Tenor Horns
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Charlie Young
Solo Horn
Joined ?
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Marianna Barker
1st Horn
Joined 2008
Marianna comes from a history of brass banding dating back to her father’s homeland of Holland.
Like many brass players, Marianna played and practiced her way through the rankings of the Victorian Bands League, joining Frankston City Band at the age of 13 and from there played solo cornet with a number of bands in Melbourne’s growing South East area, including Dandenong and Moorabbin.
Along the way Marianna changed to Horn and enjoyed a fruitful musical and brass playing experience under her mentor the late Alex Ferguson.
Always looking for a challenge it was time for Marianna to finally move to Hawthorn, first under Tom Paulin and then under Peter Sykes. She then returned to Darebin on Solo horn and finally to the Kew band.
Her teachers included the “Incomparable” Mervin Simpson while Marianna studied at the Victorian College of the Arts, Brian Shipley and Sigmund Sokolowski.
Marianna’s husband, three children, father and son-in-law all play in brass bands making it a truly family affair. -
Todd Reed
2nd Horn
Joined 2004
Todd joined Kew Band in 2004 after spending the previous three years at Moreland-Brunswick Band. He first began playing music at age 9 and is married to our flugel horn player, Jill. Todd was previously associated with Kew having played tenor horn on the CD recording 'Fortuna' and by participating in the Band's 1999 tour of Japan.
Todd also played with Kew on permit for their year 2000 A-Grade Nationals win in Launceston, Tasmania under the baton of band leader Mark Ford. Todd's previous brass bands include Marong Municipal (Hopetoun) Band (1985-1992), Greater Bendigo Concert Brass (1993-1999) & Moreland Brunswick Band (2000-2003). In his private life Todd is an Engineer with Meinhardt Infrastructure & Environment.
