Career

He became known for playing the soprano cornet with the world famous He now performs mainly on trumpet, trombone and piano. He is a composer, writing music for varying sizes of ensembles as well as a music producer, recording and producing music electronically. In 2014 he self released his debut solo album, Only Just Begun.

He soon joined the Street Helens Youth Brass Band.

Here he met his first tutor and mentor, Lynda Nicholson. Lynda encouraged him to audition for the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain.

In 2004 he auditioned and successfully gained entry to the band on solo cornet. In 2007, under the direction of Bramwell Tovey, he become principal cornet and leader of the band.

In 2006 Paul joined the, leaving in 2013.

Paul studied a Bachelor (Honours) degree in Popular Music and Recording at Salford University between 2006 and 2009 and a Master of Arts degree in Music Production at Leeds Metropolitan University between 2011 and 2013. In a recent interview, Paul describes the as one of the greatest brass ensembles in the world.