Rising Soprano Star Joins M&B
The team at Mercer & Barker would like to welcome Ben Fearnley one of the UK's rising exponents of the Soprano Cornet, Ben will take up the role as "Young Ambassador".
please have a read of his Bio below:
Ben is currently a first-year student at the
Royal Northern College of Music, where he studies cornet under Richard Marshall. He currently plays solo cornet with the Black Dyke Band, but often helps the band out on soprano cornet, and has played with bands like hammonds, grimethorpe and leyland.
Some of his highlights include competing in the Swedish nationals on Principal Cornet and his earning
best soprano at the National Brass Championships with Tewit two years in a row.
Ben is also a
member of the National Youth Band of Great Britain, where he has held the principal soprano seat
for his last two courses and was Principal cornet of the Yorkshire Youth Band, tutored under
members of the Black Dyke Band.
He has also recently been invited to play with the European Youth
Band in Lithuania this year on soprano cornet.
Ben currently plays on the MB3-S
please have a read of his Bio below:
Ben is currently a first-year student at the
Royal Northern College of Music, where he studies cornet under Richard Marshall. He currently plays solo cornet with the Black Dyke Band, but often helps the band out on soprano cornet, and has played with bands like hammonds, grimethorpe and leyland.
Some of his highlights include competing in the Swedish nationals on Principal Cornet and his earning
best soprano at the National Brass Championships with Tewit two years in a row.
Ben is also a
member of the National Youth Band of Great Britain, where he has held the principal soprano seat
for his last two courses and was Principal cornet of the Yorkshire Youth Band, tutored under
members of the Black Dyke Band.
He has also recently been invited to play with the European Youth
Band in Lithuania this year on soprano cornet.
Ben currently plays on the MB3-S