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Gareth Davies was born in 1971 in Guildford, England. He graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with a first, the highest marks in his year and the Laurie Kennedy memorial prize. Shortly after leaving college, he was appointed Principal flute with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra where he stayed for five years. During this time he recorded the Nielsen Concerto for Naxos with Kees Bakels. In 2000 he was asked to join the London Symphony Orchestra as Principal Flute. In 2003 he recorded all of the pieces ( over 150 !) from the Associated Board Grades 1 8 syllabus with pianist John Alley which are now available on 12 cds. As well as playing as a guest with other British orchestras, Gareth enjoys working in schools as part of LSO Discovery and is in demand as a visiting professor in most of the London Music colleges. This summer, Gareth will be travelling to Japan to give a week of masterclasses in Tokyo and also to the Stratford International flute Course. In 2004, he gave the world premiere of Quirk, a concertante for flute, piano, percussion and orchestra by the composer Karl Jenkins. This was written especially for him and the LSO to celebrate the centenary of the orchestra. He can also be heard on many film soundtracks with the LSO. Most recently, Star Wars-Revenge of the Sith, Nanny McFee and the next Harry Potter film The Goblet of Fire. You can also hear him playing Chinese and Indian flutes on the soundtrack to Around the world in 80 days and As you like it. In his spare time, he enjoys writing music and playing with his three children. Gareth plays Yamaha Flutes. www.lso.co.uk

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New blogs in new bottles

Hello Flute Fans I must apologise for not getting back to you sooner - but you know how it is. Its been a bit busy around here over the last few months - I could bore you with the details, but its soo...
Posted by Gareth Davies on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:07:00 PST

Far out in the far east.

Its been a while since we last spoke and to be honest, I've been flat out without much time to spare. However, today, I find myself on a train from China to Hong Kong, I can't sleep, so I am p...
Posted by Gareth Davies on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:56:00 PST

Money Money money

Greetings flute fans This is the shortest blog ever (for me anyway). I can't stay long as I have to practice more John Adams for Thursday (17 gazillion notes) and Karl Jenkins concerto which I'm recor...
Posted by Gareth Davies on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:46:00 PST

I'm a slebrity - Get me out of here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Greetings and welcome to the last blog of the year. As one of my myspace friends, Steve Hillman noted in a message, I had my bungee jump at St Pauls Cathedral this week. I can honestly say that it was...
Posted by Gareth Davies on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 12:15:00 PST

Chemo Brain !

I saw in the newspaper today, that there is officially a condition called chemo brain. After chemotherapy, the brain is slowed down making you have to work a bit harder to solve problems. This is some...
Posted by Gareth Davies on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 02:32:00 PST

Part 2

So now, I'm at home watching I'm a celebrity, get me out of here. Why do they keep calling us the great british public ? It makes the population sound like an endangered species. SAVE THE GREA...
Posted by Gareth Davies on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:54:00 PST

Multitasking-Multitracking and MultiMillionaire

Greetings flute fans. I do apologise for my blog deficiency of late, but things have been a little busy. Finally I have chance to sit down and not play the flute- although I am on the train up to Lon...
Posted by Gareth Davies on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 02:20:00 PST

Cancer - Calendar- Concerto and ..er..Toblerone

Greetings everyone from sunny Surrey. Lets get all of the good news out of the way first so I can get down to moaning in as few keystrikes as possible. Pamela Andersons representative , the great Dr L...
Posted by Gareth Davies on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 07:05:00 PST

Big in Japan, Small in Pamela, Not in Manchester

So, I'm back from the Far East and Devon - in that order. Both hot and with very good fish. Oh and Stratford too. Didn't have any fish there although I'm sure its available. Japan is always an adventu...
Posted by Gareth Davies on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 03:40:00 PST

This week I have been mostly...

Evening everyone. I've been a bit quiet digitally as I have been a bit quiet in reality. Summer is here, England are safely out of the world cup and there aren't many concerts on, so I have been mostl...
Posted by Gareth Davies on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 03:04:00 PST