South Milford Brass

Meet the Band

Musical Director: Martin Hall

Born in Wakefield in, Martin started playing the cornet at the age of 7 in the local brass band where his father and brother played Bass.

He went on to privately study cornet under James Shepherd (former principal cornet of Black Dyke) for over a decade and then with Richard Marshall who currently occupies the principal cornet chair at Black Dyke Band.

Martins’ cornet playing has taken him to play for Championship bands such as Wakefield Metropolitan, Knottingley and Drighlington, all as Principal Cornet and he has competed at the very highest level of contesting, playing at British Open, French Open, Spring Festival, National Finals, and many others around the country.

For the last 2 years Martin has had the pleasure of playing cornet for the Black Dyke Band as the National Champion Band of Great Britain in some of the most prestigious venues including Birmingham Symphony Hall and St David’s Hall in Cardiff. He has also been on a tour to Norway and played on numerous CD recordings with the band.

It is with great pleasure and excitement that Martin has taken on the role as Musical Director with South Milford Brass, and he looks forward to developing the band on both the contest and concert platform.

Cornets

Claire Bramley	Sarah Joy	Michael Canning
Richard Robinson	Matthew Gaunt	Steve Job
Emma Webb	Kath Sykes	Sonia Threlfall
Vacancy

Horns

Lindsey Abell	Karen Smith	Steph Bevan
Vacancy

Euphoniums/Baritones

Robin Morgan	Vacancy
Karen Brewis	Vacancy

Trombones

Alex Evans	Dave Bramley
Craig Limer

Eb/Bb Bass

Ken Smith	Paul Watson
Pete Smith	Andy Leicester

Percussion

Andy Powell

Chris Snowdon