Zash Brazell

Zash is one of the longest standing members of Reading All Steel Percussion Orchestra (RASPO) and is a passionately committed musician playing bass pans, guitar pans, drums and percussion since 2002.

Following his business studies internship and work experience Zash is employed with CultureMix as a music tutor in schools and as a drummer and percussionist.

He is a key member of the RASPO function ensemble and became the orchestra captain in September 2009 until 2010 coordinating the schedules and logistics for the orchestra performances.

He studied Music at Thames Valley University learning about careers in music, performance, music theory, social studies, and light and sound.

Zash has taken part in three National Panorama Championships; as a bass player with Mangrove in 2007, playing double guitars with RASPO in 2010 returning to bass pans for 2011.

'The college course was very helpful running alongside my work with RASPO. I can apply the knowledge from my course to band rehearsals and vice versa.'