Paul Hindmarsh was introduced to music through the brass bands of the Salvation Army. A graduate of Birmingham University, he was much in demand during the late 1970’s and 1980’s as a tenor soloist, including appearances at the Edinburgh International Festival, regular broadcasts and recordings. Much of Paul Hindmarsh’s wider career in music has focussed on aspects of British Music. After graduating, he began an extended period of study on the music of Frank Bridge. His Thematic Catalogue (Faber,1982) has become the standard reference work on this composer. Since then he has been the author of many articles and CD notes on Bridge’s music, including the acclaimed orchestral music series from Chandos, for which he was also the music editor and programme consultant. Paul has prepared many new works by Bridge for publication, and has also adapted a number of theatre and radio works by Benjamin Britten for the concert hall, including Johnson over Jordan and King Arthur.Between 1985 and 2006, Paul Hindmarsh was a producer for BBC Radio 3, working on a range of programmes with an emphasis on British music, choral and brass band music. He began the BBC Festival of Brass in the early 1990s and is currently artistic director of its successor, the Royal Northern College of Music Festival of Brass. He has commissioned over thirty new works for the brass band medium, either through the BBC or through the Brass Band Heritage Trust, which he founded in 1994. He contributed the chapter on the brass band repertoire of the 20th century to The British Brass Band (OUP, 2000) and is currently writing a study of the wind and brass music of John McCabe. He is also editing the complete works of the composer Wilfred Heaton, whose biography he will be researching. Paul is also active as a recording producer with a number of prize winning brass, chamber and orchestral CDs to his credit.In July 2006 he was invited to become Editor of the monthly brass magazine BBW. In September he will assume the role of Consultant in Brass Band Studies for the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.In 2005 Paul Hindmarsh was awarded the Iles Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians for his services to the brass band movement.
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