Person Open DS/UK/15073 Power; Brendan (1956); New Zealand harmonica player, composer, inventor Power Brendan 1956 New Zealand harmonica player, composer, inventor Male Mombasa, Kenya (born)

New Zealand (childhood) United Kingdom (residence)

Musician; Harmonica Brendan Power is a New Zealand harmonica player, composer and inventor, living in Britain. Born in Kenya, Power's family moved to New Zealand in 1965 where he later attended Canterbury University at Christchurch, gaining a Bachelor of Arts in English & Religious Studies, and a Master of Arts in Religious Studies. Power wrote his thesis on the Taoist philosopher Chuang Tzu. Power discovered the harmonica at university after hearing Sonny Terry play at a concert by the blues duo Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. Power subsequently taught himself to play harmonica by ear and music soon took over from academia as his main passion. Power moved to London in 1992 where he worked for three years as a soloist in the Riverdance Show.[1] He was later employed by Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation of Japan as their International Harmonica Specialist in 2008, a position he held for five years. In April 2013, along with his business partner Zombor Kovacs, Power started X-reed Harmonicas,[2] a project devoted to making custom harmonicas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Power (May 2019) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbaulcombe 4/11/2014 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 df9476e3-add9-4c0b-ac8c-a16f79451159