Whitburn Sign Young Cornet Star

Whitburn Band is delighted to announce the signing of Susannah Downs to the cornet section.

 

Susannah, who is currently the principal cornet of the West Lothian Schools Brass Band and principal trumpet of the West Lothian Schools Orchestra, has joined the band on tutti solo cornet.

 

She has previously played with Unison Kinneil and Newtongrange.

 

The 17-year-old follows in the footsteps of her father Owen, who enjoyed a long and illustrious spell with Whitburn on soprano cornet between 1983 and 1997.

 

Amongst his many victories, he was part of the Whitburn Band which won the Grand Shield in 1991.

 

Susannah, who is also on the solo cornet bench at the National Youth Brass Band of Scotland, joins Whitburn only a few months after she became the East of Scotland Solo Champion in the youth category (16-21 years)

 

She said: "I am delighted to be part of Whitburn Band and I feel that I now have the opportunity to develop even more as a player due to the band's high standards. I want to win as many Scottish medals as my dad!

 

 

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