Brass bands mourn a major trumpet
RIPThe family have announced the death of Geoffrey Brand at the age of 96.
From a Salvation Army family in Gloucester, Geoffrey Brand played trumpet in the Royal Philharmonic, Philharmonia and Covent Garden orchestras before gravitating to brass bbands in the 1960s.
Under his eadership the Black Dyke Mills Band won the National Championships in 1967 and 1972, the British Open Championships in 1968 and 1972 and the World Championship in 1970.
He also conducted the London Wind Orchestra and various BBC ensembles.
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