Michael Copley

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Michael Copley is a British virtuoso flautist and recorder player. He is a professional musician who, as well as playing the recorder and flute, is an exponent of other traditional, early and folk woodwind instruments, most notably the ocarina, an Anglo-Italian development of the ceramic vessel flute.

Groups[edit]

  • Cambridge Buskers - Michael Copley (flute, recorder, ocarina, crumhorn) and Dag Ingram (accordion)
  • Sambuca - Michael Copley (recorder) and Peter Martin (lute, theorbo, guitar)
  • The Classic Buskers - Michael Copley and Ian Moore (piano accordion)
  • The Chuckerbutty Ocarina Quartet - Michael Copley, Yuzuru Yamashiro, Peter Martin, Michael S. Murray

Discography[edit]

  • “Concerto for 2 mandolins etc.” - Pickett/Hogwood/Copley et al. (Decca)
  • “Vivaldi - Concerti” - Füri/Copley et al. (Deutsche Grammophon)
  • “Lloyd Webber Plays Lloyd Webber” - Lloyd Webber/R. Phil. Orch./Copley et al. (Philips)
  • “Tippett: Choral Works” - Copley/Hodges/Nallen et al. (Nimbus)
  • “Micro Classics” - Classic Buskers (Seaview)
  • “Handel with Care” - Classic Buskers (Seaview)
  • “Omnibusk” - Classic Buskers (Seaview)
  • “The Ocarina is No Trombone” - Chuckerbutty Quartet/Copley (Seaview)
  • “Sambuca” - Sambuca (Seaview)
  • "A little Street Music" - Copley/Ingram (Deutsche Grammophon)

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