Chris Helme
Philip Catelinet b: 3, 12. 1910 d: 21.11.1995 Educated at Gregg Business College, music scholarships to Trinity College of Music in London & Tobias Matthay Pianoforte School, also in London. Trained as a pianist, he became an arranger for the Salvation Army penned over 100 vocal & instrumental pieces just for the Army. He taught himself to play the tuba & euphonium.
He auditioned as a tubist for several British conductors & became the principal tubist for the BBC Theatre Orchestra & performed with the LSO & Philharmonia Orchestras as well.
Vaughan Williams asked him and the LSO to premiere his new tuba concerto at the orchestra's Jubilee Concert. This took place at the Royal Festival Hall on 13.06, 1954.
He was an active member of the Salvation Army, in the UK and USA. Following his retirement in 1976, he and his wife returned to the UK from USA. He was a composer, arranger, adjudicator and writer.
We have two tracks on this show which he penned.
Bandmaster Andrew Mackereth - His earliest musical training was with the SA in Kingston-upon-Hull. In 1982 he enrolled on the Certificate in Brass Band Studies at Newcastle College of Arts & Technology, studying trombone, euphonium and tuba. Here he became interested in Jazz and made his first arrangements for brass band.
In 1984, he attended Birmingham School of Music to study Trombone and Composition, later studying Percussion & Conducting also. In his fourth year, he won the Bernhard Brown Memorial Composition Prize and was commissioned to write a work for brass band.
Training as a teacher he was quickly promoted to Head of Music at a Secondary School in Britain. To date he has over 50 compositions in print; many frequently feature at SA concerts.
His first publications in the 1980s were religious songs and by 1997 his works for brass band were being published.
On this show we have one of Andrew's compositions.
Enjoy
Originally formed as the Yorkshire Copper Works Band at Stourton near Leeds where the factory was based and then in 1958 it became affectionately known as ‘ The Yorkshire Imps.’ With roots taken from the old Stourton Band of the 1930’s and a merger with Rothwell in 1999 the current line up are rightly proud of their provenance.
Represented Yorkshire some 20 times at the National Finals beginning in 1946, conducted Sam B. Wood and placed on no less than 15 occasions. Success in the Yorkshire Area includes 24 top three places and 9 wins. A hat trick of victories during 1977-8-9, a runner up at the National Finals in 1976 and taking the National crown with Denis Carr in 1978 firmly placed the Imps at the pinnacle of the premier division of banding. The only year during this decade that the band did not finish in Yorkshires top 4 was when they won the nationals and therefore were not required to qualify through the regions
A 1979 recording of Checkmate is on this show - enjoy
Sir Malcolm Arnold, CBE (21.10.1921 – 23.09.2006) English composer from Northampton, UK. Youngest of 5 children and after seeing Louis Armstrong play, he took up the trumpet aged 12 and 5 years later won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music
Studied composition with Gordon Jacob & trumpet with Ernest Hall. 1941 he joined the London Philharmonic Orchestra, as second trumpet & became principal trumpet in 1943
After a year as principal trumpet with the BBC Symphony Orchestra he returned to the London Philharmonic in 1946 staying until 1948 when he left to become a full-time composer. His works include a cycle of 9 symphonies, numerous concertos, concert works, chamber music, choral music & music for brass band & wind band. He wrote extensively for the theatre, with 5 commissioned ballets by the Royal Ballet, as well as 2 operas and a musical & over 100 film scores including The Bridge on the River Kwai which won him an Oscar
His Little Suite for Brass Op80 is on this show
Philip Cobb has been Principal Trumpet of the London Symphony Orchestra since 2009.
As a youngster, he regularly featured as a soloist on both the cornet and trumpet throughout the UK and abroad alongside brother Matthew and Stephen. In recent years he has appeared as a soloist in his own right with appearances at London’s Royal Albert Hall, the International Trumpet Guild conference in Boston, USA, as well as releasing the solo discs Life Abundant and Songs From The Heart with the International Staff Band of the Salvation Army.
He is a former student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, having studied with Principal Trumpet of the London Philharmonic Orchestra; Paul Beniston & renowned trumpet soloist Alison Balsom. Upon graduation, Philip was immediately in high demand; trialling for positions in the London Philharmonic and Halle orchestras before accepting his current position with the LSO.
Look out for two tracks played by Philip from his latest CD
Joseph Horovitz (b: 26 May 1926 in Vienna, Austria) is a British composer & conductor. His Jewish family emigrated to England in 1938 to escape the Nazis. He studied music and modern languages at New College, Oxford, and later attended the Royal College of Music in London, studying composition with Gordon Jacob.
He was subsequently active as a conductor of ballet and opera, touring Europe and the USA. His works include 16 ballets, including Alice in Wonderland (1953), 2 one-act operas (The Dumb Wife and Gentlemen’s Island). Along with concertos for violin, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, euphonium, tuba and percussion, as well as a popular and often performed jazz concerto for harpsichord or piano.
He has written a number of pieces for brass bands including '...Ballet for Band...' in 1983. This work is featured on this show as it is the 1st Section National Final test piece in September 2016 at Cheltenham. On this track he is the conductor.
Jim Davies virtuoso cornet player, conductor & popular adjudicator is from the Rhondda Valley South Wales. Began playing the cornet at the age of 9. Going on to win dozens of prestigious solo awards, including Champion Soloist of Wales at the age of 15. During his career he has made numerous TV and radio appearances, and is the only one to have won the much-coveted Granada TV Best Soloist award twice. He featured as guest artist at the European and National Brass Band Championships. He also performed in all the major concert halls of the British Isles. He has toured all over Europe, USA & toured Russia on behalf of the Welsh Arts Council.
30 years as one of the finest principal cornet players at both contest & concert stage, with the Cory Band and Brighouse and Rastrick Band. With Cory he won the European and 4 National Championship titles. More National success followed at Brighouse. He released a solo CD 'Evergreen', accompanied by the band. We feature a track on this week's show.
Mr John Gladney (The Father of the Brass Band Movement) is this week's image b: 1839 - d: 1911
Talks Available
All the presentations are timed to last up to an hour except where shown - questions are gladly taken after the presentation. All have been presented to male, female and mixed audiences of varying age groups.
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A Postcard from the Past
The Sunny Vale Pleasure Gardens, Halifax - Yorkshire’s Alton Towers of the…
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All in a Days Work
Reminiscences from 30 years in the Police Service – (humorous lecture presentation)…
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Legends from the world of Brass Bands
(Info-tainment – digital slides & music) – 1 hour presentation.
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A Week in May
A story based on the Murder of Lord Frederick Cavendish (of the…
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Memories of Christmas Past
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The Road to Publication
In 1979 I was asked to assist in presenting a series of…
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Holiday Memories from the Past
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How we used to live
We have all seen and experienced changes in our lives. Bring back…
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Other Folks Rubbish (Not suited to a Zoom presentation)
With a local history theme… – (thought provoking humorous lecture presentation) –…
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So you want to be a Pirate ? - The life of a Pirate was not all that it seemed
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Superstitions, New Year Resolutions and the Origins of St Valentine's Day
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Brighouse at Work
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