Ruskin University, and is an Honorary Fellow of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Patrick Hession In 1996, Hession joined the Glenn Miller Orchestra, where he was lead trumpeter for almost three years. Hession was the lead trumpeter of Maynard Ferguson’s Big Bop Nouveau Band from 2000 until 2006. Hession recorded with Maynard Ferguson and Big Bop Nouveau on "The One and Only Maynard Ferguson" (2006), "MF Horn VI - Live at Ronnie's" (2006), and Diane Schuur & Maynard Ferguson "Swingin’ for Schuur" (2001). Hession has also played with the International Symphony Orchestra and recorded with Reggie Watkins and Kenneth Robinson.