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ISSUE No. 5369 Registered at the Post Office as a Newspaper SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2005 PRICEELOO
Bid on ebay for a chance to play
with or conduct Black Dyke Band
BLACK Dyke Band has thrown its
'hat'into Brass Band Aid's (BBA)
ring by offering to auction, on ebay,
an invitation to play with and
conduct the band during a concerL
Ile idea originated from Leanne
Porthouse, the wife of BBA trustee,
Ian, and was put to Black Dyke's
principal comet and fellow BBA
trustee, Roger Webster.
Bob Thompson of Stanhope Band,
one of the five bands involved in the
recently released Brass Band Aid
CD, commented: "Black Dyke's
offer is part of an overall initiative to
get bands across the world involved
in BBA's contribution to the Make
Poverty History initiative. "
He added: "We're hoping that
this will encourage other bands to
join BBA, whether through buying
and selling CDs, running raffles or
staging concerts. So far 23
bands/promoters have raised funds
and pledged support to the charity,
but we would like to see at least
100 involved across the world. "
Enthusing about the offer from
one of the best-known brass bands
across the globe, Bobnompson
said: "T'here must be a lot of people
who would love an opportunity to
either play with, or to conduct Black
Dyke
-
here is that opportunity.
We're absolutely delighted with the
offer. " Watch BBA's website for
details of where to bid.
Ile player and conductor
successful in bidding for a moment
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in the spotlight with Black Dyke
win be respectively invited to play
and perform one number each at a
pre-arranged concert with the band.
Meanwhile, BBA's first CD is
now out and the charity's orgamsers
are exhorting everyone to order a
copy of it in the next seven days so
that money can be immediately
released to build the library of a
school in Adete, Ethiopia, after
which BBA plans to add classrooms
and undertake complete
refarbishment of the school.
Tle CD features Broughtons
Brass Band, Stanhope Si]ver Band,
Barnard Castle Band, Ferryhib
Town Band and the all-star Brass
Band Aid Celebrity Band
(conducted by Richard Evans), plus
Alan Fernie's arrangement of the
hit, Do They Know it's Christmas.
Said Bob Thompson: "Everyone
please buy this CD from either
SP&S Ltd., 4barsrest, just Music
or Brass Band Aid's own website
(www. brassbandaid. com). All the
profits from sales, after postage
and credit card commission, go to
the school. "
London premiere for Martin Ellerby
MARTIN Ellerby's Cries of London
will receive its world premi&e on
the evening of 13 September at St.
John's Smith Square, London, by the
Regimental Band of the Coldstream
Guards, under Director of Music,
Major Graham Jones MBE. The new
work celebrates the fact that
London has been the band's home
since 1785. "The themes are not
actual folk material, more tunes
associated with London, like the
Westminster Chimes, " explained
Martin Ellerby to BB.
The programme is very tightly
integrated with a strong brass
element It will include Martin
Ellerby's Paris Sketches, the
composer's first work for wind band,
and Gordon Jacob's Music for a
Festival. Written for the Festival of
Britain. This 11-movement suite
involves choirs of brass and wind
alternating with each other. Also on
the programme is Jacob's Concerto
for Band.
Gordon Jacob taught Joseph
Horovitz, who taught Martin
Ellerby, a close friend of Sir Malcohn
Arnold. This chain is reflected by the
inclusion of Arnold's Duke of
Cambridge March, written in
celebration of the founder of Kneller
Hall, the Army's school of music.
The Martin Ellerby work forms
part of the band's ongoing
commissioning policy, the latest
piece being Rodney Newton's
Constellations, to be premiired by
the band on its forthcoming Japanese
tour. 17hose wishing to attend this
event described by Major Jones as
"A very important celebration of
British wind music, " may obtain
tickets from Ile Box Office,
St John's, Sinith Square, London
SWIP 3HA, telephone 020 7222
1061, e-mail sjss. org. uk
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Prom date for
David Childs
TODAY (10th) David Childs will
make his third appearance as
a soloist at the world's most
prestigious music festival, the
BBC Proms, although this
time, not in the Royal Albert
Hall. He will be taking part in
the BBC's Proms in the Park at
Heaton Park, Manchester, one
of f We such events taking
place around the country on
this, the Last Night David will
be joined by New Zealand
singing sensation, Hayley
Westenra and the BBC
Philharmonic Orchestra,
conducted by Stephen Bell.
GMT presenter, Heather
Stoat, will host Manchester's
Prom in the Park, where the
audience virifll be treated to an
evening of thrilling live musicmaking.
The programme will
include Shostakovich's Festive
Overture, Walton's Henry V
film music, Glinka's Ruslan
and Ludmilla and music from
Howard Shore's film score for
The Lord of the Rings. Hayley
Westenra will sing Schubert's
Ave Maria and Puccini's 0 Mio
Babbino Caro, in addition to
popular Maori songs from her
latest hit album. David's solo
spot will include a new
orchestration by Rodney
Newton of Morricone's
Gabriel's Oboe (adapted for
euphonium by David himselo,
Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of
the Bumble Bee and Carnival
of Venice, also arranged by
David Childs.
Following his invitation to
appear at Proms in the Park
David commented: "I'm
thrilled; it's a huge honour for
me and the euphonium. When
I performed the Hoddinott
Concerto at last year's
Proms, it was probably the
most important concert I'd
ever given, but I think this
could end up being just as
significant For me to perform
with this kind of company,
alongside Hayley Westenra
and the BBC Philharmonic, is
extremely special - I'm sure
it will be an experience that
I'll enjoy and cherish for a
long time to come. "