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Eric Ball is a household name within the banding community, having penned some of the movement’s most well-known and beloved works, such as Resurgam, Journey into Freedom and Star Lake. Similarly to those aforementioned pieces, Indian Summer is a work that forms some of Ball’s most familiar repertoire and has been frequently used as a set work in the UK contest circuit.

How This Brass Bander is Approaching 2026 It’s a new year - definitely not a new me though. I’ve spent 29 years maintaining the current model of Liv, I’m not starting again with a new one. However, I’m not against the idea some small repairs and renovations though.That is what this blog is about. No major regime changes, just rejecting what doesn’t work anymore and implementing some new features to hopefully help take my playing to the next level.  I’ve made the decision that

My Favourite Banding Moments from this Year As we enter 2026, I thought I’d go for a quick skip down memory lane and revisit some of my favourite brass band moments from the last 12 months! A Very Brassy Wedding Of course, the event that had to take the top spot was tying the knot with my Sop-playing other half, Robert. It was the moment where I realised just how much banding has given me. My two banding besties of over 12 years, Natalie and Matt Shaw, who have featured in so