Bio

My name is Marcel Schot . I am the junior of a family with two older-brothers and three sisters.
I started my musical  career on the euphonium at the age of 14 and started playing at the local wind band. After two years I switched to the trombone.

In 1989 after getting my degree as an electronic engineer, I went to the Rotterdam conservatory to study the trombone.
For two years I studied with Jilt Jansma and George Wiegel ( former solo-trombone Rotterdam Philharmonic).
During that time I played with the National Youth Wind Orchestra conducted by Jan Cober, and started working  as a partime brass instrument repairer. In 1991 I left the Conservatory to work full time as a brass repairer. At this moment I work in one of the oldest(since 1928) and finest shops in Holland - Atelier Pfeiffer.

I have been appointed bass trombone of the Holland Big band and Amsterdam Brass  and I subed for bass trombone/tuba in the dutch Lion King production.

I do a lot of doubling and I feel comfort  with many styles of music, except I can not improvise !! In my rare spare time I play in all kinds of different ensembles; Big band, Symphony orchestra's, brass bands, and I have tought brassplaying, learning young  people to play their first brassy notes.

Next to my playing and working in a Brass shop, I set-up a website about Brass players in Filmmusic which combines mine passion for Brass and filmmusic.
True my work I also organize the Trumpetparty and the Dutch Bass Trombone Open.
(more info you can find on my link page)