DAVID HORSFIELD

David has figured in every facet of the brass band movement for fifty-five years; player, band trainer, adjudicator and music publisher. A cornetist, his first band was Clifton & Lightclife, but he soon joined the Brighouse & Rastrick Band where he stayed for nine years before moving “up the road” to the Black Dyke Mills Band, where he stayed for seven years. Three National Championships, one World Championship and two British Open titles were awarded to Dyke in this period. When James Shepherd formed his Versatile Brass in 1972 David was among the original personnel, staying with this talented combination for twelve years, where he was the featured Flugel Horn soloist. Having been a member of such talented bands it is not surprising that David has toured many countries of the world, these including Australia, USA, Canada, Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, Norway and Switzerland.

His move to the other side of the brass band scene came in 1984 when he retired from playing in order to concentrate on his music publishing business Kirklees Music and since that time the family business has expanded to such an extent that today music and recordings from their catalogue find there way to all parts of the world. Over the years the Company has produced many high profile works from top composers Philip Wilby, Michael Ball and John Pickard and this has given David invaluable experience at the very top level of publishing. He is a member of ABBA, working in a number of European countries as adjudicator including Belgium, France, Holland, Norway and Switzerland, together with numerous engagements for him to “sort out the bands” throughout the United Kingdom. In 1995 he was a founder member of the famous “Kings of Brass” and played in all its concerts and recordings including the final concert in the Isle of Man in 2001. July 2008
saw him once more playing in the memorable re-union concert by the James Shepherd Versatile Brass at the Brighouse Festival.

The year 2000 saw the birth of the Brighouse March & Hymn Tune charity contest which David created. He is a member of the Worshipful Company of Musicians and also a Freeman of the City of London; recently he become a Liveryman of the Company.

LUDOVIC NEUROHR

Born in 1983 in Sion, he is native of Grône in the french part of Switzerland.

He began to play the cornet from his youngest age within the brass band of his village, then was a pupil of Geo-Pierre Moren from 1995 till 2002. During regional and national championships in Switzerland, he repeatedly won top places and obtained the titles of Swiss champion Junior (Cornet) and Junior Swiss Champion any categories with his Flugel horn in 2003.
From 2001 till 2005, he occupied the repiano part within Brass Band 13*, with which he won several championships during this time including the National Championship & Swiss Open.

In 2003, he began musical studies in the Academy of music Tibor Varga in Sion, in the class of Claude-Alain Barmaz to obtain his teaching diploma of the Trumpet (BA). He finished this diploma in 2007. He also studied the piano, orchestration and Chamber Music for 3 years.

In September, 2007, Ludovic Neurohr left Switzerland for England. He realized a dream and studied composition in Manchester within the famous "University of Salford, School of Media, Music and Performance ". He obtained his Master's Degree with "Distinction" in October, 2008.

He was lucky to study the Film music, the popular music and the Brass Bands with Drs Robin Dewhurst, Alan William, Tim Warner, and Professor Peter Graham. He also had the opportunity to work in association with Professor David King and National Australia Brass, which performed the world Premiere of his work "Psyche" at the 2008 Melbourne International Festival of Brass.

During his Masters degree, Ludovic Neurohr won the "Kirlklees Music Composer Contest" which allowed him to work with the publishing house of the same name, based in Brighouse.

In April, 2009 in Oostende (Belgium), Ludovic was awarded the 2nd Prize winner of the "European Composer Contest" during the European Brass Band Championships. His pièce, "Whirl" received very good critics from Juries Mrs Jan van der Roost, Ray Farr and Rob Goorhuis, which qualified the work as innovative and very original.

In 2010, Ludovic Neurohr will record his first CD with "Ensemble de Cuivres Valaisan". This CD will be available on October 2010.

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