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2012 Don Lusher competition winner

Published on Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:21

Written by Geoff Wolmark

2012 Don Lusher competition winner

Kieran McCleod, a student at the Royal Academy of Music, was chosen as the winner of the 2012 BTS Don Lusher Competition. Kieran, who beat two other finalists to win the coveted Don Lusher Competition plaque, also received a brand new, top-of-the-range Yamaha jazz trombone provided by kind courtesy of Yamaha UK. We hope to hear Kieran perform at a BTS day later this year. Further details will be published on this site. (L-R: Kieran McCleod, Sheila Tracy (judge), Steve Sykes (2010 winner, judge), Bill Geldard (judge), Diana Lusher.

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