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Stars and Sparks: Tredegar Band at the 2026 RNCM International Brass Band Festival Tredegar's RNCM International Brass Band Festival featured showstopping new works, a virtuosic concerto and an absolute classic from the pen of the festivals featured composer, Philip Sparke. A Spark Forgotten by Tamsin Crook An exciting, driven work composed by a Tamsin Crook, a 17 year old, talented cornet player from Penrith. A great timpani feature followed, before an impressive solo offer

Under the baton of Ian Porthouse, Tredegar Band’s offering to the 2025 RNCM International Brass Band Festival was a feast of larger works.