Sheona White
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Sheona Wade is the current Solo Horn of Brighouse and Rastrick Band, was the solo tenor horn player of the YBS and Black Dyke Band[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 Radio 2 Young Musician 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 previously worked as a music teacher at Lowton High School.[3] She now works at Bolton School Girls Division as a music teacher.
References
[edit]- ^ Newsome, Roy (28 February 2006). The modern brass band: from the 1930s to the new millennium. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 288–. ISBN 978-0-7546-0717-5. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ "YBS double but locals share Regionals joy!". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 12 March 2004. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ "Lowton Church of England High School |". Lowton Church of England High School. lowtonhs.wigan.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 5 September 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
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