Michael Copley played in my pit orchestra when he was at school.
Lawnswood School, in Leeds, put on a version of Dick Whittington, and I was musical director.
Michael, then a sixth former, auditioned for the flautist job and got it, (as if I would have turned him down!). The sore included a very early example of a performance of his superfast version of the Sailor's Hornpipe.
I wrote an overture for the pantomime, (consisting entirely of rip-offs of Broadway songs, Borodin etc.) so I can almost honestly claim that he has played one of my compositions.
I'm more famous than I thought I was- my previous claim to legit music fame was that I showed Simon Rattle how to tune his balalaika.
Cheers
Dave