Listen to the Band
14th June:

Frank Renton features a new CD by Alison Balsom and the Black Dyke Gold series Volume 5 CD release.

Listen to the Band
21st June:

A stable part of any band concert is the chance to feature talented players as soloists. Frank Renton highlights some of the best playing in bands today.

Listen to the Band
28th June:

Star euphonium player David Thornton's latest CD 'Parallel Realities' features solo playing alongside music using tape-loops, digital playback systems as well as a 'traditional' brass quintet, and it's in the running for a prestigious American music award.

He's also just been appointed as Senior Tutor in Brass Bands at the Royal Northern College of Music and joins Frank to talk about this exciting moment in his already successful musical career.