Members of Nottingham High School’s Big Band have been celebrating after winning a silver award at the finals of the National Concert Band Festival in Cardiff, the UK’s largest wind and big band festival.
The 18 strong band were one of only five bands in the country to be selected to play, as a result of their previous successes at the regional stages of the competition, where they battled it out against 25 other groups from across the North and the Midlands.
At the final, the Big Band performed a range of music from the 1950’s through to modern Latin American compositions. Vocalist, Oliver Metcalfe, also performed “Feeling Good” by Michael Bublé and saxophonist, Fergal Duggan was presented with an ‘Outstanding Soloist’ award.
