soloist with NYWO
rehearsing with The National Youth Wind Orchestra of GB with conductor Jim Gourlay. Gerard was guest soloist for their Irish tour in 2003. Incidentally Gerard has been tutoring Focus on Saxophones courses for NYWO for over 10 years.
Such was the popularity of Saturday's Festival Coffee Concert that the event was forced to move to the Elmwood Hall in order to accommodate a larger audience than expected... Mid-morning magic.
Belfast Telegraph, Nov. 2006. Belfast Festival, Belfast.