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Christopher Michael Larkin was born on 1st September 1947 in Wigan, Lancashire. His father was a schoolmaster and an amateur pianist, whilst his mother, a nurse, was busy bringing up their two daughters and three sons. Chris attended Thornleigh Salasian College in Bolton aged 11 and sang in the school choir. He started playing a cornet in 1959 and was given free lessons from a Mr. Murphy. Many years later Chris wrote this memory of going to a concert at The Royal Albert Hall as a twelve-year-old. “In 1959 my father took me to my first Prom concert during what was also my first visit to London. All that I remember now about the holiday was that I divided my time between a long-established interest in the doings of steam locomotives and a new love – music”.
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1/18/2021
Alan Frederick Lumsden passed away peacefully on the 30 September 2020. An exceptionally versatile musician on a large number of early brass and woodwind instruments, he was a founding member of the London Trombone Quartet, the London Cornett and Sackbut ensemble, and the London Serpent Trio. Alan held the positions of Professor of the Sackbut at the Royal College of Music, Professor of the Recorder and Early Music studies at the Birmingham Conservatoire, and Head of Brass at Malvern College.Photo (left to right): Alan Lumsden, Christopher Monk, and Andrew van der Beek
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1/15/2021
Members are reminded that nominations for the 2021 Monk Award must be received by 30 January. Nominations must comply with the procedures outlined on this site under 'Awards'.
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UPDATED 4/29/2021:
The Historic Brass Society Virtual Symposium Pond Life: Crosscurrents over the Atlantic will be held online May 24-26, 2021. The conference will focus on the exchange and cross-pollination of ideas between Britain, Europe and the Americas, with 18 presentations on topics including instruments, trade and manufacturing; the development of the brass quintet; British and American dance bands; repertoire, composers, performers; and performance practices. Events include a Roundtable discussion on Brass Chamber Music moderated by John Miller with Allan Dean, Ray Mase, John Wallace, Simon Hogg and others; a session on British and American Dance Bands including a play along session led by Richard Michael (jazz educator); John Webb and His Collection of Brass Instruments with Arnold Myers, presentation of the Monk Awards (both 2020 and 2021 recipients), memorial tributes, and a livestream concert performance by The Wallace Collection of original 19th-century small brass ensemble music played on period instruments from the Webb Collection at the RCS.
Registration is free and online at https://forms.gle/q9HutqkQvWKyjUZW7
It is required in advance in order to receive the codes for the online sessions.
POND LIFE: Crosscurrents over the Atlantic is made possible with support from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and with additional support from St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh UK.
Click here to view the full conference description and press release.
Click here to view the Call for Presentations (due February 19, 2021) -
1/6/2021
The Executive Committee and the Board of Directors are pleased to announce our first global virtual annual meetings. We have scheduled two meetings to better accommodate people's schedules and time zones. We invite you to attend one -- or both if you wish!
The meetings are to be held:
January 16, 2021 9:00 AM EST (UTC -05:00 or 14:00 UTC)
January 17, 2021 1:00 PM EST (UTC -05:00 or 18:00 UTC)