Horn player Sheona White will play with the acclaimed brass band at the contest in Birmingham in September.

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Among the musicians was Schuller himself, a young French Horn player.

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The band's manager Terry Webster has described her as "a quality horn player" who offered her services, having previously played for Foden's and the Yorkshire Building Society band.

BBC: Music teacher to play for Grimethorpe Colliery band

The lights went down again, the horn player rebooted, and a spotlight revealed Mayweather and Cotto standing in opposing box seats, like a boxing version of Statler and Waldorf from the Muppets.

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There simply had never been anything quite like it before, as the horn player ditched the harmonic foundation traditionally provided by piano or guitar and ventured forth with just a drummer and bassist in tow.

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In 2001, Charles Ables, Horn's bass player for more than 30 years, died.

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And just a couple of years ago, the saxophone player strapped his horn around my neck and showed me where to place my fingers on the keyboard and how to blow, and I did and I felt utterly transported.

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