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Notts students pray to the Gods for Harrogate help

The University of Nottingham is placing its musical faith in the Gods for this year's UniBrass contest in Harrogate.

University of Nottingham
  The University of Nottingham has asked for help to keep the Gods in check

The University of Nottingham Brass Band has announced further innovation ahead of their appearance at the 2017 UniBrass Championships in Harrogate next month.

The band is aiming to build on last year's impressive performance which featured narration provided by former Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke that helped them to eventually finish third overall.

Actor

This year the band will be collaborating with Harry Pavlou, a second-year medical student at the University's prestigious Medical School and an actor with the University's student-led Nottingham New Theatre, the only completely student-led theatre in England.

Harry will join the band in taking the audience on a thrilling journey, telling the story of one of the most infamous battles of the mythical world — between the Gods and Titans.

Fantastic event

He told 4BR: "We're all really proud of our brass band here at Nottingham, so when the opportunity arose to be a part of this fantastic event without having to even learn to play a brass instrument, I jumped at it. I can't wait!"

Gray addition

The band has also secured the services of conductor Mareika Gray to prepare them for their Harrogate assault, and she also told 4BR that she was delighted to help the band. "UniBrass is fast becoming a major fixture in the calendar and I'm delighted to be able to travel to Nottingham and work with the band ahead of this year's contest."

We're really lucky to once again have the opportunity to work with some of the finest musicians in the brass band world such as Mareika. We're also pleased to continue innovating on the contest stage with the inclusion of HarrySpokesperson

Lucky

In response the band added: "We're really lucky to once again have the opportunity to work with some of the finest musicians in the brass band world such as Mareika.

We're also pleased to continue innovating on the contest stage with the inclusion of Harry as part of our performance."

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