Adrian's Story

Adrian began playing the cornet at only 5 years old, after hearing a local brass band with his grandparents. From that moment on, playing a brass instrument has been an integral part of his life. Equally importantly, he has drawn and been interested in the construction of the world around him.

After high school, Adrian decided to study architecture at the University of Sydney and developed a career playing the trumpet in local bands when not studying. He graduated in 2007 with a Bachelor of Design (Architecture) and in 2010, a Masters in Architecture, all whilst balancing performances on the trumpet. In 2009 Adrian began to work for the prestigious Bates Smart architects in Sydney where he worked on a large number of projects from small residential to large commercial and High-rise buildings. In 2014, he decided to dedicate a more even amount of time to both music and architecture, and left Bates Smart Architects to work on freelance projects.

Since then, he has worked consistently as a freelance architect, 3d model maker and designer as well as commercial musician and photographer. He has worked on a wide variety of projects from a published sketchbook for St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney, graphic illustrations for clients such as IKEA and Coca Cola, numerous residential architectural projects and 1000’s of performances.

He has performed nationally and Internationally with groups as varied as Australia's premiere orchestras, stage shows, and pop artists to some of the biggest bands in the world. He has toured over 20 countries with artists including multiple Grammy, ARIA and Latin Grammy award winners and can be heard on television commercials from MasterCard through to Tictacs and TipTop. 

From 2016-2018, Adrian toured over 70 shows with Eurovision Runner-up and X-Factor Australia winner Dami Im. In 2017, he toured Australia with Jessica Mauboy for her All The Hits Live tour. He wrote and recorded the brass lines for Sigala’s hit “Just Got Paid” featuring Meghan Traynor and French Montana and has performed and written for artists including Tones and I, Flume, Human Nature and many more.

Adrian uses and endorses XO Brass Trumpets and flugel horns