Reg. Charity No.1117509
The Matthew Fulham Foundation
A Note From Dan Baker the Event Organiser
I am incredibly grateful to the amazing musicians on stage this evening -
As soon as I read about Matthew Fulham’s death, and that he’d been a talented young trombone player, I knew I had to do something to show my support. I’ve been overwhelmed that everyone I’ve spoken to has felt the same way and wanted to come along and get involved.
To have some of the country’s finest musicians performing for this cause is a tremendous
honour and demonstrates that brass players are a unique community -
In particular the efforts of Peter Collins, leading the first half, and Bob Hughes, directing the second, have made my job of organising this event much easier.
My personal thanks to Roger Harvey too, for his support and advice. I would also
like to thank BBC TV’s Dominic Heale for agreeing, without hesitation, to compere
proceedings, accepting only half a lager as his fee! Joe De Bie of Synthax UK is
kindly recording the whole event for us -
The event has been generously sponsored by Leicester-
contributed towards the cost of the venue but have also donated as many CD’s of their
own brass ensemble as we can sell with all proceeds going to the charity -
Thanks also to the staff of the Y Theatre and of course to you for coming along.
If you would like to be kept notified about similar events in the future please fill
out the enclosed form and place it in the box near the exit. The family and friends
of Matthew Fulham are doing an incredible, inspirational job of turning an absolute
tragedy into such a positive and important campaign -
Dan Baker
Event organiser