The world's leading brass band will perform a fundraising concert in Ripon Cathedral at 8.00pm on Thursday 27th August as a joint fundraising venture with Leeds Met University's Nepal-based Self Help Group for Cerebral Palsy.

The evening's rich array of music will be conducted by Dr Nicholas Childs, MA, FLCM ARCM (Hons), who is heralded as a leading figure in the worldwide brass community. Dr. Nicholas Childs has rightfully achieved the highest international reputation as a performer, teacher/clinician, conductor, interpreter and advocate of new music, and producer of pacesetting recordings.

The music programme includes arrangements by Paul Lovatt-Cooper and Elgar Howarth and features soloist performances by Richard Marshall (cornet), Sandy Smith (tenor horn), Brett Baker (trombone), Paul Duffy (soprano cornet) and David Thornton (euphonium). The evening will conclude with Wagner's Procession to the Minster.

Tickets are priced at £18 (Reserved, central nave) and £14 (Unreserved) and can be purchased:

• by phone from Ripon Travel on 01765 601689


• online at Leeds Met's website (click here) or


• by post from RCDC, Liberty Courthouse, Minster Road, Ripon, HG4 1QS (cheques made payable to RCDC.)

VIP TICKETS A limited number of VIP tickets for the evening are available for the evening. This unique package includes drinks on arrival at the Cathedral, an opportunity of a private preview of the Great North Art Show with the Chairman of the show and artist John Lowry, a 2-course pre-concert dinner at The Old Deanery Hotel and Restaurant including a glass of wine, front Nave seats for the concert, and interval drinks in the Cathedral Library for only £55 per person.

To purchase VIP tickets or for further information, please email enquiries to: rcdc@riponcathedral.org.uk or telephone 01765 603583.