Wigan's tally includes innovation award

A performance of a brand new contemporary work gains Wigan Youth Band a prestigious award at the Music for Youth Festival at Symphony Hall.

Wednesday, 10 July 2013

Wigan Youth Band was recently presented with the ‘Innovation Award’ at the National Festival Music for Youth at Symphony Hall in Birmingham.

Tally Boy

Under the direction of Dave Little, the band performed the recently commissioned work, ‘The Tally Boy’ written by BBC Philharmonic Orchestra tuba player Christopher Evans.

The composition featured solos from principal cornet player Ben Coulson and solo trombone player Gemma Riley, whilst the band completed their programme with ‘Japanese Slumber Song’ which again featured solos from Ben Coulson, solo horn Rohit Japegnanam and solo euphonium Tom Collier.

The band is delighted to be the recipients of the award and it has put us in a in a great frame of mind for our CD recording this weekendSpokesperson

Delighted

A spokesperson told 4BR: "The band is delighted to be the recipients of the award and it has put us in a in a great frame of mind for our CD recording this weekend."

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