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Our ARTISTS IN ASSOCIATION Anthony Galinier Anthony Galinier is a renowned tenor horn soloist currently playing with the Paris Brass Band and Brass Band de la Musique de l’Air de Paris. His three solo CDs have won prestigious awards and he is in regularly in demand as a soloist around the world. Read More Gary Fountain Gary Fountain is the soprano cornet player of the International Staff Band and principal cornet of Kettering Citadel Band, having played for a number of the UK's premier bands including GUS, Black Dyke, Cory, Fairey's and Foden's. Professionally Gary is a brass instrumental teacher. Read More Helen Williams Helen Williams is the flugelhorn soloist for the world's number 1 ranked band, Cory. She has won numerous solo awards throughout her decorated career, including best soloist awards at the British Open and Brass in Concert Championships. She has also won many of the major brass band contests. Read More Jamie Hood Jamie Hood is recognised across the US and Europe as an educator, soloist and conductor. He has played with numerous high profile groups including l’Orchestre de Chambre de Cannes, The Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra and The Houston Grand Opera.. Read More Les Neish Les Neish has created a career as a soloist, chamber musician and educator with a worldwide reputation. Known for his musicianship, artistry and high level of communication, Les dazzles audiences with fabulous technique and stunning musicianship. Read More Matthew van Emmerik Matthew van Emmerik is an award-winning soloist and is the most recorded euphonium player in Australasia. He has been a guest soloist and member of numerous high-profile groups in the UK, USA and Australia. He has four solo albums to his name. Read More Sean A. Brown Sean A. Brown is a freelance hornist, teacher and composer, having performed with numerous groups such as the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Yakima Symphony and the Wenatchee Valley Symphony. Read More David Koch David Koch is a member of Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra and Flint Symphony Orchestra. He was won awards including the 10th Annual CIMVO Trumpet Competition and the 11th International Trumpet Seminar Competition at Grand Valley State University. Read More Glenn Van Looy Glenn Van Looy has quickly established himself as one of the leading euphonium players of the 21st century. A winner of numerous awards, he currently plays principal euphonium with Valaisia Brass Band (Switzerland), and is constantly in demand as an international soloist. Read More Isobel Daws Isobel Daws was the winner of the 2017 BBC Radio 2 Young Brass Award and BBC’s Young Musician of the Year 2018 Brass Final, and the 'Young Talents Tenor' and ALIUD special prize at the Swisstbone competition. She has also played with the London Symphony Orchestra. Read More Jonathan Pippen Jonathan Pippen is constantly in demand as a soloist and has performed with many of the UK's finest orchestras and brass bands, including Grimethorpe Colliery and Brighouse & Rastrick Bands, RPCO, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Opera North and English National Opera. Read More Luciano De Luca Luciano De Luca is Principal Euphonium of the Italian Brass Band, and a member of the National Police Wind Orchestra of Italy. He has also performed with the City of Rouen Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of Rome (Academy of Arts) and Symphony Orchestra of the Rome Conservatory. Read More Mike Cavanagh Mike Cavanagh is currently Solo Baritone for the world famous Black Dyke Band, having formerly held the same positions at Grimethorpe Colliery and Brighouse & Rastrick. He is also a co-founder of the multi award-winning A4 Brass Quartet and has won multiple awards as a soloist. Read More Tom Hutchinson Tom Hutchinson is Principal Cornet of the world's number one ranked band, Cory, having previously been a member of Black Dyke Band. He has won numerous awards and has two solo CDs to his name - ‘In Principal’ and ‘This Way’, and has led Cory Band to multiple major titles. Read More Emily Evans Emily Evans is the Principal Horn of the Flowers Band. She has won many awards including the Harry Mortimer Award at the British Open Championships, ‘Best Soloist’ at the Welsh Open, ‘Best Tenor Horn’ at Brass in Concert and ‘Best Soloist’ at the Butlins Mineworkers Competition . Read More Grant Jameson Grant Jameson is Principal Euphonium of Dallas Brass Band, having performed as guest soloist with bands including Cory, Grimethorpe Colliery, Brighouse & Rastrick and Foden's. He was also Principal Euphonium of Flowers, Tredegar Town, Tongwynlais and Woodfalls bands. Read More James Fountain James Fountain is currently Joint Principal Trumpet of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, having previously been Principal Trumpet of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Also a member of the highly acclaimed Septura, James is in demand as an international soloist. Read More Kana Madarame Kana Madarame is widely regarded as one of the finest cornet and trumpet players to come out of Japan. She is the Principal Cornet of the Japan Ladies’ Brass and Tokyo Brass Society, and in 2003 came second in the International Women’s Brass Conference Competition. Read More Mark Frost Mark Frost is regarded as one of the finest bass trombonists in the world, having played for Brighouse & Rastrick and Black Dyke Bands, plus all the BBC Orchestras, London Symphony, London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic Orchestras, Hallé and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Read More Richard Marshall Richard Marshall has been described as “the most outstanding cornet player England has ever produced.” Richard is currently Principal Cornet of the Black Dyke Band, having formerly held the same position at Grimethorpe Colliery. He has six solo recordings to his name. Read More

Grant Jameson is Principal Euphonium of Dallas Brass Band, having performed as guest soloist with bands including Cory, Grimethorpe Colliery, Brighouse & Rastrick and Foden's. He was also Principal Euphonium of Flowers, Tredegar Town, Tongwynlais and Woodfalls bands. Back Grant Jameson Originally from Dublin, Ohio, Grant Jameson has spent extensive time both in the United States and the United Kingdom. He received his Bachelor of Music and Masters degrees from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (RWCMD) in Cardiff (UK) where he studied with David Childs for six years. During his time in the UK, Grant immersed himself in the British brass band tradition and won many awards, including Best Soloist at the Welsh Open (2014). Grant has also performed as guest soloist with many of the UK's finest bands, including Cory, Grimethorpe Colliery, Brighouse & Rastrick and Foden's. Grant was also Principal Euphonium of Tredegar Town, Tongwynlais and Woodfalls bands, before joining the Flowers Band, with whom he won various contests and featured as a soloist, performing part of Sir Karl Jenkin's Euphonium Concerto, on the band's highly acclaimed CD release - 'Celebrate! - 50 years of Flowers'. Now residing in Texas, USA, he recently became Principal Euphonium of the Dallas Brass Band. Grant was the winner of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Competition (2013, 2014 and 2016) and gave several world premières with his award-winning euphonium quartet. In 2015 Grant won the prestigious RWCMD Concerto Competition and performed Joseph Horovitz's Euphonium Concerto with the RWCMD Orchestra. During the same year he appeared as soloist with the Central Band of the Royal Air Force, performing as a duet artist alongside Philip Cobb. In addition Grant also won the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Young Brass Award (2015), the first American to ever achieve this distinction. As a recording artist, Grant has released two solo albums: 'Genesis' (2015) and 'Versatility Reimagined' (2019). He's also been featured on television and radio with broadcasts by the BBC and S4C. In 2019 Grant appeared alongside fellow Besson Euphonium Artist, David Childs, performing duets at New York's Rainbow Lounge in a concert to honor Hollywood A-lister, Catherine Zeta-Jones CBE. Currently a DMA candidate and Teaching Fellow at the University of North Texas, Grant is busy as both performer and teacher, with a large private euphonium studio spanning the DFW metroplex. To view more of Grant's videos, please subscribe to his YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/user/TheEuphman

Back Jack Lythaby Jack Lythaby hails from Lydbrook in the Forest of Dean and began his musical career at the age of 10. He soon joined Lydbrook Training Band and rose through the ranks to join their Championship section Senior band, becoming Solo Horn at the age of 16. Throughout his time at Lydbrook, Jack was also a member of both the National Children’s and National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain, at the latter he progressed onto the Solo Horn bench. He travelled the length of the country competing in solo contests and, in 2017, was awarded the ‘Most Outstanding Horn’ prize at the Foden’s Band Solo Competition. Jack joined Tredegar Band in the spring of 2018 and has enjoyed contest and concert performances across Europe. Off the concert platform, Jack has been involved with multiple high profile CD recordings, from critically acclaimed anniversary recordings of Ralph Vaughan-Williams and Gustav Holst to the solo CDs of James Fountain and Peter Moore. In October, he will be recording Gavin Higgins’ Concerto Grosso for Brass Band and Orchestra alongside the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, having given the world premiere performance at the BBC Proms in the summer of 2022. Also in 2022, Jack graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, where he studied under the tutelage of tenor horn virtuoso Owen Farr, with a first-class honours degree. Whilst at the RWCMD, he also won the College’s Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Prize and June Emerson Launchpad Prize with his quartet, Vulcan Brass. Jack was appointed as Tredegar Band’s Solo Horn player in the summer of 2022.