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Ian Ford - Principal Cornet*
Ian has been playing for over 30 years, performing with many local bands including Marshfield, Bristol East, Bendix and now Wotton Band. His best 'banding' moment was when Wotton qualified for the 2007 National Brass Finals. Ian's favorite piece of music is Northern Landscape by Peter Graham, and his favourite musician is the legendary Cornet player Roger Webster. Ian is currently employed as a Technology Teacher.
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Ken Stout - Solo Cornet*
Ken has been playing corner for over 35 years. He has enjoyed spells with other Bands including Bristol East and Stourport bands. He joined Wotton in early 2007 and has quickly become a key member of the band. His favourite piece of music is The Maid on the Moor by Goff Richards, and his favourite composer is Kenneth Downie.
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Diane Ansell - Solo Cornet |
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Mark Hale - Solo Cornet*
Mark has been playing for 35 years, 30 of which were spent with the Bristol East Band. He has helped out many other local bands including Bendix, Clevedon and Portishead. His favourite piece of music is Pagannini Variations.
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Bruce Davies - Soprano Cornet
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Jo Woodman - Repiano Cornet*
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Stuart Woodman - 2nd Cornet*
Stuart has been playing for over 25 years. He has been a member of the Wotton band for over 20 years, initially joining on tuba before moving to cornet. He comes from a musical family with his two sons, Jon (Flugel) and Alistair Percussionist, plus his daughter in-law, Jo (Repiano Cornet) all being talented musicians. Stuart is also an active member of the band committee.
His favourite piece of music is anything by Goff Richards
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Lucy Seddon - 2nd Cornet*
Lucy began playing the cornet when she was a teenager (she won't tell us how long ago that was!!!) when both herself and her Dad had lessons at Frome Band. She had a gap of over 20 years before joining Wotton Band. One of her favourite pieces of music is David of the White Rock.
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Val Pullin - 3rd Cornet
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David 'Mac' Chappell -3rd Cornet*
Mac is one of the most experienced members of the band with over 53 years of music making. A remarkable 47 of these years were spent playing for the Chalford Band, before joinng Wotton 6 years ago. Amongst Mac's favourite composers are Eric Ball, Arthur Bliss and Kenneth Downie. His favourite pieces of music include Journey into Freedom and Night on a Bare Mountain.
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Charlie Poole - 3rd Cornet |