As part of its ongoing and widespread support for young music makers, Denis Wick is very proud to support MusicFest Canada in its inspiring work for young Canadian musicians and sponsors the Denis Wick Canadian Wind Orchestra /L’orchestre a vent Canadien Denis Wick 2022, which is made up of some of Canada’s finest young wind players. It is conducted by two brilliant music educators and renowned conductors, Dr Mark Hopkins and Dr Gillian MacKay. This year the live event at the National Finals had to be cancelled because of COVID restrictions,
4BR Special Award 2021
This year’s 4BR Special Award goes to Denis Wick — a man who revolutionised the way modern brass band sounds.
There are very few people associated with the brass band movement who can genuinely be described as architects of revolution.
Denis Wick
One such is Denis Wick, the recipient of the 2021 4BR Special Award.
His remarkably informed musical insight linked to an equally refined business acumen revolutionised the sound of the modern,
Steven Greenall joins Denis Wick Board
The Queens-award winning business and leading British manufacturer, Denis Wick Products Limited, has appointed Steven Greenall to its board of directors. Denis Wick, who turned 90 earlier this year, has also retired as a director of the company that he founded fifty-three years ago.
Steven has built an outstanding reputation in the music industry as the Founder and CEO of Warwick Music Group, also winners of the prestigious Queens Award for Enterprise, and the company behind the best-selling and carbon-neutral plastic musical instruments – pBone,
Disinfecting Musical Instruments and Aerosol Production during COVID-19 – Free Webinar on Thursday 25th February
Denis Wick is very pleased to be one of the sponsors of an important piece of research by CSFI on the COVID-19 Disinfection of Musical Instruments. Their work has been sponsored by Buffet-Crampon, Conn-Selmer, Selmer Paris, Vandoren and Denis Wick amongst others. The CSFI (the French Musical Instrument Manufacturing Association) have conducted some extremely thorough research and will be presenting their findings at a Webinar hosted by the MIA on Thursday 25th February from 6.00 – 7.00 PM.
Bell Covers are here!
Denis Wick has teamed up with a leading Northern textile company to produce new stretchable bell covers that reduce the risk of spreading harmful airborne droplets and aerosols produced by brass instruments. The covers are very easy to fit and make no perceptible difference to the sound of the instrument. The player might notice a very slight difference in response in the high register, but the sound remains true from low to high.
This product will be popular amongst school ensembles,
New Album from tuba virtuoso Aaron Tindall
Denis Wick Artists Aaron Tindall is releasing his new album this week! This highly anticipated CD includes the wonderful Yellowbird by Fred Tackett, written in 1972 for Roger Bobo. Fred Tackett is a legendary session guitarist who played in Little Feat and The Band, and his Yellowbird is written for tuba and jazz quartet. The piece receives a virtuoso performance from Aaron, who is backed by a stunning line-up of players from the faculty at the Frost School of Music;
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Byron Wallen – a new album from this original and innovative Denis Wick Artist
Portrait – Reflections on Belonging is the new much anticipated fifth album from London-based trumpeter and composer Byron Wallen, and reflects his study of indigenous cultures connecting people from all over the world.
Byron says “This album is a meditation and reflection on the powerful impact that music has had on my life. It was conceived whilst sitting in the central square in Woolwich, an area of South East London.
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Beautiful Sunshine…
May was a beautiful sunny month in Poole and our solar panels generated a massive 4 MWh of power. During working hours this power was used in the factory. When the factory was shut it was fed back into the grid. Since the installation of the panels we have saved 28,294 kg of CO2 emissions, the equivalent of planting 1,295.18 trees. Denis Wick is proud to be part of the effort to reduce global warming!
Denis Wick Artists Summit
Musicians have had all their performing work cancelled, but Denis Wick Artists got together on-line to have an Artists Summit. Stephen Wick took part in the online session where this diverse group of players, normally so busy, had the leisure to describe what they were doing with their enforced down time. Many of the artists already have a well-developed online presence. Denis Wick Artist Christopher Bill is the most subscribed brass player on Facebook with 450,000 followers.
