Roy Bilham received his early training in the Royal Artillery Band, the oldest and most prestigious army band in Great Britain, where he became Band Sergeant Major and Deputy Bandmaster.

Since leaving the army 12 years ago has worked as a busy freelance player, and has been a playing member of The Wallace Collection since 1987 and in 1991 became General Manager.
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Acclaimed internationally, as a virtuoso trumpet player, John Wallace's performances as soloist with leading orchestras and conductors and at major festivals and venues throughout the world have earned him wide respect from audiences, promoters and critics alike and have established him as a musician of enormous distinction. In 1995, he was awarded the O.B.E. in the Queen's Birthday Honours in recognition of his service to music.

Among the many new works he has premiered are concertos by Sir Malcolm Arnold, Tim Souster, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Robert Saxton, Dominic Muldowney, James MacMillan and Mark-Anthony Turnage. As concerto soloist he has appeared with conductors, Neeme Jarvi, Riccardo Muti, Sir Simon Rattle, Andrew Davis, Yuri Termikanov, Giuseppe Sinopoll. Esa-Pekka Salonen, Clans Peter Flor and Leonard Slatkin. In addition to being invited to perform with major orchestras in the U.K. and abroad, he regularly gives recitals and master classes all over the world. He has participated in Arts Council Network tours in both the U.K. and in Australia and has worked with the British Council in South Africa and Russia. In 1986 he founded The Wallace Collection, an ensemble devoted to the development of brass music and education, which has become one of the world's pioneering brass groups.

John Wallace has an extensive list of recordings to his name. In addition to recording with the Philharmonia all the major trumpet repertoire for Nimbus Records, he has recorded Malcolm Arnold's Trumpet Concerto (together with a trumpet and keyboard disc) in the Virtuosi series for EMI. He also has recorded Sir Peter Maxwell Davies' Concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by the composer for Collins Classics. With the Wallace Collection he has recorded a series of highly acclaimed discs for Nimbus, Collins Classics and Toshiba EMI, including, in 1996, a release for Nimbus of "The Origin of the Species", a unique collection of Victoria brass band music from Cyfarthfa Castle in Wales performed on original instruments.

John Wallace was born in Fife, Scotland and read Music at King's College Cambridge. Until 1995, John Wallace was Principal Trumpet of the Philharmonia Orchestra, a position he held for nearly twenty years. He is currently Head of the Brass Faculty at London's Royal Academy of Music and Principal Trumpet of the London Sinfonietta, London's foremost contemporary music ensemble. With Professor Trevor Herbert, he is co-editor of the Cambridge University Press Companion to Brass Instruments and he is currently researching the story and development of the trumpet for publication by the Yale University Press.

John Miller, a founder member of The Wallace Collection. He has worked extensively with the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, the London Sinfonietta, and the Philharmonia Orchestra, of which he was a member between 1977 and 1994.

He has made many solo recordings of the baroque repertoire alongside John Wallace. He is Director of Brass Studies of the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester.
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At eighteen Paul won a scholarship to study at The Royal College of Music. Shortly after graduating he joined the orchestra of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. One of the highlights of his time there included playing the Siegfried horn call for Bemard Haitink.

After three seasons Paul left to freelance and spent several years working with all the major London orchestras before joining The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 1992. He left the R.P.O.in 1998 to devote more time to his chamber music interests.
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Since a foundation scholarship took him to the Royal College of Music, Simon has enjoyed a successful and varied career. As a trombonist he has performed and recorded for all the London symphony orchestras and contemporary groups such as the London Sinfonietta. He has also played with assorted pop artists including Elton John, Paul McCartney and the calypso band Arrow.

In 1994 he founded a theatre-based show The Fool's Progress with which he took the Edinburgh fringe by storm.

He currently teaches bass trumpet and euphonium at the Royal Academy of Music.
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Anthony George performs and records for many of the leading period brass ensembles and Orchestras both in Europe and in America. He teaches at the Royal College of Music, the Guildhall School of Music and the Royal Academy of music.

He is also the Education Officer of the Brass Roots Trust.
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John Orford trained at the Royal Manchester College of Music and is at present Principal bassoon with the London Sinfonietta and Head of Bassoon at the Royal Academy of Music.

He also plays regularly with all the major symphony orchestras in London as well as performing and recording mush chamber and solo music. He is regularly heard on TV and Film tracks.
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