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Born in Wigan, David Lancaster began his musical career as cornet player with Pemberton Old Brass Band. He won the prestigious Alexander Owen Memorial Scholarship in 1976 which enabled him to study trumpet and cornet with Michael Antrobus. David studied music at York and Cambridge Universities where he specialised in composition. Since then his music has been played by many of the leading exponents of new music (including the Kronos Quartet, Lontano, Electric Phoenix, Gemini and No Strings Attached), in concerts and festivals all around the UK including London's South Bank Centre and the Edinburgh Festival.
Since 1994 he has been a senior lecturer at York St John University; he is now in charge of a flourishing Music department where he teaches composition, world music, music technology and performance to postgraduate level. Previously he has taught at colleges in Berkshire and Buckinghamshire and was 'Composer in Residence' at Charterhouse for three years during which time he also worked as freelance trumpet player in London and Paris. In addition to his work in York, David was until recently the External Examiner for Music at Salford University for an unprecedented five year period; he is currently working as External Examiner for Northumbria University. David is a regular feature writer for Brass Band World magazine.
David Lancaster was for fourteen years the Musical Director of the Harrogate Band, during which time the band climbed from the Third Section (1996) to the Championship Section (2003) and established a reputation for innovative and imaginative concert performances. Since leaving Harrogate in 2008 David has directed the Yorkshire Imperial Band and the Kippax Band, a position he still maintains.
David is a member of the NABBC and ABBA and he has adjudicated at several major contests, including the National Finals (2006) and the Yorkshire, North of England and Midlands Regional Championships and Butlins Mineworkers' Championships.
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