Reaching the corridors of Cambridge academia

Why do people join and play in brass bands and, in particular, in the rarified academic circles of the collegiate education system? Peter Bassano interviews the Mistress of Cambridge University’s Girton College, Professor Susan Smith, a long-time brass band aficionado, and discovers why brass bands epitomise Girton’s foundational principle and educational ethos

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Photo: Peter Bassano