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Radio 2's Young Brass Award 2017

Young Brass Award Winner 2017 Isobel Daws

We are thrilled to announce that the winner of the Young Brass Award 2017 is Isobel Daws on the Trombone.

For the competition Isobel played Rhapsody for Trombone and Brass Band by Gordon Langford.

The Young Brass Award is Radio 2’s annual search for the next brass star.

The competition is open to brass players between 16 and 21 and for residents within the UK, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands.

Based on the initial entries, we selected eight players who went through to the semi-final stage.

The semi-finalists were: Lewis Bettles - Trombone, James Nash - Flugel Horn, Samuel Taber - Bass Trombone, Ross Dunne - Tenor Horn, Isobel Daws - Trombone, Siobhan Bates - Tenor Horn, Adam Neild - Cornet and Ellena Newton - Trombone

The semi-final took place on the 11th February 2017 in the Philharmonic Studio, Salford. All players performed up to 10 minutes of music with the Foden’s Band with conductor Michael Fowles.

Four players were then selected for the live final; all with the World famous .

The Young Brass Award 2017 finalists are:

Ellena Newton

Trombone

Siobhan Bates

Tenor horn

James Nash

Flugel horn

Isobel Daws

Trombone

The Young Brass Award final took place at the Royal Northern College of Music Manchester on Friday 21st April - presented live on 91热爆 Radio 2 by and .

Foden’s Band accompanied the finalists and played a concert of their own during the adjudication.

Young Brass Award Alumni

Previous winners have included who last summer made her solo debut and toured as principal trumpet with the European Union Youth Orchestra.

After attending The Karajan Academy in Berlin and performing with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, is now Principal Tuba with Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva.

has just been appointed Solo Euphonium with The Flowers Band and the 2016 winner plays with the World famous Black Dyke Band .

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