March
Overture

Flugel Solo

Waltz

Adagio
Euphonium Solo

Rhapsody

 Medallion

The Barber of Seville

Soloist: Stan Lippeatt

The Grenadiers

Nimrod

Soloist: Glyn Williams

Rhapsody No.1 Slavonic

Moreton

Rossini

Waldteufel

Elgar

C.Friedmann

 March

Welsh Love Song

Soprano Solo

Novelty

Polka

Trombone Solo

Finale

Ravenswood

Myfanwy

Soloist: Peter Roberts

Love Changes Everything

Thunder and Lightning

Soloist: Mark Frost

1812 Overture

Rimmer

Trad.

Lloyd Webber

Strauss

Tchaikovsky

JAMES SCOTT conductor
James was born into a musical family in Farnworth where his father was a member of Besses o' th'Barn Band. He had his first cornet lesson at the age of eight and in a later family move to the Midlands, he became, at the age of twelve, Principal Cornet of the Ibstock Band, which later became the Desford Colliery Band. He continued to progress and at fifteen was Principal Cornet with City of Coventry and at eighteen held the same position with the Grimethorpe Colliery Band.
It was, however, a move to Munn & Feltons (later to become G.U.S Footwear) which brought him to prominence, when he won the Cornet Championship of Great Britain in 1959 and 1960.

In 1960 he moved back North, where he began, what was to become a most successful conducting career, at the same time gaining valuable experience as a trumpet player with the major northern symphony orchestras. He has conducted many of the best British brass bands including Brighouse & Rastrick, Grimethorpe, Fodens, Wingates and Yorkshire Imperial Metals.

In 1977 he was awarded the 'Iles Medal' by the Worshipful Company of Musicians of the City of London in recognition of his contribution to the brass band movement.
He now spends much of his time adjudicating and conducting at band contests and music festivals at home and abroad, where he has been much in demand for many years at the highest level.

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STAN LIPPEATT Flugel Horn
Stan Lippeatt was for many years the flugel horn player with the famous Grimethorpe Colliery Band, winning both the British Open and British National Competitions.

Coming from a banding family, Stan came up through the ranks of the Grimethorpe Junior Band, eventually progressing via Thoresby to the Grimethorpe Senior Band.

Stan retired from playing in 1987 and took over the baton at Thoresby Colliery in the same year following the family tradition as his father William also held the same post for a number of years. During this time Stan has taken the band to the London finals on no fewer than three occasions and in 1992 commissioned John Golland to compose his flugel concerto premiered at Southwell Minster under the baton of Major Peter Sparkes, naturally having Stan as the flugel horn soloist.

In addition to being very busy conducting, Stan has also played in Europe, has toured Australia and is in constant demand as a tutor, adjudicator, arranger and flugel soloist.

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GLYN WILLIAMS Euphonium
Glyn Williams was born in Aberystwyth, West Wales in 1975. He was raised in a village Bryncrug where he started playing the cornet at the age of nine. His first band was the Towyn Silver Band. He then joined the Royal Oakley Silver Band.
Glyn started playing the euphonium in 1988 joining the Menai Bridge Band on Principal Euphonium. He joined the BT Band when he enrolled at University College Salford in May 1993. Glyn has been playing with Britannia Building Society Band on Principal Euphonium since January 1995, being part of the winning band at the All England Masters and Swiss Open in 1995 and the winning band at the North West Area Finals in 1998.
Glyn was taught by Nicholas Childs and was solo euphonium of the University of Salford Brass Band, which toured Brazil in 1995 and 1996. He held the seat of Principal Euphonium of the National Youth Brass Band of Wales for three years.

He has won numerous solo prizes, including the Best Brass Instrumentalist at the Urdd Eisteddfod, Best Euphonium at Brass In Concert 1997 and Best Soloist at the French Open Championships 1998.

He also performed on BBC Radio 2's Brass Showcase as soloist with the University of Salford Brass Band.

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PETER ROBERTS Cornet
Peter started playing the cornet at the age of nine and by twelve years of age he was a soprano cornet player.

He was, of course, Soprano Cornet with Grimethorpe Colliery Band, a position he held with the utmost distinction for almost twenty-five years.
Peter is an outstanding soloist whose technical wizardry is always allied to total security as amply demonstrated by his soloistic achievements. British Open Solo Champion 1988. New Zealand Champion of Champions 1992. The current Open Cornet Champion.

During his time at Grimethorpe, Peter enjoyed winning the British Open three times and the National title once.He was also an invaluable permanent member of the Virtuosi Band of Great Britain with whom he played B flat cornet.

Peter now plays with Yorkshire Building Society Band as well as being a member of the 'Kings of Brass'.

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MARK FROST Trombone
Mark began playing Tenor Trombone at the age of eleven, receiving lessons from the local music service. He made the change to Bass Trombone and progressed from the Rotherham Schools Band to the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain.

At the age of sixteen, Mark successfully auditioned for the Brighouse and Rastrick Band where he stayed for two years before accepting an invitation to join the Black Dyke Mills Band.

Whilst at college Mark joined the Britannia Building Society Band (now Fodens Courtois) with whom he stayed until January 1998 when other pressing commitments forced him to leave.

Mark is at present the Bass Trombonist and Band Manager for the Andy Prior Orchestra. He works with some of the Country's major orchestras including the Hallé and Ulster Orchestras but still manages to play with the Stalybridge Old Band.

Alongside his playing commitments he is a tutor at Salford University and still manages to spend some time with his wife and daughter.

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