Martyn Brabbins, Cheltenham International Festival of Music artistic director lives in Ruscombe with his family. He didn't make Gloucestershire's Top 100 in The Echo/Weekend Citizen chart this weekend, but he was listed amongst those "who didn't quite make it..."
Photos: Standish Woods - look amazingMartyn was associate principal conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra between 1994 and 2005 and has worked with most of the major orchestras in Britain.
"Martyn Brabbins is one of Britain's leading and most versatile conducting talents, widely respected for his flawless musicianship, artistic integrity and programming skills."Intermusica' have this quote about him and also lots more about his work on their website here. I've not seen him in action but have heard his sons' band play locally.
Such charts as this Top 100 are a bit of nonsense and fail to celebrate the many thousands whose contributions deserve to be celebrated - indeed this papers Top 100 seems to consist mainly of sports folk, celebrities, politicians and royalty. How about next year celebrating the many unsung heroes in our community?
2 comments:
Wait a minute. You're not Philip Booth, I'M Philip Booth.
Then again, neither one of us can claim to be the acclaimed New England poet named Philip Booth, can we?
Have not come across many Philip Booths' - theres Phil Booth who plays such a big role coordinating NO2ID and a Philip Booth who used to advertise massages in Bristol - and apparently another Green party member in Bristol - maybe the same?
At one time I did like the idea of meeting all the other Philip Booths - Dave Gorman did it for Gormans:
http://www.davegorman.com/
Maybe one day.
As for this site - more politics than poetry.
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