Photo Gallery 6 - Solo and with friends
John with his portrait by Marjory Boyle Crooks
That's not a recorder... THIS is a recorder!
John reacts to suggestions of using the Devil's Tritone in his latest composition
John with Fred Kelly, his trumpet teacher at Napier College
Hey man, nice suit - John meets John from 25 years earlier
Two ballet composers relaxing at home
When lost in the jungle watch out for the Crumhorn Pixie
The Pied Twin Piper Pixie will carry off your rats and your children at the same time
Fortunately you'll hear the Trumpet Pixie from a long way away...
...but if neccessary seek help from the nearest Gruffalo (that's the one on the right)
Johnny Sampson and the Bath Butcher's Shop Sheep
If it's ok for Jimmy Stewart it's ok for me!
With actor Jimmy Chisholm at a wedding
Orchestral manoeuvers - John with Patrick Siben of the Stuttgart Saloniker
If you're gonna wear a wig then do it properly!
An innovative but somewhat inefficient method of blowing the trumpet
Don't walk in the Meadows at night - there's a trumpeter behind every tree!
I wonder if I'll still be playing this in 40 years time?
Pete Baines and John
With piper Professor Gary West
Beware fools and hobgoblins!
John with actress Edith MacArthur
Our Man in Havana - John shares a Churchillian moment with friendly Cuban locals
One show to go - with Stuart Watson, MD on A Xmas Carol in Dundee
With artist Maggie Hambling in Aldeburgh
John at the Berlin wall as it was coming down in 1989
Playing the 2000 year old bronze Caprington Horn in Caprington Castle, Ayrshire.
John practices with his new acting coach
Bruntsfield Baroque - John with Frances Scott at Inch House
John with Bruntsfield Baroque colleague Frances Scott at Ross Priory, Loch lomond
When does the Fairy Queen come to carry me off?
John with the sculpture of the Eildon Tree for the Thomas the Rhymer show
Studied concentration - or has he nodded off?
Photo by Mark Marnie at the Netherbow theatre 2016