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Masters confirm final line up

Youth Brass 2000 latest addition to Masters programme of events.

Corn Exchange
 

Philip Biggs and Richard Franklin are delighted to announce that Youth Brass 2000 will be their special guests for the 2008 All England Masters International Brass Band Festival which takes place at the Corn Exchange, Cambridge on Sunday 25th May.

Youth Brass

Youth Brass 2000, directed by Chris Jeans will perform a 20 minute entertainment feature following the last band’s performance of Martin Ellerby’s 'Malcolm Arnold Variations' at this year’s Championship.

Youth Brass 2000, directed by Chris Jeans will perform a 20 minute entertainment feature following the last band’s performance of Martin Ellerby’s 'Malcolm Arnold Variations' at this year’s Championship4BR

Tickets

Tickets for the Championship and Gala Concert which features Fairey Band, Scottish Co-op Band and Yamaha cornet soloist Russell Gray are available from the Corn Exchange Box Office, telephone 01223 357851.

Line up

The line-up of bands for the Championships is as follows:-

1st Old Boys Association Silver Band
Aveley & Newham Band
BTM (PHS) Band
Brass Band 13 Etoiles
Brass Band Aeolus
Brass Band Willebroek
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band
Desford Colliery Band
EYMS Band
Fairey Band
Fodens Richardson Band
Hepworth (Cookson Homes) Band
Polysteel Band
Redbridge Brass
Reg Vardy Band
Rothwell Temperance Band
Scottish Co-op Band
Soli Brass
Tredegar Town Band
Virtuosi GUS Band
Wingates Band
YBS Band

The 2008 All England Masters International is sponsored by Yamaha, Pro-Digital Systems,4barsrest and Cambridge Evening News.

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Conductor, composer, arranger, adjudicator, teacher and soloist


               

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