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Editorial ~ 2012: January

This month we give our opinion on the endemic cancer of player borrowing, Brass in Concert's welcome lead and praise 20 years of Mark Wilkinson at Foden's.

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  • Concert: Hakan Hardenberger
    Celebrity Recital. Accompanist: Jonathan Scott. 2012 RNCM Festival of Brass. Manchester. Sunday 29th January
  • Concert: RNCM Brass Ensemble
    Conductor: John Miller . With students of McGill University. Soloist: Steven Mead. 2012 RNCM Festival of Brass. Sunday 29th January
  • Concert: Foden's Band
    Band Classics...and all that Jazz. Conductors: Howard Snell & Michael Fowles. Soloist: Rex Richardson. 2012 RNCM Festival of Brass. Manchester. Saturday 28th January.

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