BBE Appoints New Young Trustees
Following a successful recruitment exercise seeking interested candidates between the ages of 18-25, two new ‘young’ trustees will be joining the BBE Board. Successful candidates Reuben Tendler and Hannah Beach join BBE’s experienced board of trustees, responsible for the strategic direction and governance of the organisation. BBE’s Chair Mike Kilroy commented, “Both Reuben and Hannah were outstanding candidates who I am certain will bring valuable perspective, experience and challenge to Brass Bands England. Having already taken part in a staff and trustee Away Day a few weeks ago, their thoughts and ideas are already proving an asset to the team.”
Hannah began playing the cornet aged 8 with Tameside Music Service and played in several youth brass ensembles throughout her time in education. She moved away from Manchester in 2019 to study Music at the University of Birmingham, joining the Music Society brass band first on cornet and later soprano cornet. She joined the committee as Brass Band Manager and then went on to become the President of the Music Society. Academically, Hannah majored in musicology and specialised in ethnomusicology and globalisation, writing her final year dissertation on how music is used in entertainment media and theatre to convey themes of community and protest in 80s Britain, with a case study on the distinctive sound of brass bands and its associations with class and place. Hannah now works at the University of Birmingham as the University Music Administrator where she supports the provision of practical music-making on campus. She works with student ensemble managers and visiting artists in both the day-to-day running of ensembles and in the delivery of their termly concerts. She also undertakes freelance arts management work, alongside working on ad hoc projects for artists in the Birmingham jazz scene. In November 2022, she joined the Langley Band on cornet and has since enjoyed a variety of exciting concerts and contests with the group.
Reuben has been a brass player since aged 9, with his foray into brass banding beginning aged 16 on bass trombone at Long Eaton Silver Prize Training Band, before a stint on trombone at Carlton Brass. Reuben studied music at the University of Oxford, where he was President of the Music Society and conductor of the Brass Band, overseeing the return of live music-making after the pandemic. In early 2022 a nasty case of COVID substantially set back his trombone playing, as well as indefinitely postponing his UniBrass conducting debut. Since graduating in 2023, Reuben has embarked on a career in arts development, first at the Royal College of Music, and now at Glyndebourne. This most recent role has seen a relocation to East Sussex, where he sits happily on the back row of Lewes, Glynde and Beddingham Brass Band. Reuben comes to BBE with an interest in fundraising and EDI, and an enthusiasm to learn more about arts governance and risk management.
Further information can be found at: https://www.bbe.org.uk/news01032024-0832/new-young-trustees-confirmed-brass-bands-england
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