BeyonD The BArlines
'Beyond the Barlines' features Frank in conversation with some of the brass world's most important players, composers and conductors.
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Alan Morrison
In this edition Frank talks to Alan Morrison, one of the most successful and charismatic solo cornet players the band world has ever known.
Philip Goodwin
In this edition Frank talks to Phil Goodwin about his role at Black Dyke, and about banding in the community and how to answer the challenges that have to be faced.
Anthony Galinier
In this edition Frank talks to the brilliant French tenor horn player Anthony Galinier, a man on a mission to bring the tenor horn out of the brass band shadows, and change the way we all see and hear it.
Bob Childs
In this edition Frank talks to Bob Childs, one of the best Euphonium players of his generation, and one of the country’s most inspirational educationalists, who is now the new Director of Artistic Planning at the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain.
Jim Trott and Brass for Africa
In this edition Frank talks to Jim Trott the founder of Brass for Africa, a charity using brass music to transform the lives of young people in Uganda, Liberia and Rwanda and there's some great music from Africa as well!"
Phil Lawrence
As Frank says, "in this episode we find out just how a young lad born in Liverpool becomes a top trumpet player, an in-demand film music and jingle writer and someone whose brass band compositions have taken music into new territories, so join us as he talks about his career and the way that technology has played an important part in his success.
