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Philip Biggs is delighted to announce
that plans are well advanced for the
inaugural Great Northern
Spring Brass Arts Festival which takes
place at The Bridgewater Hall,
Manchester - Sunday 9th
May 2010.
Philip is pleased to announce a stellar
line-up of guest soloists for the
daytime concerts. The
opening auditorium concert at 12 noon
features the Wingates Band conducted by
Alan Morrison;
the featured guest soloist will be Tenor
Horn star and Principal Horn of Foden’s
Band, Lesley
Howie. The early afternoon concert will
see The Leyland Band, directed by
Russell Gray, which
will accompany a fabulous trumpet
soloist from the Chicago area of the
USA, Amy Gilreath. Amy
enjoys an active professional career as
both a performer and university
professor. She holds
positions of Principal Trumpet with the
Illinois Symphony Orchestra, the Peoria
Symphony
Orchestra, the Illinois Chamber
Orchestra, the Sugar Creek Symphony and
Song Orchestra, plays
with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
and serves as the Brass faculty of the
Orvieto Musica
Chamber Music Festival in Orvieto
Italy. Amy has been a past member of
the Dallas Brass, Brass
Band of Battle Creek, Velvet Brass,
Keith Brion’s “New John Philip Sousa
Band” and continues to
be a member of the Monarch Brass
Ensemble.
Professor David King will direct the
Brighouse & Rastrick Band at 4.15pm.
This concert will see
Brighouse accompany two fantastic
soloists. They are Baritone star Katrina
Marzella, who was
awarded the BBC Young Musician of the
Year in 2003 and has also been British
Open Solo
Champion and the world acclaimed Ern
Keller Champion, and Simone Rebello, who
has wowed
audiences around the globe as a world
class percussion soloist.
Details of programmes of music and the
Gala Evening Concert which features the
2009 British
Open Champions The Cory Band, conducted
by Robert Childs and the 2009 All
England
Champions and Brass in Concert
Champions, The Foden’s Band conducted by
Garry Cutt will be
announced shortly.
Tickets are now on sale and can be
obtained by telephoning 0161 907 9000.
The Great Northern Spring Brass Arts
Festival is sponsored by Yamaha and
Besson. | 
