Four of New Zealand’s young brass talents, all recipients of the Adrienne, Lady Stewart Bursary program have just completed the inaugural workshop week in North Shore, Auckland under the direction of Professor David King.
Kyle Lawson (cornet), Naomi Thrift (tenor horn), Mitchell Spence (tenor horn) and Todd Smith (euphonium), pictured here with David King and Owen Melhuish, have been based at the North Shore Brass music centre in Auckland this week working on performance practice and ensemble musicianship.
Adrienne, Lady Stewart, Patron of the Federation of Australasian Brass Bands was present in Auckland for the ‘FABB four’ who performed a recital on the Hauraki Gulf.
The bursary scheme has been established within the Federation of Australasian Brass Bands to provide aspiring young brass musicians in both Australia and New Zealand with high level performance opportunities.Owen Melhuish, FABB Director
Owen Melhuish, a Director of FABB and committee member of host band ‘North Shore Brass’ said: “The bursary scheme has been established within the Federation of Australasian Brass Bands to provide aspiring young brass musicians in both Australia and New Zealand with high level performance opportunities”.
The students are to perform again in April with Brass Wanganui in the next stage of their bursary development.
