Shannon Marshall has firmly established himself as one of the country's leading jazz & commercial trumpet players. He is wildly respected and recognised as a jazz soloist performing throughout Australia and abroad and has been featured on more the 30 album recordings throughout his career. Shannon is also very much in demand as a specialist lead trumpet player due to his commanding musicality and technique, which is well demonstrated through some of his recent engagements: 

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• JAME MORRISON Big Band's Tribute to Duke Ellington @ QPAC 2024

• Channel 9 LOGIES Awards (2019-2022) at the annual Channel 9 LOGIES

• Celebrating NINA SIMONE featuring award winning daughter Lisa Simone (USA) @ QPAC Concert Hall 2023

• William Barton's SKY SONGS @QPAC Concert Hall 2023

• 80's POP SYMPHONY featuring Paulini & Tim Campbell @ HOTA 2023

• Lord Mayor's Christmas Carols Live Television Orchestra @ Brisbane Riverstage (2022&2023) 

• CLASSICAL DIAMON Trilogy Symphony featuring Peter Byrnes and the Queensland Pops Orchestra 2024

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Regarding his teaching experience, Shannon Marshall has been teaching and playing the trumpet professionally for over 25 years. He holds a Bachelor of Music from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music (majoring in classical trumpet performance). He has taught students of all ages in many different institutions and settings from primary and secondary schools as well as tertiary. Throughout his career, he has taught all brass instruments (trumpet, french horn, trombone, euphonium & tuba) as well as percussion (tuned mallet and drum kit) and he has become an expert in the teaching and practice of trumpet performance technique. Shannon thoroughly enjoy passing on his knowledge and expertise to his students and feel a great motivation and satisfaction seeing the next generation of young musicians discover the joys and challenges that only playing a musical instrument can bring.