{"id":9130,"date":"2018-12-13T09:38:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T09:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=9130"},"modified":"2018-12-14T10:26:41","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T10:26:41","slug":"university-big-band-featured-on-bbc-radio-kent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2018\/12\/13\/university-big-band-featured-on-bbc-radio-kent\/","title":{"rendered":"University Big Band featured on BBC Radio Kent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The preparations to the University Big Band&#8217;s annual <em>Christmas Swingalong<\/em> were featured on BBC Radio Kent last night on <strong>The Dominic King Show.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9126\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/12\/20181212_173539.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5312\" height=\"2988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/12\/20181212_173539.jpg 5312w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/12\/20181212_173539-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/12\/20181212_173539-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/12\/20181212_173539-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5312px) 100vw, 5312px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Your Loyal Correspondent is heard talking with the conductor of the Big Band, Ian Swatman, as well as student players Owen Kerry (Physics), Megan Daniel (Law), Fleur Sumption (History of Art) and David Curtiss\u00a0 (Physics) about life in the ensemble, fitting music into their academic life, and Christmas jumpers&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9132\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9132\" style=\"width: 5312px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9132\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/12\/20181207_151112.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5312\" height=\"2988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/12\/20181207_151112.jpg 5312w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/12\/20181207_151112-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/12\/20181207_151112-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/12\/20181207_151112-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5312px) 100vw, 5312px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Talking heads: l-r Owen Kerry, Fleur Sumption, David Curtiss, Megan Daniel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9131\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9131\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9131\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/12\/Dominic_King.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/12\/Dominic_King.jpg 320w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/12\/Dominic_King-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2018\/12\/Dominic_King-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BBC Radio Kent presenter, Dominic King<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You can listen to the interview online\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/p06rlv2d\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>, starting at 1 hr 28 mins and 31 secs. 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