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Maria Fricker - Brass Band Conductor
Maria started playing the euphonium at the age of eleven with the Trowbridge and District Youth Band. After leaving secondary school she went on to obtain a degree in Band Musicianship at the University of Salford, specialising in conducting and arranging for brass and wind. Deciding on a career in teaching, Maria went on to gain her PGCE qualification and is currently Head of Music at a secondary school in Chippenham, Wiltshire.
In 1998 Maria received the Roy Newsome Conducting Award from the University of Salford and became a member of the NABBC in 2001. Prior to conducting Bratton Silver Band she was the Musical Director of Chalgrove Band in Oxfordshire and in Feb 2004 she conducted the Fairey FP (Music) Band as part of the Dennis and Maud Wright Conducting Award. More recently she has been the Musical Director of the Corsham Band in Wiltshire.
Maria is currently developing her own brass band website - Brass Band Stuff.
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