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    The Big Band of the University of Lancaster Music Society has been performing successfully in Lancaster and surrounding areas for over a decade. They audition new musicians each year and conductors at the end of each academic year to find the best players. This year's vocalists are Gabriela Griffiths and William Evans. Key members providing leadership include Josh Goddard, Henry Moss, Edwin Reynolds, and Jeremy Morgan. With these skilled players, the band is able to perform more challenging modern arrangements while still including favorite classic tunes. Their upcoming performance will feature arrangements of "Caravan", "When You Wish Upon A Star", and "The Birth of the Blues".

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    The Big Band of the University of Lancaster Music Society has been performing successfully in Lancaster and surrounding areas for over a decade. They audition new musicians each year and conductors at the end of each academic year to find the best players. This year's vocalists are Gabriela Griffiths and William Evans. Key members providing leadership include Josh Goddard, Henry Moss, Edwin Reynolds, and Jeremy Morgan. With these skilled players, the band is able to perform more challenging modern arrangements while still including favorite classic tunes. Their upcoming performance will feature arrangements of "Caravan", "When You Wish Upon A Star", and "The Birth of the Blues".

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    The Big Band of the University of Lancaster Music Society has been performing successfully in Lancaster and surrounding areas for over a decade. They audition new musicians each year and conductors at the end of each academic year to find the best players. This year's vocalists are Gabriela Griffiths and William Evans. Key members providing leadership include Josh Goddard, Henry Moss, Edwin Reynolds, and Jeremy Morgan. With these skilled players, the band is able to perform more challenging modern arrangements while still including favorite classic tunes. Their upcoming performance will feature arrangements of "Caravan", "When You Wish Upon A Star", and "The Birth of the Blues".

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    Big Band Info For Proms

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    Matthew Peter Clare
    The Big Band of the University of Lancaster Music Society has been performing successfully in Lancaster and surrounding areas for over a decade. They audition new musicians each year and conductors at the end of each academic year to find the best players. This year's vocalists are Gabriela Griffiths and William Evans. Key members providing leadership include Josh Goddard, Henry Moss, Edwin Reynolds, and Jeremy Morgan. With these skilled players, the band is able to perform more challenging modern arrangements while still including favorite classic tunes. Their upcoming performance will feature arrangements of "Caravan", "When You Wish Upon A Star", and "The Birth of the Blues".

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    As one of the major ensembles of the University of Lancaster Music Society (ULMS),

    the Big Band has always had a special place in Lancaster and the surrounding area.
    We have gone from strength to strength in the last decade, performing in the bars
    and clubs of Lancaster on a semi-regular basis. We audition potential musicians
    every year based on their sight-reading, intuition, improvisational ability, and general
    musicianship to find the best players possible for the roles in the band. Similarly, the
    conductors are auditioned at the end of each academic year.
     
    The auditioned vocalists this year are Gabriela Griffiths and William Evans. Gabriela
    has the soft subtle tone that was lost in the 80s when "big belt" was all the rage,
    reminding us of Nina Simone and Billie Holiday wrapped up into one. William Evans
    combines his musical theatre training with his love for the Big Band genre to give us
    an upbeat Rat Pack-esque performance mixed in with a very sharp wit.
     
    Josh Goddard has been the leader of the saxophone section for two years and has
    been in the band for approximately seven years in total. Josh is a skilled pianist, alto
    saxophonist, and singer; able to lend a hand to help almost every section in the band
    when necessary. Henry Moss is a new addition to the band but has led the trombone
    section to be the strongest it has been in the last 5 years. With his great knowledge
    of blues, funk, and soul music, Henry is able to put a beautiful raspy sound onto the
    top notes, really giving a juicy edge to everything he plays.
     
    Edwin Reynolds is also a relatively new addition to the band, but his 1940s tone and
    his improvisational ability have brought nothing but joy and awe to all those who
    listen to him play. Robert Richardson leads the band from the back with his
    incredible range of volume and pitch. Having played in some of the finest brass
    bands in the country, Robert has developed a keen eye for detail and puts it to use
    leading his section through harder and more adventurous music.
     
    Finally, powering us through from the back of the room is Jeremy Morgan, our
    drummer extraordinaire. With a swing groove that would make Buddy Rich take
    notice, this guy is the cornerstone of the Big Band and has really allowed the band to
    take the shape it has today. With these key players allowing the band to play more
    difficult music and reach new heights, the band has taken a step back from some of
    the classic Big Band arrangements, favouring more modern takes on classic songs.
    However, all your favourite tunes will be in there, just with a few unexpected twists
    attached. Come along and enjoy the show!
    PLAYER’S LIST

    Conductors:
    Matthew Clare
    Saday Lakhani

    Vocalists:
    Gabriela Griffiths
    William Evans

    Saxophones:
    Josh Goddard (Lead Alto)
    Lily Wearden (Alto 2)
    Elly Spiers (Alto 2)
    Chris Williams (Tenor 1)
    Andy Walker (Tenor 2)
    Vanessa Woffindin (Tenor 2)
    Menai Lamers James (Baritone Sax)

    Trombones:
    Henry Moss (Lead Trombone)
    Kirsty Brown (Trombone 2)
    Alex Warwick (Trombone 3)
    Harry Smith (Bass Trombone)

    Trumpets:
    Robert Richardson (Lead Trumpet)
    Julian Shield (Assistant Lead Trumpet)
    Edwin Reynolds (Solo Trumpet)
    Georgia Williams (Trumpet 3)
    Henry Boyle (Trumpet 4)

    Rhythm:
    Chris Holloway (Keyboard)
    Luke Jeeves (Rhythm Guitar)
    Dom Bowyer (Bass Guitar)
    Jeremy Morgan (Drums)
    SETLIST

    Caravan – Juan Tizol & Duke Ellington; arr. Matthew Clare

    When You Wish Upon A Star – Leigh Harline & Ned Washington; arr. Callum Au

    The Birth Of The Blues – Ray Henderson, Lew Brown, & Buddy DeSylva; Sammy
    Davis Jr.
    MATTHEW BIO

    Matthew Clare, who is approaching the end of his third year as the conductor of the
    Big Band, is a former musician for The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s
    Theatre, conductor of the National Youth Music Theatre, and resident Soul and
    Motown trumpeter for The Soul Convicts. Matthew has almost 15 years of live
    performance experience as a function player and has performed at venues across
    Europe, with highlights including having played alongside or as part of support acts
    for George Benson, Madonna, Travis, The James Taylor Quartet, Cascada, Radio
    1's Matt Edmonson, Soweto Kinch, Hot 8 Brass Band, Britain’s Got Talent’s Ella
    Shaw, The Voice's Kiki DeVille, Fuse ODG, and Simply Red's Ian Kirkham.
    Matthew’s love of the Big Band genre started when he joined the Lancashire
    Schools’ Jazz Orchestra at the age of 9, which, alongside following and working
    under trumpeters including Dan Houghton, Andy Greenwood, Ryan Quigley, and Mic
    Gillette, shaped Matthew into one of the finest Bebop trumpeters in the North West.

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