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Summer 2008
Peter Moore is a hit at the BBC 12 year-old trombonist stuns audiences at the brass final of BBC Young Musician of the Year Trombonist Peter Moore is the youngest competitor to make it through to the semi-finals of this year’s BBC Young Musician of the Year 2008. The young star has already competed against the other brass finalists in February, but a press embargo prevents us from revealing the result. Listening to the brass final was David Childs, a former brass winner himself, and he told The Trombonist, “Peter Moore is an extraordinary talent. He shone through, not by playing fast, high, loud, or wowing the audience with his virtuosic showmanship; in my opinion it was his ability to communicate with the audience musically through a moving performance of Sandström’s Song for Lotta which separated
him from the rest – it was simply breathtaking.” Peter’s repertoire during the competition rounds has also included virtuosic pieces such as Peaslea’s Arrows of Time,
Rota’s Trombone Concerto and Bozza’s Ballade. Having taken up the instrument aged 6, Peter is now in Year 7 at Chetham’s School of Music, has been
Principal Trombone of the National Children’s and Wingates Bands, making his debut at Wingates 18 months ago at the Bridgewater Hall with a performance of Grafe’s Trombone Concerto. The Halle Orchestra’s Principal Trombone Andrew Berryman is conductor at Wingates and he enthused: “Pete is an extraordinary talent. Obviously as a boy of twelve he doesn’t have experience on his side, but he is outstandingly attentive and intuitive and has that special ingredient that you can’t buy or learn.” The brass final will be televised the week commencing May 4th on BBC 4. The concerto final is on the 10th & 11th May in Cardiff and will be broadcast on BBC 2 on Sunday 11th May.
Black Dyke quartet play Portadown crowd
BTS salute Lusher in Leicester
Brett Baker with the Black Dyke quartet at the N. Ireland BTS day
On Saturday 3rd May, the BTS will be celebrating the lyrical trombone playing of Don Lusher in a full day of trombone events in Leicester Grammar School. Jazz trombone celebrities Gordon Campbell, Bill Geldard and Barrie Forgie will judge the final of the Don Lusher competition and Jeremy Price, Head of Jazz at the Birmingham Conservatoire, will coach on improvising. This will be coupled with concerts and workshops featuring a raft of the finest trombonists in the brass band tradition – Nick Hudson, Chris
Jeans and Brett Baker. Chris Jeans will be coaching junior trombonists and Bob Hughes will be directing the everpopular massed trombone choir. There will also be several trade stands. The BTS day is 10am-6pm and at 6pm there is a full concert with Ratby band and trombone soloists. Leicester Grammar School is at 8 Peacock Lane, LE1 5PX. The daytime events are free to BTS members or £10 to non-members. Tickets on the door for the evening concert and competition final will be £5 for all. The Trombonist | Summer 2008 |