The BBW Interview: David King
One of the most dynamic figures in worldwide brass banding, Professor David King, recently returned to his native Australia with yet another title conquest - this time the British ‘National’. However, for the man dubbed ‘the green boy from the brown land’ when he arrived on British shores, musical greatness lies not in record-breaking statistics, but in the process of making music and educating musicians, as David Childs discovered when he caught up with the maestro.
‘Revered as one of the most successful conductors of all time, David King’s prowess as a musician, educator and motivator has led to countless accolades across two hemispheres. A quite phenomenal contest record substantiates his mastery of brass band conducting in particular, but his musical journey began as an instrumentalist back home in Australia where, as an eight-year-old, he received cornet and trumpet lessons from his father, Edward, a self-taught musician and amateur boxer’...
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