The Co-operative Funeralcare Band Appoint Michael Fowles As Musical Director

The Co-operative Funeralcare Band is pleased to announce that Michael Fowles has agreed to be the band's Musical Director for the remainder of 2009. This means that the partnership which saw the band win the Scottish Open Championship in November last year in Perth is renewed and band members are already looking forward with keen anticipation to a series of rehearsals and performances under his leadership.

Speaking about the appointment Michael said "Of course, I'm absolutely delighted to be working with this fine band again this year. During the week before the Scottish Open last November I very quickly felt that a good working relationship was developing and I was particularly impressed with the speed with which the band responded to my ideas on St Magnus. This left me in no doubt that I would be happy to work with the band again and I'm thoroughly looking forward to the rest of the year ahead".

Commenting on the band's behalf, band manager Robin Basu said "It was obvious that there was a real chemistry between Michael and the band during the run-up to the Scottish Open last year and this most clearly manifested itself during our winning performance. We feel that Michael has the potential to be "something really big" among brass band conductors in the future and are looking forward to the rest of 2009 under his direction".

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