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I AM a musician — I have played in national orchestras and although I never intend to go professional, the joy that music has brought to me can never be underestimated.
I began playing when I was in Year 3 at my primary school as part of the Wider Opportunities scheme which has been delivered to more than two million nationally and from then on — admittedly changing instruments several times until I finally settled on saxophone aged 11 — I have never stopped playing.
If there is one thing I can truly say that music brought me it was a sense of camaraderie.
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