Oren Marshall began his musical career as a Tuba player playing with Trad Jazz bands in South London pubs in the early 80’s and has since worked with a diverse array of musicians and ensembles such as rock band Radiohead, Charlie Haden’s Liberation Orchestra, poet Moondog, Brazilian Maestro Hermeto Pascoal, the Pan-African Orchestra from Ghana, Nigerian Juju Master King Sunny Ade and in duo with award winning vocalist, Bobby McFerrin.

He was a founding member of Sons of Kemet and regularly worked with the London-based big band, Loose Tubes and it’s various off-shoot projects. He has worked with every major orchestra in London and by the age of 21 had been offered the Principal Tuba position in the London Symphony Orchestra and also the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra in Germany. He turned down both jobs in order to pursue a more risky but varied career. He has recorded 3 Solo albums of his own compositions.

Oren has also played on hundreds of movie soundtracks including Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, the Hobbit, Kung Fu Panda, Spiderman, Men In Black, Hellboy, Dark Knight Rises, Infinity War and Mission Impossible Fallout. He was Tuba professor at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance for 17 years, and is now visiting professor at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Since March 2020, thanks to the various lockdowns, Oren wrote and recorded many songs to boost morale in his local community.