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Interview with Rob Tompkins

4BR speaks to BrassFestUK organiser Rob Tompkins

BrassFestUK
  Rob has been the driving force behind the BrassFestUK projects.

Sunday, 14 March 2021

        

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4BR Editor Iwan Fox catches up with Rob Tompkins of BrassFestUK.

Rob recently announced that due to kind donations from its project participants funds are to be used to commission a new brass band composition written by young composer Georgia French.

Rob talks about the latest project, how we got to work with Georgia and what he hopes it will achieve.

        

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