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Berryman takes on Lanner role

Andrew Berryman returns to Cornwall to take on the lead with Lanner & District Band.

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  Andrew Berryman will lead Lanner & District Band

Lanner & District Silver Band has announced the appointment of Andrew Berryman as their new Musical Director.

The former principal trombonist of the Ulster and Halle Orchestras has a worldwide reputation as a performer, teacher and conductor, working at the renowned Manhatten School of Music, Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, Royal Northern College of Music and Chethams School of Music.

He was also the Musical Director and Senior Advisor to the Abu Dhabi Police Band and is the Musical Director with the newly formed NSO Symphony Orchestra Abu Dhabi. Andrew also leads a big band in Germany.

UK return

He told 4BR: "For the time my family lived in Abu Dhabi we wondered where we would move to in the UK if we returned. As my father is from Camborne, we holiday down there almost every year and have always loved it, particularly the Penzance area which we are now based.

We love it, and I'm very excited about starting with Lanner. The band is poised to go forward and I'm also looking forward to working with them to help develop everything they already have in place."

The band is poised to go forward and I'm also looking forward to working with them to help develop everything they already have in placeAndrew Berryman

Excited

Band Chairman Lee Rouse added: "We are lucky to have an MD with Andrew's experience and drive and we are all excited to be working with him."

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