Joel Walmsley

Joel has been teaching both privately and at schools since 2017. He has taught students from ages 4-80 and enjoys encouraging a passion for music and learning in his students. Joel's teaching is influenced by the top brass pedagogues of the world and he approaches music education from a broad perspective, focussing on overall growth, appreciation and fun. Joel teaches both face to face and online.

Born in Melbourne, Joel Walmsley was raised in a musical family and developed a love for music as a member of the Young Voices of Melbourne Children’s Choir. In his early years, Joel discovered his uncle’s dusty old trumpet and after terrorising the eardrums of the household, it was decided that he would begin lessons at the age of ten. Joel’s love for the trumpet grew quickly and he was particularly influenced by the fearless playing of Geoffrey Payne with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

The heroic character and versatility of the trumpet inspires Joel in his performances, and he enjoys exploring and highlighting the vocal nature of his instrument. He developed his musicianship in several programs for young musicians including the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado, the Australian International Symphony Orchestra Institute in Hobart, and the various Australian Youth Orchestra programs. He began performing as a casual musician with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in 2015, and has performed solo and with various ensembles in Denmark, Germany, Italy, USA, China and Singapore. He is excited by the collaborative nature of performing in orchestras and working with others to grow as a person and as a musician.

Joel has completed a Bachelor of Music with Honours and a Masters of Orchestral Performance at the University of Melbourne, where he studied with Joel Brennan, Rosie Turner, Shane Hooton and Owen Morris.

In 2022, Joel will begin his second year at the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) under the tutelage of Yoram Levy and David Elton.