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Soon after moving to the LSO, Wick moved the LSO section from .485" bore Boosey
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in premiering the famous trombone concerto. This piece shows off the advances in technique that he was making: the cadenza in the last movement makes great use of warm-up and flexibility studies that Wick had developed and would prove hugely influential in the teaching of brass players in
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the larger sound, but post-war import restrictions made these instruments impossible to obtain legally before 1958. Certainly he was a pioneer in
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band. He played with the band until the age of 15 and soon joined Luton Brass Band which was enjoying considerable national success at the time. At the age of 16 he heard his first orchestral concert, and
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from 1950, but claims he was frustrated with not learning anything there. Sid
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from 1957–1988. He was the principal trombonist in the London
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