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An Exploration of Un Vie De Matelot for Brass Band The set work for the 2026 Senior Trophy is Robert Farnon’s charismatic Un Vie De Matelot (A Sailor’s Life). It’s a difficult work with plenty of challenges for the soloists, as well as tricky technical sections that are sure to put a band through its paces. Let’s take a deeper look into the piece and what it has in store for the bands performing it. Who was Robert Farnon? Robert Farnon was born in Toronto in 1917 and is reg