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4BR Interview with David Bremner

4BR Editor Iwan Fox catches up with conductor and professional musician David Bremner to find out what musical life is like in New Zealand — and what the banding future holds there.

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  David Bremner has enjoyed considerable success as a player and conductor

In our on going series of linking up with brass band players conductors and personalities across the globe during the Coronavirus pandemic, we link up with David Bremner in New Zealand.

David is the highly respected conductor of Wellington Brass and the recently appointed MD of the National Bass Band of New Zealand.

We find out how professional as well as freelance musicians are being helped by the government, David's pride at being appointed the MD of the National band, his hopes for the 2020 National Championships in Christchurch and for the future of New Zealand banding.

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