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Radio: World of Brass

John Maines brings more great brass band music to the airwaves

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  John Maines brings more great music to the airwaves

www.worldofbrassradio.com or click on the radio icon on: www.worldofbrass.com

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Remembrance Special:

Under Two Flags
Bramwell Coles
ISB
Conductor: Dr. Stephen Cobb

Battle of Britain Suite
William Walton
Black Dyke
Conductor: James Watson

Tribute to the King of Swing
Glenn Miller
Grimethorpe
Conductor: Dr. Robert Childs

Nimrod
Edward Elgar
Black Dyke
Conductor: Prof. Nicholas Childs
Narrator: Richard Hollick

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Hughie Prince
Foden's
Conductor: Phillip McCann

Resurgam
Eric Ball
Kettering Citadel
Conductor: Richard Phillips

Abide With Me
Monk arr. Jenkins
Cory
Conductor: Dr. Robert Childs

Colonel Bogey
Kenneth Alford/Arnold
Eikanger Bjorsvik
Conductor: Ray Farr

Images for Brass
Stephen Bulla
Sellers Band
Conductor: Phillip McCann

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
Manning Sherwin
Eikanger Bjorsvik
Conductor: Howard Snell
Soloist: Grethe Tonheim

Midway March
John Williams
Foden's
Conductor: Thomas Wyss

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Cambrian Brass

December 15 • We are a hard-working, positive and welcoming brass band, proudly inclusive and open to players of all experience levels. As we prepare for the forthcoming Regional Championships, we currently have a vacancy for a Solo Cornet player.


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December 15 • We are a hard-working, positive and welcoming brass band, proudly inclusive and open to players of all experience levels. As we prepare for the forthcoming Regional Championships, we currently have a vacancy for a Flugelhorn player.


Cambrian Brass

December 15 • We are a hard-working, positive and welcoming brass band, proudly inclusive and open to players of all experience levels. As we prepare for the forthcoming Regional Championships, we currently have a vacancy for a Soprano Cornet player.


Andy Wareham

BMus (Hons), MMus (Hons)
Conductor, Composer, Brass Tutor, Musicologist


               

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