Regent Brass – Alan Duguid
Alan Duguid is a Scottish conductor, composer, and music educator based in London, originally from Aberdeen. He studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and the Royal College of Music.
Alan‘s early conducting career saw him represent Scotland at the NABBC Conductor Competition in 2003 and reach the quarter-finals of the European Conductor Competition in Montreux in 2011, representing the UK. He has worked with numerous brass bands in the UK and internationally, including Aarhus Brass Band, Aveley & Newham Band, Bon-Accord Silver Band, Redbridge Brass, and Tokyo Brass Concord. From 2006-2013, he led Regent Brass to the Championship Section, winning the London & Southern Counties Championship in 2013 and representing the south-east at the National Finals in the Royal Albert Hall. Alan returned as Musical Director of Regent Brass in January 2021. He also conducts the City of London Symphonic Winds and serves as an executive member of the Brass Band Conductor Association and the Association of Brass Band Adjudicators. His dedication was recognised with a nomination for the BBE Conductor Award in 2024.
Currently, Alan is the Head of Academic Music at the Haberdashers’ Boys’ School in Elstree. His research interests include dialogic and critical pedagogies in music education, focusing on musical sharing and bridging to create meaning. He was honoured with the Music Teacher Award from Music for Youth in 2019. Alan is a trustee for the charity “Enfield Sounds Great” and the Elysium Orchestra. His dedication to music and education continues to inspire and shape the next generation of musicians.
Regent Brass – Paul Archibald (Emeritus)
Paul Archibald became Musical Director Emeritus in 2020 following his professional move to Thailand, and a successful six year tenure as Musical Director.
A professional Trumpet Player and educator, Paul is also an accredited artist with Geneva Group and was instrumental in establishing the band’s new link with Geneva Group.
For more information on Paul and to keep up to date with his various projects, see the following:
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Regent Community Brass – Simon Tong
Simon Tong is a freelance trumpet player from London and enjoys a varied career performing baroque and Renaissance music on period instruments through to more contemporary music touring festivals with artists. He has also played as part of the Macau Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and is currently principal trumpet with Regents Opera.
Simon studied at the Royal Academy of Music where he was awarded a full scholarship and went on to complete both his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees under the tuition of James Watson, Rod
Franks, Mark David and Robert Farley. During this time, Simon performed solos at the London Handel Festival, toured Hong Kong with the University of London Symphony Orchestra, and played trumpet in a performance of Soldiers Tale along-side the LPO’s Foyle Future First programme.
After graduating, Simon started an educational fellowship with the Open Academy which started his future work as a teacher and workshop leader. He was awarded a fellowship for Southbank Sinfonia where he performed for the 2011 season, which included performances at the Royal Opera House and London Festival Hall and performing alongside the BBC Concert Orchestra and Vladimir Ashkenazy. Simon is the upper brass tutor for the National Orchestra for all, and for the Camden Youth Brass Band and is keen to continue promoting brass playing in the youth of the area.