Sunday Bandstand 6 June 2021

Sunday Bandstand 6 June 2021

Josiah Walters comes from Carnoustie, Scotland and started his musical career at the age of nine. He joined the Arbroath Instrumental Band and played throughout his school years.

He moved to Glasgow to study at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2011, with the support of a bursary from the Tayside Symphony Orchestra.
He graduated in 2016 and has worked ever since as a freelance professional bass trombonist.

In 2019, he studied for a year at the Koninklijk Conservatorium den Haag, The Netherlands. He has worked as a professional performer with a number of ensembles. He has also worked as a soloist and performed works with the RSNO, the BBC Concert Orchestra, and The Cory Band.

He began composing in his teenage years with support and guidance from Angus Council music staff.
In 2014, he produced the test piece for the European Brass Band Championships B Section, held in Perth. This test piece is featured on this week's show.

Playlist  6 June 2021 

Recording Details 

Rhythm and Blues – Philip Sparke   Opening for weekly show Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2010  'Patrons' Choice III' - CD - Egon CD-SFZ154 - 2010
Passing of the Regiments arr. Aubrey Winter Harry Mortimer's Big Brass Band MD: Harry Mortimer - 1968  'Harry Mortimer's World Of Big Brass Band' - Vinyl - Decca SPA268 - 1968
Entertainments (1 mvt Caprice 2 mvt Elegy 3 mvt March) - Gilbert Vinter Williams Fairey Engineering Band MD: Major Peter Parkes - 1993  'Spectrum - The Music of Gilbert Vinter Vol.1' - CD -  Polyphonic Recording QPRL 058D - 1993
Dancing on the Seashore - Jan Hadermann Desford Colliery Catertpillar Band MD: James Watson - 1989  'Continental Brass' - CD - De Haske Recording DHM 3002.3 - 1989
Eternal Source of Divine Light - Jonathan Bates Euphonium Soloist Gary Curtin with the Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2020  'Eire Time' - CD - SP&S Doyen Recording DOY CD401 - 2020
The Pilgrim - Josiah Walters Brass Band Wipptal (Italy) MD: Martin Gruber - 2014  'European Brass Band Championships 2014' - CD Doyen Recording DOY334 - 2014
It's Showtime - Goff Richards Brighouse and Rastrick Band MD: Goff Richards - 1996  'The Best of Goff Richards' - CD - Obrasso Recording CD858 - 1996
Horizons - Paul Lovatt-Cooper  Marsden Silver Band MD: Glyn Williams - 2014  'Revolution 125 years 1889 - 2014' - CD - Music House Productions - http://www.musichouseproductions.co.uk/      ..2014
Berceuse de Jocelyn - Benjamin Godard arr. Richard Phillips  Trombone Soloist Andrew Justice with the Enfield Citadel Band of the Salvation Army  BM: Richard Phillips - 1998  'Joyous Brass' - CD -  SP&S CD120 - 1998 
Alicante -  Ricardo Sylvio arr.  Frederick Charrosin  Hanwell Brass Band MD: Eric Bravington - 1971  'Bandstand Brass' - Vinyl - Stereo Gold Award ‎– MER343 - 1971
World Tour - 1) The Leaving of Liverpool 2) Chicago Rag 3) Pacific Paradise 4) Australian Walkabout & Homeward Bound - Rodney Newton Black Dyke Band MD: Professor Nicholas Childs - 2018  'Regional Finals 2018' (4th Section Test Piece) - CD - Doyen Recording DOY CD377 - 2018
Symphony No.2 - Adagio - Sergei Rachmaninov arr.Ray Farr Cornet Soloist Mark Wilkinson with the Foden's Band MD: Russell Gray - 2003  'From Russia with Love' - CD - B& H Recording SFZ 116 - 2003
La Boda de Luis Alonso - Gimenez arr. James Gourlay Co-operative Funeral Care Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2010  'Master Brass Vol 21 - 2010 All England Internationalk Championships' - Polyphonic Recording QPRL 233D - 2010
Adventures in Brass - Ray Farr Oberaargauer Brass Band (Switzerland) MD: Manfred Obrecht - 1990  'Power of Brass' - CD - Obrasso Recording CD830 - 1990
National Emblem March - Edwin Eugene Bagley Central Ohio Brass Band (US) MD: Tony Zilincik -   'The Sounds of Summer - Central Ohio Brass Band'- CD - Up Beat Recordings 
Four Preludes for Tuba and Brass Bands - Philip Greenwood Tuba Soloist Colin Aspinall with the James Shepherd Versatile Brass - 2002  'Solo Reflections' - CD - Kirklees Recording KRCD1041 - 2002
Denn Er Hat seinen engeln befohlen (For he Hath Commanded his Angels) - Mendelssohn arr. Olaf Ritman  Massed Bands Amsterdam Staff Band and Brass Bands Rijnmond (The Netherlands) GMD: Howard J. Evans - 2010  'Premier Brass 2010 - Re Union' - CD - SP&S  CD265 - 2010 
America from West Side Story - Leonard Bernstein Dalewool Auckland Brass (New Zealand) MD: Nigel Weeks - 2002  'Showtime Hits of Stage and Screen' - CD -  Own Label - 2002
They shall come from the East - Kevin Larsson International Staff Band Of The Salvation Army - BM: Dr. Stephen Cobb - 2012  'Fire In the Blood' - SP&S  Recording      ......2012
The Thunderer - J.P. Sousa arr. Harry Mortimer  Williams Fairey Band MD: Major Peter Parkes - 1996  'From Maine to Oregon Williams Fairey Band Play Sousa Marches ' - CD - Chandos  4535 - 1996
Rhythm and Blues – Philip Sparke   Closing for weekly show Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2010​  'Patrons' Choice III' - CD - Egon CD-SFZ154 - 2010

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