Head of Wind, Brass & Percussion at The Purcell School and Tutor in Baritone Horn and Chamber Music at the Royal Northern College of Music, Mike Cavanagh is also Solo Baritone of the world-famous Black Dyke Band, a member of the highly acclaimed chamber ensemble A4 Brass Quartet and a Performance Artist for Besson Musical Instruments.
A graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) with First Class Honours, whilst studying at the RNCM Mike was a co-founder of the multi award-winning A4 Brass Quartet and has since developed a prolific career as a chamber musician. With A4 Brass Mike has won the internationally recognised Royal Over-Seas League Chamber Music competition; the Royal Philharmonic Society Henderson Chamber Music prize; the Musicians’ Company Maisie Lewis Young Artist Award; a Tunnell Trust Award; the Tillett Trust Young Artists’ Platform and selection as City Music Foundation Artists, based in London. He has also delivered multiple interactive live music sessions as a practitioner and workshop leader with Live Music Now and Music in Hospitals & Care, helping to transform lives through the power of live music.
Mike's performance career has taken him to many of the U.K's leading concert venues
Mike's performance career has taken him to many of the U.K.s leading concert venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Symphony Hall, Wigmore Hall, Bridgewater Hall, The Sage, Snape Maltings, Cadogan Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall, in addition to performing overseas in Australia, Japan, South Korea, France, Switzerland, Uganda, Belgium, Holland, Lithuania, Finland, Channel Islands & Isle of Man. Mike has appeared as a concerto soloist with Black Dyke at Snape Maltings, Reading Town Hall and the World Music Contest Gala Concert in Kerkrade, as well as at the 2023 and 2024 RNCM International Brass Band Festivals which were also featured on BBC Radio 3.
In June 2016 Mike graduated with First Class Honours from the Royal Northern College of Music under the tutorship of Professor Steven Mead and Dr. David Thornton, and in June 2018 he completed the prestigious RNCM International Artist Diploma in Chamber Music as a John Fewkes Scholar with A4 Brass.
Besson Artist and Consultant
In March 2020, Mike was delighted to accept the invitation from Besson/Buffet Crampon to become a Besson Artist and Consultant.
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