Banding’s Newest Podcast

Sandy Smith and Simon Gresswell have collaborated to produce a new podcast for brass band enthusiasts, entitled ‘Smith and Grezzy’s Big Chat Brass’. Simon explained how the idea came to fruition, “We talk on a very regular basis about our thoughts on the current state of play in banding, so we thought it would be fun to do a podcast to share our views and opinions as well as offer potential solutions these. We'll also be bringing in friends and colleagues to explore and discuss topics with frankness and honesty, from test-piece choices to lack of music education services, the structure of the five sections to Whit Friday and more."

Musical idents are provided by Hammonds Band and MD Morgan Griffiths and thanks also go to KMJ's Keith Johnson for his technical input. The first podcast of the series features the pair joined by the respected conductor Duncan Beckley to talk about his career and find out more about his input into the Kapitol Music Panel and the reasons behind the current test-piece choices.

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