Front Row Cornets
Name:
Mark Dallas
Position in Band:
Principal Cornet
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Name:
John Berry
Position in Band:
Solo Cornet
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Name:Gregor Spowart
Position in Band:
Somewhere on the cornet bench! Currently front row
Previous Bands:
I played in the local Salvation Army band for many years, but Sandhurst Silver is my first contesting band
Memorable Moment:
Not in a brass band, but in a wind band when the trumpets started playing one piece and the rest of the band played a different piece
Favourite Piece:
Paganini Variations; Philip Wilby
Interesting Fact:
I once spent a week in North Korea
Name:
Kevin Raine
Position in band:
Front row cornet
Previous bands:
North Shields SA, Reading Central SA and Saint Sebastian Wokingham
Memorable Moment:
Playing ‘Last Post’ and ‘Reveille’ by the memorial on the green at Wargrave – a moving ceremony in a beautiful setting
Favourite Piece:
Solemn Melody; Walford Davies and Resurgam; Eric Ball
Back Row Cornets
Name:
Bryan Herman
Position in Band:
Soprano Cornet
Previous Bands
Hampshire Youth Junior and Training Bands, Horsham Borough Silver, City of Cambridge and Soham Comrades
Memorable Moment
In a brass band – Finals at Harrogate in 2007. Otherwise, working on a cruise liner as lead trumpet in and around the Caribbean
Favourite Piece
Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition
Interesting Fact
High-note Trumpet player in disguise
Name:
Gwen Moore
Position in Band:
Repiano Cornet
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Name:
John Castle
Position in Band:
2nd Cornet
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Name:
Jonathan Cox
Position:
2nd Cornet
Previous Bands:
Stockport Schools, Hawk Green, Bollington
Memorable Moment:
Playing the 3rd Section National Finals at Wembley in 1995 and Playing Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea at the L&SC area in my first Championship Section contest
Favourite Piece:
Suite Gothique; Eric Ball
Interesting Fact:
Won UK Young Caterer of the Year 2003 and once appeared on Blue Peter with Stockport Schools Band
Name:
Francis Vary
Position in Band:
3rd Cornet
Previous Bands:
Welwyn Garden City, Lanchester
Memorable Moment:
Playing in the National Brass Band Finals at the Royal Albert Hall in 2000. I was so nervous beforehand but as soon as we starting playing it was the most amazing place to play and the nerves just disappeared
Favourite Piece:
Cloudcatcher Fells; John McCabe
Name:
Janatha Yarham
Position in Band:
1st Horn
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Horns
Name:
Chris Hill
Position in Band:
Flugel horn
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Name:
Antony Steven
Position in Band:
Solo Horn
Previous Bands:
Ascheim Blasmusik, Aveley, Alder Valley, Denham/Hendon, Flimby, Auckland City Brass and RNZAF
Memorable Moment:
Playing in Penrhyn (atoll) with RNZAF band in the middle of the Pacific ocean
Favourite Piece:
Resurgam; Eric Ball
Interesting Fact:
Tried pickled eggs for the first time in Flimby Working Mans Club
Name:
Kieren Dean
Position in Band:
1st Horn
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Name:
Fiona Berry
Position in Band:
2nd Horn
Previous Bands:
Friary Guildford, St Sebastians, Wakefield Met, Hinchliffe Mill, Meltham & Meltham Mills, member of NYBBGB
Memorable Moment:
Playing in concert at St Georges Hall for YBS OR Being conducted by Harry Mortimer
Favourite Piece:
Paganini Variations
Euphoniums & Baritones
Name:
Brian LeTissier
Position in Band:
Principal Euphonium
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Name:
Mark Lowe
Position in Band:
2nd Euphonium
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Name:
Graham McKillop
Position in Band:
Solo Baritone
Previous Bands:
St. Sebastian Wokingham Band, Berkshire Young Musicians’ Trust (aka Berkshire Maestros)
Memorable Moment:
Playing in St. Paul’s Cathedral after welcoming the participants of a Paris-London bike ride home
Favourite Piece:
Spectrum; Gilbert Vinter
Interesting Fact:
Can read both treble & bass clefs
Name:
Ian Dewhurst
Position in Band:
2nd Baritone
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Trombones
Name:
Thomas Ireland
Position in Band:
Principal Trombone
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Name:
Steven Williams
Position in Band:
2nd Trombone
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Name:
Rhys Parker
Position in Band:
Bass Trombone
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Basses
Name:
Rich Coltart
Position in Band:
BBb Bass
Previous Bands:
Alder Valley, Fulham, Denham, Yiewsley & West Drayton, Monmouth Town Jazz Band, HMSB Concert Band, Drybrook Brass, St Minver Silver, Stanley Newmarket Colliery, QEGS Swing Band, Northern Youth Brass, Scissett Music Centre
Memorable Moment:
Playing Bohemian Rhapsody at Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court and the whole audience moshing at the right moment, then singing louder than the band!
Favourite Piece:
MacArthur Park (Catterall version)
Interesting Fact:
Started off playing Soprano Cornet 30 years ago and have steadily fallen through the band to land on BBb only 5 years ago. Probably means I will be playing percussion soon …. or start working my way back up!
Name:
Nick Collier
Position in Band:
BBb Bass
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Name:James Kelloway
Position in Band:
Eb Bass
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Name:James Lackovich
Position in Band:
Eb Bass
Previous Bands:
Maidenhead Citadel
Memorable Moment:
Winning the first ever contest I played in with Sandhurst
Favourite Piece:
Fragile Oasis; Peter Meechan
Interesting Fact:
Can hum and whistle at the same time
Percussion
Name:
Nick Cornock
Position in Band:
Principal Percussionist and committee member
Previous Bands:
Staines brass, Swindon pegasus, Woodley concert, REME band,Gloucestershire Regt band plus helped out numerous more
Memorable Moment:
Playing at RAH National finals and any time we win!
Favourite Piece:
Too many to mention but Paganini Variations is one of my favourite test pieces and I like Canterbury Chorale
Interesting Fact:
I did start to learn the flute when I was 11 but then converted to the ‘dark side’ soon after! I also have my grade 5 Church Organ!