臺北市立交響樂團

出生在斯坦斯特德，一個位於一座風車旁邊，全家都熱愛藝術的大家庭。他的父母親是眾所皆知的圖書插畫師，而他的家人也都擅長演奏樂器，不過當中只有他的哥哥演奏中提琴。
愛德華斯還記得當他四歲的時候，曾經在電視上看到一場音樂會，當時便對這種法國號的樂器留下了深刻的印像。因此，當他得到了內倫敦教育局所給予的學習機會時，便開始了他在哈博戴斯阿斯克學校，向理查德．馬丁學習法國號的學習生涯。很快地，愛德華斯搬到了位於皮姆利科的青年音樂中心，並在那裡接受戈登．卡爾的音樂指導。
在此之後，愛德華斯獲得了進入市政廳音樂及戲劇學院的就讀機會。在學院裡，愛德華斯首先向理查德．比斯學習，接著再向安東尼．基德爾學習。而在市政廳音樂及戲劇學院學習的這段期間，愛德華斯遇見了擔任古代音樂學院法國號首席的霍爾斯特德，於是便開始向霍爾斯特德學習自然號。然後，透過將愛德華斯送到遙遠的西班牙，出任西班牙特內里費交響樂團的法國號首席，霍爾斯特德讓加文開始了正式的音樂職業生涯。
對此，愛德華斯自己解釋成「在大西洋中間的一顆小小的石頭，就是一個讓人可以發生所謂早期失誤的好地方！」不過惱人的是，他在那裡也只待了一季（生活實在太輕鬆愜意了！）然後便返回英國，繼續跟隨著霍爾斯特德，並且加入了漢諾威樂團，當時漢諾威樂團正在進行收錄一系列的貝多芬交響樂。在當時的這段期間，對所有的樂團來說，其實正是一個黃金時期，因為所有的樂團唱片公司，都希望能在新發行的唱片中，聽見嶄新且令人興奮的演出表現。
當時愛德華斯很快地便成為了參與許多黃金時期之「期間性」合奏的固定合作演奏者，出任了漢諾威樂隊、英國巴洛克獨奏家、革命浪漫管弦樂團、啟蒙時代管絃樂團、古樂學會樂團、Florilegium樂團，以及古典歌劇等等的法國號主力首席。
Gavin Edwards
French Horn、Natural Horn
Born next to a windmill in Stansted to a large and artistic family, his parents are well known book illustrators and his family all play instruments, except his elder brother who played the viola.
Gavin remembers seeing a concert on television when he was four years old and was really impressed with the horns. So, when he was given the chance by the Inner London Education Authority, he started to learn the horn with Richard Martin at Haberdashers Aske’s school. Soon Gavin moved on to the Centre for Young Musicians at Pimlico where he was taught by Gordon Carr.
After this, Gavin gained a place at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he studied firstly with Richard Bissell and then with Anthony Chiddel. During his time at the Guildhall, Gavin met Anthony Halstead, who was Principal Horn with the Academy of Ancient Music and started to learn the Natural Horn with him. It was Anthony Halstead who started Gavin in the profession by sending him as far away as possible to play as Principal Horn with the Orchestra Symphonica de Tenerife.
Gavin reasoned that “A small rock in the middle of the Atlantic was a good place to make those early mistakes!” Annoyingly, He stayed there for only one season (Life was too easy!) before returning to haunt Mr. Halstead, joiming the Hanover Band as it was recording its’ series of Beethoven Symphonies. This period was a golden time for all the orchestras as the recording companies wanted new and exciting performances to release on the new Compact Discs.
Gavin was soon working as a regular player with all the “period” ensembles, becoming principal horn with The Hanover Band, The English Baroque Soloists, The Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, The Academy of Ancient Music, Florilegium, and Classical Opera.