Gregson accepts Black Dyke residency

Black Dyke Band is thrilled to announce that through a three year initiative funded by Arts Council England, Edward Gregson has accepted the role of ‘Composer in Residence’ for 2016.

Professor Gregson is well known to the Black Dyke Band, having begun his association with the band in 1971 with the premier of his ‘Horn Concerto’. Other brass band works have followed, but his latest work for the band, the ‘Cornet Concerto’ written for Richard Marshall (principal Cornet), follows a distinguished line of compositions for soloist and brass band.

Edward Gregson told BBW: “I am delighted to celebrate my long-standing relationship with Nicholas Childs and the Black Dyke Band by taking on the position of Composer in Residence. In 2012 the band co-commissioned my most recent brass band work, ‘Of Distant Memories’, and the new commission to write a Cornet Concerto for Richard Marshall, undoubtedly one of the finest cornet soloists in the world, is a challenge I look forward to undertaking.”

Music Director, Professor Nicholas Childs also commented: “Richard Marshall will be the featured soloist which is fitting to acknowledge his terrific contribution as principal cornet for the past decade at Black Dyke”

The World Première will be at the European Gala Concert in Lille 2016, with the U.K. Première being part of the Black Dyke Festival on 5th June 2016.

The added bonus of this new position is that Professor Gregson will also mentor a young and developing composer.

This new initiative is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

Photo: Professor Edward Gregson (courtesy of Black Dyke Band)

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