Cdr. (Ret.) George Morrison, B.Mus., CD.
Commander George Morrison was born in Toronto, Ontario, where he studied trumpet and piano before joining the Royal Canadian Navy as a Musician. In 1965 Commander Morrison attended the Royal Canadian Navy School of Music where he studied to become a director of Music. After his promotion to commissioned rank, he served as a training officer at the Canadian Forces School of Music in Victoria, British Columbia, as the Director of Music of the Stadacona Band of Maritime Command, as Assistant Supervisor of Music at National Defense Headquarters in Ottawa, and from 1984 until retirement in...
Read MoreBarry Banks
Barry is a resident of HRM who had his first music lesson on the cornet when he was 7 years old. Throughout the years he has continued to be a student of this instrument dedicated to excellence, learning and simply enjoying the joy of making music. He has played in a number of brass groups throughout the years and currently is a member of two: Brass Impact and since January 2011, Chester Brass. Barry is Spiritual Care Clinician who works in Capital Health’s Mental Health Program, is an adjunct professor with the Atlantic School of Theology and has a private psychotherapy practice in...
Read MoreDavid Friendly
David began playing bugle at age 8 and was in the Air Cadet Drum and Bugle Corps in Shawinigan, Quebec at age 10. He took up the cornet and later switched to trumpet in high school, continuing as a player and President of the McGill Redmen Marching Band in the late 1960s. Life took over, and like many hobby musicians, David left the trumpet to a dark closet for most of the next 20 years. News of a new Brass Band in Ottawa encouraged David to get back into playing cornet. When a transfer brought him to Calgary, he joined the Westwinds adult music organization, playing trumpet in both...
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St. Stephen's Fundraiser, featuring the Chester Brass Band and Scotia Brass
Back to the band hall for rehearsal tonight. A new round of summer concerts is fast approaching! Check us out May… http://t.co/nPSwV64p
Back to the band hall for rehearsal tonight. A new round of summer concerts is fast approaching! Check us out May 26th at the Chester cadets review, and June 3rd with Scotia Brass!
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