Hilary Jeffery

Hilary Jeffery (1971) is a British musician born in Surbiton (UK). Following studies at Dartington College of Arts, University of York and with James Fulkerson at the European Dance Development Centre in Arnhem, Hilary embarked on a colourful musical career playing throughout the world in many settings including theatres, jazz clubs, cathedrals, night clubs, festivals, dance studios, bars, cinemas, galleries, streets, forests and mountains. As well as composing Hilary plays trumpet, trombone, tuba, piano, electronics, and practices singing. He is currently based in Berlin where he plays in many groups including Zinc & Copper, Minor Tom, Tonaliens, Inconsolable Ghost, Mullet, zeitkratzer and Mouse On Mars Dimensional People Ensemble. The sense of silent space he experienced during a journey to the Sahara Desert in 1990 is a central and sustaining influence on his work.