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Present Conductors
Of The Mount Charles Bands
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Band - Andy Duncan |
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Andy accepted the post of professional
conductor in April 2007.
He had already worked with the band
at the West of England area qualifiers at Torquay
in March 2007 where the band successfully re-qualified
for the prestigious "Nationals" at the
Royal Albert Hall in October 2007.
Andy has also worked with the band
at Bugle contest and the English National Brass
Band Championships in 2007 and plans are in place
for him to continue well into 2008.
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Andrew Duncan was born in Glasgow, Scotland
in 1962.
After learning to play the Trombone at
Primary school Andrew joined local brass bands playing
the Trombone, Euphonium and then Tuba. He then went
on to study music at Napier University in Edinburgh
and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
In 1984 he became Principal Tuba with
the Hallé Orchestra, a post he held until 2000.
During this time he traveled the world and in 1998 gave
the Premiere of John Golland's Tuba Concerto with the
Hallé in the Bridgewater Hall. As well as playing
with most of the major British orchestras and with London
Brass, Andrew was for a member of Hallé Brass.
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As a member of the Hallé,
Andrew developed his composing and arranging skills and
in 1994 the Hallé gave the premiere of his Concerto
for Trombone with Andrew Berryman as the soloist. He then
began arranging for the Hallé, mainly for the regular
Family Concert series, and in 2000 Andrew was commissioned
by the Hallé to compose a work about the history
of Manchester. The result was A Tale of Two Empires a
twenty-six minute piece which was first performed in 2000
with the Hallé. The piece received a further performance
in 2001.
In 1995, Andrew started an MA course in composition
at Salford University and It was during this time he
began to write and arrange for Brass Band. His success
in this field is impressive, particularly in the Spennymoor
Brass in Concert competition where he has won the prize
for the best new arrangement six times, consecutively
from 1996-2000 and once again in 2002.
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| Andy & The Senior Band, Picture |
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In 2001 Andrew and his family moved to
Stornoway in the Isle of Lewis in Scotland where he
now works as a freelance composer/arranger and conductor,
and runs the Lewis
Music Press.
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| Youth
Band - Simon Dobson |
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| Simon accepted
the post of youth band conductor in February 2007. He
has worked with the band at the National Youth Brass Band
Championships at Manchester in April 2007 gaining a creditable
gold award and at Bugle contest in June 2007.
Simon started his banding career with Lostwithiel Brass
'88 at the tender age of 9 on 3rd cornet. In an ironic
twist, Simon's first conductor at LB '88 has a son who
plays 3rd cornet in Mount Charles Youth!
At the end of 1993 he moved to championship section
Bodmin Band and stayed with them until he left for college
chalking up a trip to the Albert Hall along the way.
During this time he played on most seats of the cornet
section and, again ironically, found time to play with
Mount Charles Youth Band along with his sister, Hayley
and was, for a time, conducted by his father Dave!
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He graduated from The Royal College
of Music in 2004 and amongst his many credits was becoming the
European Composer of the Year in 2002.
Simon is a very talented and respected composer and has recently
written the 2007 European Finals B section test piece and
is no stranger to youth band challenges, as he wrote the 2005
Youth Championships test piece "Lyonesse" which
was recently played on BBC Radio 3 by the Leyland Vehicles
Band. He is also composer in residence to the Warwick Schools
Wind Orchestra. His works always receive rave reviews in the
banding press and sites such as 4barsrest.com.
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He is an accomplished conductor who has worked
with, amongst others: Redbridge, Aveley & Newham, Staines,
Zone One Brass, Cwamaman Institute, St. Austell, Bodmin &
Mount Charles. He particularly enjoys working with both the
Cornwall & Devon Youth Brass Bands.
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