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BAND

Adam Hutchins
Musical Director
Adam is a busy professional musician who has lived in New Mills for over 40 years. He played in New Mills Band from 1986-1992 under the direction of Charles Woodward, touring in Germany along with many UK concerts.
In 1992, Adam joined Stockport’s “Stagesound” and “New Lights” big bands before moving to study piano, trombone and voice at Leeds College of Music in 1995. He graduated with the BA (Hons) in Jazz Studies in 1998 and continued onto the Postgraduate Diploma at Salford University until 2000.
Adam currently tours nationwide with “The Amy Winehouse Experience,” plays piano in two big bands, runs the Tatton Flower Show bandstand, works at New Mills Art Theatre and takes on a variety of session work with different groups.
He also teaches piano at four secondary schools, composes music for multimedia and runs a weekly college soul band in Manchester. Adam is married with two daughters and one Labrador!
ARTICLES ABOUT ADAM:
THE PLAYERS
Cornet
Frank Allan
Freda Rashdi
Louise Lomas
Nick Snowden
Richard Emerton
Ruth Lupton
Sarah Cockerill
Sarah Dale
Stephen Dearden
Stephen Gould
Flugelhorn
Katherine Morley
Sheila Walton
Tenor Horn
Diane Ives
Ian Watt
Ray Wild
Stephen Blythe
Baritone
Helen Dove
Lloyd Dewhurst
Euphonium
Karen Cridland
Laura Smith
Matthew Hulley
Trombone
Graeme Lawton
Nicola Hawkins
Rodger Bottomley
E♭ Bass
Harry Cunningham
THE TEAM
President Joyce Tyldesley
Chair Ruth Lupton @
Treasurer Harry Cunningham @
Secretary Nick Snowden
Musical Director Adam Hutchins @
Band Manager Richard Emerton
Ordinary Committee Members
Diane Ives Graeme Lawton
Lloyd Dewhurst Matthew Hulley
Sarah Dale
Archivist Stephen Dearden
Instruments Manager Lloyd Dewhurst @
Junior Band Leader Stephen Blythe
Junior Band Tutor Harry Cunningham
Junior Band Organiser (acting) Lloyd Dewhurst @
Learner Group Leader Harry Cunningham
Learner Group Admin Ruth Lupton @
Librarian Graeme Lawton @
Membership Secretary Sarah Dale @
Social Secretary Matthew Hulley @
Wardrobe Manager Sarah Cockerill
Welfare Officer Stephen Blythe
Website Manager Lloyd Dewhurst @
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