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Band Supplies delight at Gregson support

Band Supplies sponsors are delighted that Scottish audiences will get to hear classics from the pen of one of the movement's finest composers in Perth this weekend..

Edward Gregson
 

There will be plenty of great music to enjoy this weekend at the Scottish Open and Scottish Challenge contests in Perth.

Not only will the top section bands perform a new work entitled, 'Gallery' by Howard Snell, but the bands taking part in the Band Supplies Scottish Challenge contest will present a wide variety of works from the pen of Edward Gregson.

Great classics

There are some great classics to enjoy to — from his iconic 1977 National test-piece 'Connotations' and 1984 National set-work 'Dances & Arias' to his startlingly inventive earlier works such as 'The Plantagenets', 'Voices of Youth' and the ever popular 'Laudate Dominum'.

The event is sponsored by Band Supplies who will also be on hand throughout the day in showcasing the full range of Besson instruments and Courtois trombones on their trade stand.

Delighted to support

MD, Ronnie Tennant told 4BR: "We are delighted to support the Scottish Festival of Brass — and especially the Challenge Section which will features music by one of the movement's finest composers.

It's a rare opportunity for brass band loves to listen to works from a mastercraftsman, and we are sure the music will be enjoyed listeners and competitors alike."

We are delighted to support the Scottish Festival of Brass — and especially the Challenge Section which will features music by one of the movement's finest composersRonnie Tennant

Band Supplies Scottish Challenge:

Barrhead Burgh Band (Brian Keachie) — Laudate Dominum
Bathgate Band (Anne Crookston) — Connotations
Bo'ness & Carriden (Colin McKenzie) — Dances and Arias
Campbeltown Brass (Gordon Evans) — Laudate Dominum
Coalburn Silver (Gareth Bowman) — Connotations
Dunaskin Doon (Gary Williams) — Connotations
Johnstone (Martyn Ramsay) — Dances and Arias
Mactaggart Scott Loanhead (Kenny Letham) — Voices of Youth
Newtongrange Silver (Michael Marzella) — Dances and Arias
Penicuik Silver (Stuart Black) — Laudate Dominum
Shotts St Patrick's Brass (Andrew Duncan) — Connotations
St David's Brass (John A Dickson) — The Plantagenets
Tullis Russell Mills (Paul Drury) — Dances and Arias

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