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Ashworth to go Dutch again

The respected conductor and brand trainer David W Ashworth will be heading to The Netherlands once again to work with friends at Felison Brass.

Felison Brass
  Felison Brass is looking forward to working with David Ashworth once more.

The respected conductor and band trainer David W Ashworth heads back to The Netherlands later this month to once again work with friends at Felison Brass.

Test piece preparation

David will lead the band on their preparation for the upcoming Dutch National Championships in Utrecht together with their English conductor Allan Gibson on the test piece, 'Second Suite in F' by Gustav Holst arr. Sydney Herbert.

This year is the sixth consecutive year that we have invited David and it's a privilege to work with him againFelison Brass.

Privilege

A band spokesperson told 4BR: "This year is the sixth consecutive year that we have invited David and it's a privilege to work with him again.

We have good memories of the previous cooperation and we have also enjoyed some good results!"

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