| Biography | One of the nicest men ever to play the instrument, Trevor Groom was for over 30 years one of the best euphonium players in the country, first with the Kettering Citadel Band and then with the GUS Band, with whom he won two National titles, a World title and a British Open.
He is possibly best remembered though as the man who gave the first performance of the Joseph Horovitz Euphonium Concerto at the Royal Albert Hall in 1972 (thankfully recorded for posterity), an occasion that for the general public at last showed that the euphonium was a solo concerto instrument to be treated in the same way as a trumpet or trombone. It was an achievement of epic proportions and led the way for other composers to be attracted to the instrument. It is something all the banding world should be grateful to him for. |