It’s a bit of a Brighouse edition this month, as Mark Good meets one of the band’s rising talents - 18-year-old trombonist, Ellena Newton. …
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Led by Professor David King, Brighouse and Rastrick notched up its tenth British National last month against the backdrop of an intriguing and musically compelling contest on Howard Snell’s test-piece, Gallery, that emerged as one of the closest-fought battles in recent National Final history. BBW’s Chief Contributor, Christopher Thomas, brings the...read more
One of the most dynamic figures in worldwide brass banding, Professor David King, recently returned to his native Australia with yet another title conquest - this time the British ‘National’. However, for the man dubbed ‘the green boy from the brown land’ when he arrived on British shores, musical greatness lies...read more
Thursday 16 November 2017
