Gloucester born Adrian Woodward ('Woody') is a Trinity College of Music graduate, and a post graduate of The Royal College of Music, and the Musik-Akademie, Basle. He studied  modern Trumpet and Piano. He developed an interest in old brass instruments by listening to recordings of some of the early brass pioneers, such as Don Smithers, Michael Laird, Bruce Dickey and Jeremy West.

Based in London, Adrian is pursuing an international free-lance career as a soloist, and principal Trumpet. His work ranges from contemporary groups such as sound collective, opera with The Royal Opera House Orchestra, Baroque music with all the London based period instrument groups such as The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. He has also played on many film and TV credits including Bedtime Stories (Disney 2008), Freddie Starr Show and Howard Goodhall's Big Bangs. For 12 years he has been a regular MD and player at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, playing in over 20 productions. Adrian's doubling skills has led him to learn other Brass instruments such as the Baritone, Tenor Horn, Cornet, Flugelhorn and Posthorn, and 17th Century instruments that are not made of brass, like the Hurdy-Gurdy, recorders and Bagpipes, aswell as modern instruments such as the Hang Drum. For the Theatre he has learned to play the Irish Whistle.

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''One of the World's greatest Trumpeters'' (Ashbourne News Telegraph)

''Impressive was trumpet soloist Adrian Woodward who coped superbly with the restrictive functions of the baroque trumpet'' (Oxford Times)