Best of British in Tokyo 

Professor Nicholas Childs, Musical Director of the World famous Black Dyke Band has once again took his baton to Tokyo for the 'British Brass' concert series, held in the magnificent Maeda Concert Hall. Senzoka Gaken College gave their latest performance to a capacity audience and featured over 140 brass and percussion players, alongside harp and grand organ, with Director  Masanori Fukuda, Takeo Yamamoto and Nicholas Childs. 
 
This year's concert was the 46th in this highly successful series with the Intermediate Band being led by Distinguished Professor Takeo Yamamoto, performing works by Masanori Fukuda, 'A Day on September' and Satoshi Yagisawa's 'Primavera-beautiful mountain winds'. 
 
The Elite and Massed bands were directed by Visiting Professor Nicholas Childs. The Elite performing Johan de Meji's 'Extreme Makeover', the composer himself sending a personal message acknowledging a spectacular and special performance! 
 
The massed bands performed 'The Four Scottish Dances', 'Fire in The Blood', with the grand finale being two movements from Respighi's 'Pines of Rome', the 'Villa Borghese' and the 'Appian Way', arranged by Howard Snell. 

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