Jamie Savan played his first-ever professional concert with Charivari Agréable as an undergraduate at St Anne’s College, Oxford University, back in 1997, in which year he also founded the Gonzaga Band. Since then he has developed an enviable international reputation as a cornett soloist and chamber musician. He joined the renowned wind ensemble His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts in 2005, completing a PhD in Performance Practice at Birmingham University in the same year. In 2010 he was appointed Lecturer in Music and Head of Performance at Newcastle University, where he is able to combine his love of performance, teaching and research in Early Music.