Chris Helme
Featured bands include:
Eikhanger-Bjorsvik Musiklag. Cory Band, Brass Band Burgermusik Luzern, Paris Brass Band, Brighouse & Rastrick, Valaisia Brass Band, Brass Band Regensburg, Wardle Academy Youth Band, Catch Basin Brass Band, BMI Talents and the European Youth Brass Band.
World of Brass Recording: SKU: 100534
Kirsty A bbotts began playing the piano at the age of 6 in her home town of Shipston-on-Stour in Warwickshire and at the age of 9 started playing the cornet with Shipston Town Junior Band. By the age of 15 she had become principal cornet of the Senior Band and led them to two National Finals before moving to Huddersfield to study Music at Huddersfield University. She was also a member of the National Youth Brass Band for 3 years.
Kirsty studied under the well known cornet player and former Principal Cornet of the Black Dyke Band, Phillip McCann. Under Phillip’s tuition Kirsty achieved an LTCL Diploma in Performance, BA (Hons) in Music and a Masters Degree in Musical Performance. Whilst studying at Huddersfield Kirsty joined the Sellers College Band, which became Sellers Engineering and finally Sellers International. During 13 years with Sellers, Kirsty progressed through the ranks and became Principal Cornet in 1995 and was awarded the Best Principal Cornet at Spennymoor Entertainments Contest and gained third prize in the British Open Solo Championships in 2000.
In 2002 Kirsty made the move to Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band and has won many awards since: British Open Cornet Champion 2003, Best Principal Cornet Prize at Brass in Concert in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2013, second in the British Open Solo Championships 2004, Best Instrumentalist Mineworkers Contest 2005, Best Principal Cornet Land O’Burns Contest 2005, Best Soloist Grand Shield 2006 and 2016, Best Soloist Scottish Open in 2006, Best Instrumentalist English Nationals 2009, Best Soloist Yorkshire Area 2010, Soloist Prize Brass in Concert 2011 and 2013 and Mineworkers Best Soloist 2013. Kirsty was also awarded the Best Instrumentalist whilst leading Carlton Main Frickley to victory in the Yorkshire Area Championships in 2015 and in March 2016 was awarded Best Principal Cornet at the same contest.
Most recently Kirsty was awarded the Harry Mortimer Best Principal Cornet Award at the 2017 and 2018 Brass in Concert Championships.
In 2006 Kirsty also recorded her first solo CD’s ‘Soliloquoy’ and ten years later recorded ‘A Search for Peace’. Kirsty is also very proud to be a Yamaha Artist. On this show we are featuring Soliloquoy the title track from the CD.
King Cotton is a military march composed in 1895 by John Philip Sousa, for the Cotton States and International Exposition (1895). This march has become one of his most popular.
The expression ‘King Cotton’ in general refers to the historically high importance of cotton as a cash crop in the southern United States.
This march has been popular with UK style brass bands around the world for longer than most people can remember. On this week's show this march is featured and performed by Brass Band de Waldsang from the Netherlands conducted b y Rieks van de Velde..
Hall Green Arthritis Support Group at Hall Green Community Centre, Wakefield
Having just spent a week in the Caribbean as a guest speaker on a cruise ship the presentation that had to be in this part of the world was about pirates. It was well received by the audience. With in mind I look forward to some future opportunity.
This week's show just has to include musical highlights from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. The Brass Band of Oberarguaer with conductor Manfred Obrecht play it with gusto....
Well here we are…. Seven days (July 20/27) on the Caribbean Princess, a cruise ship that has a passenger capacity of 3142 and a crew of 1200. Having seen photographs and YouTube clips I knew the wow factor would soon kick in.
Sorry no concert today I am away as a guest lecturer on this ship... Normal service will resume shortly....
