Allan Withington will link up with Dutch champion, Soli Brass to offer conductors a fantastic opportunity to be inspired to meet the challenges of the post-Covid musical world.
2020 Winner: Philip Harper
A clear winner in the Conductor of the Year category and one that is fast becoming the hegemony of Philip of Cory Band. This is his fifth win in eight years.
Only Covid-19 perhaps stopped him adding even more success to his already weighty contesting CV, but it was his ability to turn his hand to other skills away from the conducting rostrum this year that also maintained his musical profile.
He has been the driving force behind Cory s impressive on-line presence since the lockdown banding period began from the first of the social media performances to their online championships with more to come