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Interview with Lions Youth Brass

4BR Editor Iwan Fox talks conductor Nigel Birch and members of Lions Youth Brass at the 2019 National Youth Brass Band Championships

Lions Youth
  Lions Youth Brass will be heading off to Montreux in a few weeks time

4BR was at the 2019 National Youth Brass Band Championships at Warwick School, where we caught up with conductor Nigel Birch and players, Ella, Abby and Craig to find out a bit more about the band.

The band gave a wonderful performance to claim a Silver Award in the Championship Section with a programme that included 'Home of Legends', the tenor horn solo 'Untold Story' featuring Abby and the set-test, 'Corineus' by Cornish composer Christopher Bond.

Nigel also talks about the huge effort everyone associated with the band has put in to raise the funds to get them to the 2019 European Youth Championships in Montruex in a few weeks time.

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