A recent article in The Guardian newspaper has looked at the very relevant question — and one that is certainly appropriate to the brass band movement.

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Susanna Eastburn, the chief executive of Sound and Music, the UK's leading organisation for new music, and the former artistic director and chief executive of the Huddersfield contemporary Music Festival, has written a powerful article taking exception to the claims that the age of great composers is dead.

In an article entitled, 'Composers seek a new definition of greatness in a digital age', she argues that we must open our ears to more diverse, shape-shifting and connected times…

she argues that we must open our ears to more diverse, shape-shifting and connected times…4BR

Go to:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jul/22/composers-greatness-in-digital-age-susanna-eastburn