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Howard J Evans |
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| Howard has a well-established musical career as a pianist, a teacher, and as a conductor. He started studying brass at the age of seven and, by the age of ten, was also studying the pianoforte, the french horn and violoncello.
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| He graduated with a Mus.B (Hons) degree from the University of Manchester and also obtained LRAM, LTCL and ARCM (Hons) diplomas in piano teaching and performing as well as in brass teaching. As a postgraduate pianist of the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, he obtained a Diploma in Performance Studies.
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| As a pianist and as a conductor he has since performed at many venues throughout the United Kingdom, and has made regular visits overseas to Canada and the USA as well as many European countries such as Holland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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| For some time he has also been involved in the Salvation Army brass scene, becoming the National Bandmaster United Kingdom from 1988. In May 2000 he was appointed Director of Music in the Netherlands and conductor of the Amsterdam Staff Band. During the last few years he has been in demand as a guest conductor for a number of bands, including a Celebrity Brass Band for the new recording of the brass version of Karl Jenkins' The Armed Man, and the Leyland Band at the RNCM Festival of Brass in 2008. Since April 2001 he has had the added distinction of conducting the Boscombe Band.
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| In 2005 Howard completed a Performance based Masters degree with Distinction from Salford University, majoring in conducting. Since January 2007 he has also been working as a Visiting Lecturer at the University, specialising in the performance areas. This developed further in October 2008 when he was appointed to a Visiting Fellowship. More recently he was also awarded his Doctor of Musical Arts from Salford University. In addition to these many assignments he undertakes work as an examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music as well as adjudicating at music festivals and brass band contests.
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