West Wight Arts Association’s concert on December 11th at Freshwater Memorial Hall starting at 7pm, will be given by the award winning A4 Brass Quartet .

Formed in 2013 at the Royal Northern College of Music, in their first year the Quartet won the coveted Philip Jones Brass Ensemble of the Year prize.

The quartet consists of principal players from some of the UK’s top brass bands, including Brighouse & Rastrick and Foden’s.

They are: Jamie Smith Cornet, Jonathan Bates Tenor Horn, Michael Cavanagh, Baritone Horn and Chris Robertson Euphonium.

With this unusual instrumentation, A4 Brass has actively developed their repertoire, commissioning new music, composing and arranging music themselves.

They will play music by Strauss,, Vaughan Williams, Rutter, Jake Thorpe, Cahn and Styne, Javits and Springer, Frank Loesser and Mendelssohn. In the second half the programme will consist of an pieces from opera arranged by Jonathan Bates.

Tickets at £15.00 (children and students £2.00) are available from the website www.westwightarts.co.uk or from Totland Parish Office on 756028.