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Interview with Youth Brass 2000

4BR Editor Iwan Fox talks to conductor Chris Jeans of the 2019 National Youth Champions of Great Britain, Youth Brass 2000.

Youth Brass 2000
  Youth Brass 2000 was crowned champions for a sixth successive year at Warwick School.

Tuesday, 02 April 2019

        

4BR Editor talks to a delighted MD, Chris Jeans after Youth Brass 2000 claim the Championship Section title at the National Youth Championships of Great Britain for the sixth year in a row.

With the band already qualified for the European Youth Championships in Montreux in a few weeks time, Chris tells 4BR just how proud he is of his latest band's achievements and just how much hard work they have done to ensure they remain the UK's premier youth ensemble.

All that and they now have Palanga to look forward to in 2020...

        

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