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Last call for Brass the Baton finale

If you want to be part of the Brass the Baton finale — you need to be quick.

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The British Federation of Brass Bands has announced a final call for the grand finale event of their London 2012 Inspire project, ‘Brass the Baton’.

Durham finale

Project Director, Terry Luddington, told 4BR: "The finale for ‘Brass the Baton’ will take place on Sunday 22nd July in the City of Durham as part of the closing celebrations of this year’s Brass: Durham International Festival."

World premiere

The event will see the world premiere of the new music commission, ‘Going the Distance’ in its entirety.

Conducted by composer Paul Lovatt-Cooper, it will include a performance of the original ‘Inception Piece’, followed by the five massed ‘Colour Bands’ who will perform the five colour versions from the ‘Brass the Baton’ relay, before all 2,012 performers will attempt to ‘Go the Distance’ and perform all five versions of the music together.

Take part

The opportunity to take part will be open to all brass bands and individual brass band musicians of all ages and abilities.

The Durham County Brass Band Association (DCBBA) has announced that they have received a £10,000 National Lottery award specifically to help brass bands from the region take part.
Further information

The opportunity to take part will be open to all brass bands and individual brass band musicians of all ages and abilities4BR

Interested

If you are interested in accessing this funding for 'Brass the Baton' then please send an email to olympictorch@brassthebaton.com for further information.

Register

Terry Luddington concluded: "With 2,012 places available we hope everyone who wants to take part will have the opportunity to do so.

All participants must register in advance so please send an email todurhamfinale@brassthebaton.com so we can send you a registration pack and provide access to the music parts for download."

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