Sheona White
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Sheona White is the current Solo Horn of Black Dyke Band, was the solo tenor horn player of the YBS[1][2] and Foden's Richardson bands, as well as horn tutor at the University of Salford, where she also gained her BA Hons degree, with Distinction in Performance.
White's previous achievements include playing Principal Horn of the National Youth Brass Band of Scotland, winning the BBC Young Brass Soloist of the Year in 1996, and reaching the final of the 1998 Cosmopolitan Magazine Women of Achievement Awards.
Outside the band world, White is most well known for her contribution to the BBC's 1997 charity single, "Perfect Day". White has recorded an album of solos for her chosen instrument, titled The Voice of The Tenor Horn. She now works at Lowton High School as a music teacher.
[edit] References
- ^ Newsome, Roy (2006-02-28). The modern brass band: from the 1930s to the new millennium. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. pp. 288–. ISBN 9780754607175. http://books.google.com/books?id=O6-iHNQwga8C&pg=PA288. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ "YBS double but locals share Regionals joy!". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 12 March 2004. http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/content_objectid=14046619_method=full_siteid=50060_headline=-YBS-double-but-locals-share-Regionals-joy--name_page.html. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
[edit] External links
- article on White at the 4barsrest.com website
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