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The Musical Director of the City of Greater Dandenong Band is
Colin Lord.
Colin was born in Tasmania in 1961 and moved to Melbourne in 1977 where took up the
position of Soprano Cornet with the Kew Citizens' Band. Colin held this position for ten
years and later became the assistant conductor of the band. Since then, Colin spent two
years as a player and conductor with Footscray-Yarraville Band, prior to accepting the
position of musical director with the City of Glen Eira Band, a position he held for seven
years. He subsequently joined Brunswick Brass Band, on solo cornet and assistant
conductor, a position he still holds. In September 1998, Colin accepted the position of
Musical Director with the City of Greater Dandenong Band.
As a soloist, Colin is widely known as one of Australia's finest soprano and solo cornet
players, having been a consistent place getter in both state, national and international
competitions. Colin's musical arranging skills have also put him among the elite arrangers
for brass bands in Australia, with several of his arrangements being professionally
published. Colin has produced some of the finest Cabaret shows for brass band and has
worked with such artists of the calibre of Denis Walter, Dale Burridge, Donald Cant and
Denise Drysdale.
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