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Fulham sign Hutchinson for Nationals aperitif

Cory principal cornet Tom Hutchinson will star with Fulham Brass Band ahead of the National Final this weekend.

Tom Hutchinson
  Tom Hutchinson will appear with Fulham Brass Band on Friday afternoon.

Fulham Brass Band and Cory star Tom Hutchinson will kick start the musical entertainment ahead of the National Final at the Royal Albert Hall this weekend.

On Friday afternoon at Regent Hall on Oxford Street (W1C 2DJ) starting at 1.00pm they will provide a free concert as part of the Regent Hall Brass Arts Festival.

Featured pieces

All the works featured have either been written for, or first performed by the band, whilst Tom will also include Norman Bearcroft's classic 'Song of Exultation'.

Fulham will premiere 'Jubilee Music' by Dudley Bright, a major work originally conceived for the London Symphony Orchestra Brass Academy, as well as Chelsea Pascoe's 'Lifeline', Florence Maunders 'Sewers Crisis' and Dave Collins' moving arrangement of 'Steal Away'.

It all kicks off at 1.00pm and entry is free.

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