Barney Ashworth

Barney was born in Aylesbury on the First of January 1982. by the age of three he started having piano and violin lessons. At the age of six, he stopped learning the violin and started lessons on the cornet at Locker's Park School for Boys in Hemel Hempstead. Aged 7 he passed his Grade 5 Associated Board practical examination. He was awarded a music scholarship to attend Haberdashers' Aske's School for Boys in Elstree, where he continued to study the cornet, piano and singing.

At the age of 12 he auditioned for the internationally renowned Purcell School of Music. And at 13, performed Haydn's Trumpet Concerto at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Many opportunities followed whilst he was at the Purcell School, and he took the chance to further his musical skills by also studying guitar, percussion, organ and electronic music.

When Barney left the Purcell School, he decided that he wanted to experience the challenge of the British Army for at least three years instead of university or music college. He had always been interested in Army music. Barney was awarded an award for exceptional proficiency on the Trumpet from the Army School of Music, Knellar Hall.
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