RNCM Brass Band Festival 2016: The Open Fund for Organisations
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Open Fund: RNCM Brass Band Festival 2016
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Manchester’s Brass Band Festival reaches its 26th year with a renewed focus on the finest music written or arranged for brass band by composers in the UK and beyond. Five of the foremost bands in the land, including current European, National and Open champions, will by joined by world-class soloists, an award-winning brass quartet, an ambitious youth band from Cheshire and outstanding student bands from the RNCM and the Junior RNCM to perform a wide range of music.
The Festival pays tribute to the creativity of John McCabe, whose brass band works are among the most highly regarded in the repertoire. A retrospective of the complete brass band music of Joseph Horovitz honors this distinguished British composer and teacher in his 90th year. We celebrate the centenary of one of the Salvation Army‘s finest composers and arrangers, New Zealander Sir Dean Goffin, and mark the 70th birthday of Manchester-born composer Michael Ball.
Each year the Festival presents a number of significant premieres. This year they include new and recent work from British Composer Award winners and nominees Nigel Clarke, Simon Dobson, Paul McGhee and Lucy Pankhurst as well as first performances from rising stars Jonathan Bates and Tom Davoren. A third John Golland Award workshop presents a showcase for young composers to demonstrate their skill and creativity in writing for A4 Brass Quartet.
We’re very excited about this new chapter in the RNCM’s brass banding history and we welcome you to come and share the experience – Paul Hindmarsh, Artistic Director