Internationally renowned as The Voice of the Tenor Horn, Sheona White’s NEW MUSIC FOR Eb TENOR HORN AND STRING ORCHESTRA will be released January 26, 2024 on Phoenix USA recordings (PHCD190). An instrument renown as an integral part of Brass Bands, the Eb Tenor Horn here steps forward as the featured soloist. Performing compositions that have been newly created for SHEONA, they are uniquely accompanied by a String Orchestra, (a musical arrangement previously unknown).

During her early years Sheona’s prodigious talent was recognized when she won the prestigious title of BBC Radio 2 Young Musician of the Year performing at The Queen Elizabeth Hall, London accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra. Other individual achievements include the first female winner of the British Open Solo Championships, the Harry Mortimer Performance Prize, the Stanley Wainright Memorial Trophy for Best Soloist at The British Open Brass Band Championships and being selected as a finalist in the Cosmopolitan Women of Achievement Awards.

Sheona has performed with many of the world’s premier brass bands including Brighouse & Rastrick, Black Dyke and the Yorkshire Building Society Brass Band with whom she was Principal Horn for many years. During the ‘YBS era’, Sheona shared in the band’s huge success worldwide. This included winning the All England Masters 3 times, the British Open 4 times and representing England in the European ‘EBBA’ festival on 10 occasions, winning the European Championships an unprecedented 8 times in these 10 appearances.

Available from

• www.phoenixcd.com
• www.sheonawhite.co.uk
• iTunes
• •Amazon