YOUNG brass band players of the future are to receive a masterclass from one of the country's top conductors
About 70 musicians, aged from 11 to 25 and ranging from championship level to beginners, will attend a workshop led by Black Dyke band conductor Nicholas Childs, at Durham's County Hall, on Saturday.
It is the third brass workshop in just over a year organised by Durham County Council and was planned after the first, held in Bishop Auckland in January of last year.
Alan Hood, the council's music development officer, said: "Nicholas was absolutely overwhelmed and so impressed by the enthusiasm of the young musicians at that first workshop that he said he wanted to do another.
"He was thrilled by what he had seen and we arranged a date there and then for this workshop.
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