The Price is Right for Music Panel
Kapitol Promotions is delighted to officially announce that Andrea Price has joined the Music Panel with immediate effect.
ANDREA PRICE BIOGRAPHY
Andrea’s background in world-class music education is matched by two decades of experience in performance at the highest level. Having enjoyed a stellar career as a percussionist for a number of brass bands, including the world famous YBS and Black Dyke Band, Andrea has won every major brass band competition, recorded numerous CDs, and toured the world as a performer. She is a highly respected adjudicator both in the UK and internationally, held in esteem for her keen ear, outstanding analytical skill, and ability to inspire through her constructive and caring feedback. She is also an extremely successful composer with a wide range of published and recorded works.
Most recently, her Section 4 test-piece "I, Daedalus" was selected as the set test for the Regional Championships 2025 of the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain.
As a conductor, Andrea has worked with a number of youth and adult bands, most recently the Rainford and Wingates bands in the North West.
Andrea is incredibly passionate about the future of brass banding and particularly enjoys working with youth bands; she has been involved with the The National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain and the Greater Manchester Youth Brass Band (Greater Manchester Music Education Hub) for many years and is a strong advocate for improving diversity and equality. Alongside her work as a composer, adjudicator, conductor and performer, Andrea has a busy teaching and pastoral role at the world-renowned Chetham's School of Music.
MUSIC PANEL
The Kapitol Promotions Music Panel is responsible for selecting the test-pieces for the Regional and National Championships each year.
The Music Panel enjoys independence in the selection of the test-pieces, and each member of the panel possesses a wide experience in playing with, conducting and adjudicating bands at every level in the five ‘National’ sections. John Maines, Robert Childs, Sandy Smith, Duncan Beckley MBE and Andrea are the current members of this Panel with Philip Morris as Chairman.
If you are a composer or publisher and would like your work to be considered by the Music Panel for either Regional or National level, please get in touch with Tim Jones (Music Panel Administrator - tim@kapitolpromotions.co.uk) for more information. The Music Panel welcomes all submissions equally.
