Contest Success

In March 2008 Matthew entered the National Association of Brass Band Conductors competition and won the Midlands heat conducting Newstead Band in a performance of Paganini Variations by Philip Wilby. In June Matthew competed against the winners of the other heats in the National Final and won, conducting Lowry Sketchbook by Philip Wilby, with the Virtuosi GUS Band. He is the NABBC “Conductor of the Year 2008” and inaugural winner of the Roy Newsome Challenge Shield.


Matthew here receives the Shield from Roy Newsome
Shield