Fletcher Cox is a freelance trumpeter from Perth, WA. He is an experienced performer in orchestral, chamber and solo settings and is a passionate music advocate and teacher.

As a freelance musician, Fletcher has appeared in numerous ensembles across Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. He has performed with the West Australian, Sydney, Melbourne, Queensland and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras as well as the Opera Australia Orchestra, including appearances as Guest Principal Trumpet. Fletcher has held multiple contracts with both WASO in 2018, 2019 & 2024, and also took part in the 2023 production Wagner’s Ring Cycle in Queensland. Fletcher was an artist at the Canberra International Music Festival in 2018, before returning in 2021 and 2023 with Golden Gate Brass.

Fletcher completed his Bachelor of the Arts at UWA in 2015 under Brent Grapes and Evan Cromie, graduating having received both a Wesley Mission Scholarship and the VOSE Memorial Concerto Prize for 2015. Fletcher then moved to Melbourne in 2016 to study at the Australian National Academy of Music, under David Elton and Tristram Williams. He was a member of the winning ensemble for the 2016 Chamber Competition and was the recipient of the Brett & Paul Dean Recital Prize for 2018. During 2020-2021, Fletcher took part in the Fellowship program with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.